Fellowships
University of Arizona Law is the only law school with a full-tuition scholarship program dedicated to students with science and technology backgrounds. This opportunity is reserved for high-performing students with a STEM undergraduate degree or significant work experience in a STEM position.
TechLaw Fellowship Benefits
- A full-tuition scholarship to the University of Arizona Law JD program
- A $10,000 supplemental cash stipend distributed as $5,000 during your second year of study and $5,000 during your third year of study at University of Arizona Law
- Exclusive employment opportunities with our panel of TechLaw employers
- A formal program of study—guided by a dedicated faculty advisor for each fellow—including an introductory course in Tech Policy, Privacy Law, or Innovation for Justice in spring of your first year, as well as upper level law-and-business-of-technology courses including tech policy, cyberlaw, privacy, innovation for justice, health law, and MIS.
- A dedicated faculty mentor and an assigned external mentor who works in law and technology
- Special programming at the intersection of law, business, and science throughout the University of Arizona such as:
- the monthly Space Business Roundtable,
- the work of the Intellectual Property Clinic and the Innovation for Justice initiative at the College of Law, and
- the McGuire Center of Entrepreneurship at the Eller College of Management
TechLaw Fellowships may be offered in addition to tuition scholarships.
Examples of jobs that operate at the intersection of technology and law:
- Privacy policy manager at Facebook
- Cybersecurity staffer at Google
- Product counsel at a startup
- Legislative counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee investigating election hacking
- Director of legal operations at a medium or large enterprise
- Lawyers at a nonprofit seeking to close the access-to-justice gap”