The Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program

How to Apply to the 2025–2026 Hays Program

Applications may be submitted until February 14th, 2025 at noon by emailing 

The Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program welcomes applications from current second-year law students to be Fellows during the 2025–2026 academic year.

You can learn about the Program by reading materials on this website. In particular, the website will introduce you to the different named Fellowships and this year’s Fellows. You also can read about the Fellows’ work in the Annual Reports.

Information Sessions

The current Fellows will conduct information sessions about the Program and will be able to answer questions that you might have. They will hold three sessions: