The NYU Center for Law, Economics, and Organization has a post-graduate fellowship for students who have either obtained a JD or have obtained or nearly obtained PhD in Economics and have a strong interest in law. These fellowships are designed to support future legal academics interested in law and economics, broadly defined.
Candidates must have the strongest academic credentials and show substantial promise of becoming outstanding law and economics scholars. Fellows will have the opportunity to spend one year in residence at NYU Law where they will pursue their scholarly agendas and participate in the Law School’s intellectual life, and particularly in the broad range of law and economics seminars, workshops, colloquia, and conferences at NYU.
Fellows are required to be in residence at the law school and to attend the NYU Law and Economics Faculty Workshop, as well as the Colloquium in Law, Economics and Politics (fall) and Colloquium in Law and Economics (spring). Law and Economics Fellows are expected to produce a serious work of scholarship that will position them to enter the job market for a full-time academic appointment at a major law school.
Fellows will receive a stipend, anticipated to be around $60,000, as well as fringe benefits, including health insurance, housing assistance, and space to work at the law school.
Applicants should email a cover letter, curriculum vitae, names of three references, law school transcript, copies of any publications, and a one to five page research proposal.
Email applications and any questions to: jennifer.arlen@nyu.edu, WurglerF@mercury.law.nyu.edu and millerj@exchange.law.nyu.edu.
Important Application Information
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis beginning October 1 and ending January 15 or whenever the position is full. The next available fellowship begins in August of 2026. The deadline for the fellowship beginning August 2026 is January 15, 2026.
Fellows must be prepared to be in residence by August 25th of that year and stay until July 31st (absent a prior agreement).