Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 UNEP-Georgetown Global Environment and Sustainability Law Fellows Program. In 2016, UNEP and the Georgetown University Law Center partnered to develop a joint Global Environment and Sustainability Law Fellows Program, to train public sector lawyers from developing countries working on matters related to environmental law, natural resources law, or associated fields of law, to ultimately promote the environmental rule of law.
Successful Fellows will receive an Environmental and Energy Law LL.M. Degree from the Law Center. Georgetown Law offers over 60 courses in environmental and energy law and closely related disciplines ranging from core courses in environmental law, energy law and natural resources law, to specialized seminars in environmental justice, water law, wildlife law, food and drug law, energy trading, and the intersection of business, sustainability and human rights, taught by world-class faculty and practitioners.
Upon graduation, Fellows will gain international environmental legal and policy experience with the United Nations by working at UNEP’s Headquarters or regional offices for three months.
Program Requirements:
To be eligible for this fellowship a candidate must:
- be engaged in practicing environmental law, energy law, natural resources law, or a related legal field.
- reside in a developing country;
- possess the requisite degree to practice law in his or her home country;
- be currently employed by a national or local government entity; and
- be engaged in practicing environmental law, energy law, natural resources law, or a related legal field.
Application process
- National Focal Points (NFP) to the Montevideo Environmental Law Programme are invited to nominate candidates by email to unep-montevideo@un.org. Nominations should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae of the nominee, of no more than two pages. Each NFP may nominate up to two candidates. Nominees will be reviewed and shortlisted, and shortlisted candidates will be provided with a waiver of application fees by Georgetown.
- Any other interested candidates can also apply directly to Georgetown and indicate their interest in the Fellowship on their LL.M. application. Candidates who apply directly are not eligible for application fee waivers. Visit Georgetown Law Admissions for application forms and other information on requirements, deadlines and processes. With their application to Georgetown Law, all candidates must submit a supplemental essay of 500 words or less on an issue of environmental law or policy of particular interest.
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