How To Give Online

Please visit our online donation page! You must use the code 'SFF-301479' in the "Other Area" field.

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Checks

Checks should be made payable to 'Student Funded Fellowships' and mailed to SFF. Our mailing address can be found on our contact page.

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Credit Cards

To make a credit card donation, please use our contact page and contact us directly.

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PayPal

To make a PayPal donation, simply transfer your donation to our SFFDonations@umich.edu PayPal account.

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Matching Gifts

If your employer has a matching gift program, please request their matching gift form and send it and your donation to SFF, which falls under the 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt status of the University of Michigan. Our mailing address is available on our contact page.

Upon request, a letter confirming our tax-exempt status will be provided. Our Tax ID is 38-6006309.

Why Give?

As a top ranking law school, the University of Michigan Law School produces future leaders in law firms, state and federal courts, business, public service, government, and the many other professional fields into which lawyers often transition. SFF believes that a summer internship in public interest law can shape and inform a law student for the rest of his or her career. Society benefits when top law students gain real world experience in public interest lawyering.

Although the numbers of lawyers have increased dramatically over the past 30 years, there is a serious need for affordable legal services by large segments of society. The types of legal clients that SFF Fellows aid each summer include domestic violence victims, migrant workers, foster children, Native Americans, the elderly, farm owners, and so on. Through summer internships made possible by SFF grants, many law students realize and enjoy the significant, positive impact they can have on people's lives.

Thanks to the time of our Board Members and Volunteers, SFF is an extremely lean organization. In our last fellowship cycle, our operating expenses totaled less than 5% of fellowships granted!

Previous SFF Grant Recipients

Kristen Boike advocated for the civil rights of persons with disabilities for Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago.

Josh Gewolb advised non-profit real estate developers in Detroit for the Legal Assistance for Urban Communities Clinic.

Christopher Corbett performed research for a brief that went to the Illinois Supreme Court when he served in the office of the Illinois Attorney General.

Pamela Grewal helped low-income survivors of domestic violence with orders for personal protection, divorce, and custody litigation as part of the Family Law Project.

Jenny Marsh researched European Union and European Convention on Human Rights law concerning free movement and individual rights for the AIRE Centre.

Jay Surdukowski drafted pretrial briefs and other pretrial filings working for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia in Hague.

Jerry McDonald conducted a cross-examination of an alleged victim and observed a murder trial of a person defended by the attorneys at the New Hampshire Public Defender's Office.

Scott Risner met with immigrants detained by the government and facing deportation to discuss their cases and ensure that they know their legal rights, working for CAIR Coalition in Washington DC.