INDIAN LAW FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
BERKEY WILLIAMS LLP

2025-2026
Berkey Williams Indian Law Fellowship

Berkey Williams LLP seeks applicants for its one-year Indian Law Fellowship beginning September 2025. Our Fellowship program encourages recent law graduates to work in the field of Indian law and provides Fellows with opportunities to pursue a wide variety of projects in Indian Country. The Fellowship contributes to the development of the Indian law leaders of the future, whatever their career paths in the field might be.

About Berkey Williams
Berkey Williams is an intentionally small Indian law firm providing comprehensive legal services to tribal Nations and tribal organizations across the United States. The firm prides itself on many decades of collective experience championing tribal interests to protect and promote our clients’ legal, political, cultural, and economic rights. We maintain offices in Davis, California; Oakland, California; Washington, D.C.; and Syracuse, New York. We are a private law firm with a public interest focus, practicing primarily in natural and cultural resource protection, water and land rights, tribal sovereignty, self-governance, employment, health care and Indian child welfare. Additional information is available on our website: www.berkeywilliams.com.

About the Fellowship
The Fellowship offers a competitive salary, benefits, training, and the opportunity to work with experienced attorneys in a firm serving Indian Nations and organizations exclusively. The Fellow will be located in Davis and, over the course of the year, will work with each of the Firm’s partners in as many of our practice areas as possible. Fellows have contact with clients and typically engage in legal research and writing, historical research, litigation, and legislative advocacy, depending on client needs and the Fellow’s interests.

Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Applications are encouraged from recent law school graduates with a demonstrated commitment to Indian law. We give preference to candidates with personal or professional experience with Indian communities. We seek Fellows who bring a variety of experiences to the firm’s clients. High academic achievements are considered and weighed with other equally significant factors: personal accomplishments and experience, resourcefulness, creativity, commitment to promoting Indian sovereignty, and capacity to work conscientiously and independently. Membership in the California Bar, or willingness to obtain California Bar membership, is preferred.

Applying for the Fellowship
Interested law school graduates and 3rd year law school students should send a cover letter, resume and writing sample to Gloria Coronado, Administrative/ICWA Assistant, at gcoronado@berkeywilliams.com. No phone calls please. Deadline to apply has been extended to November 22, 2024.