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GW Alum Creates Endowment for “The Professor Jonathan Turley Public Interest and Public Service Summer Fellowship”

I have the honor to announce the endowment of a new fellowship in my name. An alum of George Washington Law School’s Class of 1979 has given a gift to create  “The Professor Jonathan Turley Public Interest and Public Service Summer Fellowship.” The fellowship will support students in working with not-for-profit organizations or the government over the summer in otherwise non-paying positions.

While the donor prefers to remain anonymous, I wanted to extend our thanks for this very generous gift that will benefit our students seeking to work for the public interest.

I can think of no greater gift for an academic than to be named in an endowment that benefits our students in this way. I hold the J.B. & Maurice C. Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law and manage a summer fellowship program to fund students in working in the public interest. It has been one of the most fulfilling aspects of my work at the university. These positions are transformative for students who can put their legal training to work on a wide variety of causes, including working with those who cannot afford representation.

This endowment will be put to immediate use to help our students serve their communities and their country. I thank you on behalf of myself and my students for this generous gift.

Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”

44 thoughts on “GW Alum Creates Endowment for “The Professor Jonathan Turley Public Interest and Public Service Summer Fellowship””

  3. Congratulations, Professor Turley. I am grateful to the donor for the rare and exceptional support given in the name of an equally brilliant and worthy teacher to us all. Thank you and God bless!

  5. Those who bring honor to the United States are in turn honored as patriots and true believers in the story of the United States of America, and the hallowed documents of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
    Congratulations Professor. You do good work and try to enlighten us all. We need more like you.

  7. Congratulations Jonathan !!! I couldn’t think of a more deserving American. Hopefully the endowment has enough to add your face on Mt. Rushmore. Greg

  11. It is a fine gesture and an honor for which you are more than worthy, Professor. The anonymous donor is both generous and a good judge of character. Congratulations.

    1. Huh???

      “On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we honor the 2,403 service members and civilians, who were killed on that tragic December morning 83 years ago. And we recognize the absolute courage of the service members, many of whom were from the Lesbian, Gay, and Trans community, who, in the wake of this painful and unprovoked attack, stood up to defend democracy and to stand up to fascism both from abroad, and here in this country, with its history of slavery and racism, in World War II.”

  20. Bless you brother for being a conduit for our Father to work through and in. When we promote our youth responsibly they in turn will respond positively. Everyone wins❤️🇺🇸

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