VCRC Legal Fellow

Background

The Virginia Coastal Resilience Collaborative partners with the William & Mary Law School to jointly support the recruitment of Legal Fellows who enhance the VCRC’s capacity to engage in robust legal and policy analysis in the resilience field. As recent graduates of the W&M Law School, these fellows work with the VCRC for a minimum of one year and a maximum of two years to bolster legal expertise within the VCRC, provide employment and experiential learning opportunities for recent graduates, and retain W&M alumni in Virginia as they begin their legal careers.  

Codified in a Memorandum of Understanding between the VCRC and W&M Law, the VCRC Legal Fellows are jointly funded by the VCRC, by way of the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resilience (CCRFR), and the W&M Law School.

 

Meet the Fellow(s)

Applications for the VCRC Legal Fellow will open in January, 2026. Please check the William & Mary careers and job postings website in January for application instructions. Only W&M Law students graduating in December 2025 or May 2026 may apply for this position.  

For more information, please contact VCRC Director, Thomas Ruppert (tkruppert@wm.edu), or Assistant Director, Cameron Bruce (csbruce@wm.edu).