Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law
2025-2026 LACA Student Fellowship Program
Overview:
The Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law confronts the laws, policies, and practices that lead to the oppression and marginalization of people of color. Four centuries of racism and systemic discrimination have left an indelible mark on the architecture of American society. Racism continues to infect the way policies are developed and applied at all levels of government and in the private sector. It infiltrates our laws, institutions, and systems, resulting in enduring racial inequities in every domain and institution that touches people’s lives, from the criminal legal system to housing, infrastructure development, technology, education, and the environment. By documenting the history of racism in America, elevating the stories of those affected by race-based inequality, supporting community efforts to fight discriminatory policies and practices, and rigorously applying a racial lens to analyze ongoing disparities, the Center identifies actionable, forward-looking solutions to address the injustices caused by racism.
We seek to hire one rising 2L or 3L NYU law student for our LACA Student Fellowship Program, to take place during the 2025-2026 academic year. The Law Alumni of Color Association (LACA) of NYU Law, formerly known as the Black, Latinx, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association (BLAPA), serves as the umbrella organization for all of NYU School of Law’s alumni of color. In 2016, the association changed its name to more wholly represent all of its members. Founded over 40 years ago, LACA promotes and supports the professional development and general advancement of the Law School’s alumni and students of color, and seeks to more fully involve alumni, students and faculty of color in the educational, social, and intellectual life of the Law School. This organization further serves as a powerful vehicle through which professional and personal ties are cultivated.
Description:
The LACA Student Fellow will engage primarily with the Center’s work at the intersection of race and technology. In particular, the Fellow will support the work of our Technology & Racial Justice Collaborative, which focuses on emerging issues around law enforcement technology, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, surveillance technology, and algorithmic accountability, and the myriad ways in which communities of color are impacted by the development and implementation of such technology. Among other things, this may involve conducting policy and legal research on key areas where law enforcement technology threatens racial justice priorities. In addition, the LACA Student Fellow may participate in other advocacy, organizing, litigation, and public education efforts around a variety of topics related to race and inequality for use in the Center’s work. The Fellow will be supervised primarily by the director of the Center’s Technology and Racial Justice Collaborative and will receive support and feedback on their performance verbally and via email.
The LACA Student Fellow will receive hourly pay and play an integral role in the Center’s work. The expected time commitment is an average of 10 hours per week over approximately 30 weeks.
In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Law, the hourly base salary at NYU Law School for student employment positions is $16.50 per hour for undergraduate and graduate students.
Application:
If you are interested, please submit the following materials in a single PDF to law.race.inequality@nyu.edu with the subject line “LACA Fellow Application”:
- Cover letter explaining why you would like to become a LACA Student Fellow of the Center and your interest in race and inequality;
- Resume;
- Unofficial law school transcript; and
- List of two references with email addresses.
Applications will be accepted until August 1, 2025. Interviews will be conducted and selections will be made on a rolling basis. To learn more about the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law and our work, please visit http://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/race-inequality-law.
Contact:
Nina Loshkajian (she/her)
Technology & Racial Justice Collaborative Fellow
Center on Race, Inequality, & the Law
2025-2026 LACA Fellowship Program Announcement (1)