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Open Society Institute: Soros Justice Fellowship

The Open Society Institute is seeking outstanding individuals for the upcoming round of Soros Justice Fellowships.�The Fellowship Program supports new and seasoned lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, activist academics, print and radio journalists and filmmakers to implement innovative projects that address one or more of the criminal justice priorities of OSI's U.S. Justice Fund.

The U.S. Justice Fund supports individuals through two programs: the Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships and the Soros Justice Media Fellowships. Projects should seek to accomplish one or more of the following: advance death penalty reform and abolition efforts; improve public defense services; combat racial profiling; promote leadership in progressive justice reform efforts among people who are or have been imprisoned; encourage systemic reforms that create incentives for community-based solutions over parole and probation revocation; challenge unreasonable civil and legal barriers to the reintegration of people returning from prison; redirect criminal justice monies to strengthen community resources and responsibility for public safety and justice; advance sentencing and drug policy reform efforts; curtail prison expansion; empower communities most affected by mass incarceration to develop and advocate for alternative policies that address underlying social, racial, and�economic inequality.

The Fellowship deadline is Wednesday, September 13, 2006.

Guidelines and application information are available at the website below.