CDDRL Pre-doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships

In addition to our regular call for applications, CDDRL invites applications for the Gerhard Casper Fellow in Rule of Law for 2022-23. We welcome research on any aspect of rule of law, including judicial politics, criminal justice, and the politicization of judicial institutions. We are an interdisciplinary center; candidates from any relevant field (i.e. the social sciences, law) are welcome to apply.

This is a one-year, residential postdoctoral fellowship. Candidates must have earned their PhD within 3 years of the start of the fellowship, or plan to have successfully defended their dissertations by July 2022. The Gerhard Casper Fellow will be part of CDDRL’s larger cohort of pre- and postdoctoral fellows. Please apply through the regular CDDRL fellowship application process, and indicate that you would like to be considered for the Gerhard Casper Rule of Law Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Applications for the Gerhard Casper Fellow in Rule of Law for 2022-23 have closed. 

Pre-doctoral fellows must be enrolled currently in a doctoral program or equivalent through the time of intended residency at Stanford and must be at the dissertation write-up (post course work) phase of their doctoral program. Post-doctoral fellows must have earned their Ph.D. within 3 years of the start of the fellowship, or plan to have successfully defended their Ph.D. dissertations by July 31, 2022.

Applications for the 2023-24 academic year have closed.  Please check back in September 2022.

The CDDRL Pre and Postdoctoral Fellowship program uses the WizeHive application system to manage all incoming applications. Applicants are required to submit a completed application form, letter of application of no more than 3 typed pages, current CV, three letters of recommendations, a statement of proposed research (5-10 pages), and a complete set of transcripts (undergraduate and graduate).

All pre- and postdoctoral applicants must also include an official Ph.D. transcript.

If submitting official transcripts by mail, please mail your official transcript using a dossier service offered through your university or Interfolio.

CDDRL Mailing Address:

Encina Hall
616 Jane Stanford Way, C141
Stanford, CA 94305

Electronic Transcripts must originate from the university registrar's office via a secure site formally linked to the sending institution. Send to cddrl_fellowship@stanford.edu.

Center Committee will only review complete files. Notifications will be sent in mid to late February.

WizeHive is widely employed by other fellowship programs and should be easy to use. Here are some guidelines to take note of when using the application system:

• You can save your work at any time and return to the form at your convenience. You do not need to complete the application form in one sitting. It is strongly suggested that you save your work often by clicking on the "Save Draft" button at the end of the page.
• Once you submit your application form you can no longer return to make any changes. Please review all your work before clicking the "Submit" button at the end of the application form.
• The system will notify you by email during the following stages in the application submission

Process:

1. When your application form has been received.
2. When letters of recommendation have been submitted on your behalf.
3. Once your application file is complete with a minimum of three letters of recommendation.

Kristin Chandler, Fellowship Coordinator

Encina Hall
616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305

650-497-1271 | kdchandl@stanford.edu