Applications for the John R. Justice grant are closed.
The selection committee is reviewing submitted applications and expects to complete that process by mid January, 2011. All applicants will be notified when the process is complete and will be told if they are or are not a recipient of the grant.
Wisconsin has been approved to receive funds for the John R. Justice Grant. In 2010, Congress enacted this law, named for the late John Reid Justice of South Carolina, to encourage qualified attorneys to choose careers as prosecutors and public defenders and to continue in that service. The John R. Justice Program provides loan repayment assistance for state and federal public defenders and state prosecutors who agree to remain employed as public defenders and prosecutors for at least three years.
The State of Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) is the designated administrative agency, and will collaborate with the Wisconsin Public Defenders, the State Prosecutors Office, the Wisconsin Department of Justice, the Association of State Prosecutors (ASP) and the Wisconsin State Public Defenders Association to review applications and select recipients.
The total amount of funding for Wisconsin for this year is $160,000 which includes $72,000 for awards for public defenders; $72,000 for awards for prosecutors; and $16,000 for administrative costs.
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