Job o' the Day: Skadden Fellowship Candidate at Swords to Plowshares!
Swords to Plowshares seeks a candidate to sponsor for a Skadden legal fellowship, beginning in Fall 2013.
Swords to Plowshares is a nationally-recognized nonprofit serving veterans in need in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1974, Swords to Plowshares is a community-based not-for-profit organization that provides legal assistance, counseling and case management, employment and training, and housing to veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area. We promote and protect the rights of veterans through advocacy, public education, and partnerships with local, state, and national entities. Believing that war causes wounds and suffering that last beyond the battlefield, our mission is to heal the wounds of war and to restore dignity, hope, and self-sufficiency to all veterans in need, and to significantly reduce homelessness and poverty among veterans.
Our legal services include free assistance to veterans who seek Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare, disability compensation, and pension; we also specialize in military discharge reviews and upgrades for veterans who received less than fully Honorable discharges. We are a small, collegial staff seeking a candidate to sponsor for a Skadden fellowship. Our staff includes a former Skadden fellow; this fall we will host both Skadden and Equal Justice Works fellows. Applicants are encouraged to propose project ideas. We seek someone who is dynamic, creative, and highly motivated.
The deadline to apply is 7/16 – find out how at PSLawNet!