Job o’ the Day: 2-Year Public Interest Fellowship with the Public Justice Foundation in Oakland or D.C.!
Public Justice is a national public interest law firm dedicated to pursuing justice for the victims of corporate and government abuses. Their lawsuits usually fight for consumers’ and victims’ rights, the environment, civil rights and civil liberties, public health and safety, workers’ rights, government and corporate accountability, and the protection of the poor and powerless.
Public Justice is currently hiring for their Public Interest Fellowship. From the PSJD job listing:
Public Justice … seeks to hire a recent law school graduate to serve as a Fellow for two years in either its Washington, D.C. headquarters or its Oakland, California office. The Fellow will help develop and litigate Public Justice’s cases. The two-year position will be open beginning in the Summer or Fall of 2013. Please note in your cover letter when you would be available to start.
[Public Justice’s] Access to Justice Campaign works to keep the courthouse doors open for all – by battling federal preemption, unnecessary court secrecy, class action bans and abuses, unfair mandatory arbitration, and other efforts to deprive people of their day in court.The Fellow will work collaboratively with Public Justice’s staff attorneys, outside lawyers who support Public Justice’s work, and other public interest groups to develop and bring precedent-setting and socially significant litigation. He or she may also help to develop materials designed to educate members of the public and the bar about Public Justice’s cases and the issues they address.
The salary is $60,000 per year with benefits, and the deadline is February 15, 2013. For more information, view the full job listing at PSJD.org (log-in required).