February 14, 2017 at 2:58 pm
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*Career Counselor’s Corner*
Claudia Melo, JD, Director of the Career Center at University of Minnesota Law School says “This is a quick, handy compilation that I use in conjuction with the Gov[ernment] Honors Guide for those students interested in government careers.”
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February 9, 2017 at 2:00 pm
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Staff Attorney
The Organization
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE), a non-profit regional law firm that provides high-quality legal assistance to low-income persons and groups in western Ohio, seeks a bright, creative, hardworking attorney for its Dayton office.
The Position
The Attorney will work with ABLE’s Education Practice Group and the Housing and Economic Development Practice Group. The Education Practice Group provides legal representation to low-income children and parents in education cases. The Education Practice Group advocates for appropriate and meaningful educational opportunities for children in poverty, including a focus on discipline cases and disrupting the school to prison pipeline, particularly for African American and Latino youth who are disproportionately impacted by these policies. The Housing and Economic Development Practice Group focuses their work on improving housing conditions and choices for low income communities as well as improving eThe Attorney must have excellent interpersonal skills and be experienced in working in collaborative environments.
Are you ready, willing and ABLE to be an advocate? Check out the full-post on PSJD.
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February 2, 2017 at 2:00 pm
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International Human Rights Clinic Fellowship
The Organization
Founded in 1892 by John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago is one of the world’s leading universities, with an extraordinary history of world-renowned research and education across a broad spectrum of fields. More than 80 Nobel laureates are associated with the University of Chicago, including eight current faculty members. One former senior lecturer is currently President of the United States. The University of Chicago is known for its excellent faculty, an increasingly strong and diverse student body, and a distinctive urban campus with strong community connections. In 2016, US News and World Report ranked the University of Chicago 3rd in its annual survey of the Best Colleges.
The Position
he University of Chicago Law School is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position training and supervising law students as a Fellow, appointed with the rank of Lecturer, in the Law School’s International Human Rights (IHR) Clinic. This position is for the 2017-18 academic year and is expected to begin on August 1, 2017. The appointment is for 12 months; re-appointment for a second term may be possible. The IHR Clinic works for the promotion of social and economic justice globally, including in the United States. The IHR Clinic uses international human rights laws and norms as well as other substantive law and strategies to draw attention to human rights violations, develop practical solutions to those problems using interdisciplinary methodologies, and promote accountability on the part of state and non-state actors. IHR Clinic projects include litigation in domestic, foreign, and international tribunals, as well as non-litigation projects, such as documenting violations, legislative reform, drafting reports, and training manuals.
Is this your first class ticket to starting a career in international human rights? View the full-post on PSJD.
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January 26, 2017 at 3:30 pm
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Summer Legal Clerk
The Organization
The Advocacy Center of Louisiana protects, empowers, and advocates for the human and legal rights of people with disabilities and seniors living in Louisiana, in order that they may live an integrated life in the community, free from abuse, neglect and exploitation. The Advocacy Center assists with a variety of legal issues including, public benefits (Medicaid), special education, advocacy for rights of residents of institutions including nursing homes and prisons, cases involving issues of inaccessibility or discrimination, community integration, and issues related to self determination.
The Position
Legal Clerks will provide assistance on to Advocacy Center attorneys. Legal Clerks will assist attorneys on matters including legal research, investigation, advice to clients, negotiation on behalf of clients, and representation in court and administrative proceedings. We can usually arrange for some client contact and attendance at administrative or court hearings with our attorneys if this is of interest to the student.
Ready to start a new position in New Orleans? See a full-post on PSJD.
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January 19, 2017 at 1:30 pm
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Staff Attorney
The Organization
We are a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations working together to end domestic and sexual violence through advocacy, public education, public policy, and program development in Montana. Incorporated in 1986, the Montana Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence (MCADSV) is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations working together to end domestic and sexual violence through advocacy, public education, public policy, and program development. Our mission is to support and facilitate networking among our member organizations while advocating for social change in Montana.
The Position
The SALS Staff Attorney is the lead staff person responsible for providing holistic, comprehensive, direct civil legal services to victims of sexual assault throughout Montana. The SALS program consists of the Staff Attorney, Public Policy/Legal Director (supervisor), and a legal assistant/victim advocate. This is a grant funded position currently funded through September 2019. Being licensed to practice law in Montana is a requirement for the position.
Ready to bust a move in Montana? Check out the full post on PSJD.
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January 17, 2017 at 2:55 pm
· Filed under Career Resources, Expert Opinion: Interviews and More, Job Hunting, Legal Education, PSJD User Guides
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The PSJD Resource Center has valuable information for law students, career counselors and lawyers about public service law jobs.
The PSJD Practice Area Guides are designed to give students and job seekers brief overviews of several different legal fields. The guides include practical information regarding the types of employers and practice settings in various fields of law. The guides also include skills that would be useful to gain during law school if a student is seeking to practice in that area after graduation.
*Career Counselor’s Corner*
Claudio Melo, JD, Director of the Career Center at University of Minnesota Law School says “I use these consistently with my 1L students. They provide a bite-size overview of common practice areas of interest. Also, if a student has an upcoming informational interview, I encourage them to review the attorney’s practice area of focus prior to the meeting.”
Couldn’t find the practice guide that you were looking for? Send us an
email and we’ll do our best to create one and put it on the website.
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January 12, 2017 at 1:39 pm
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2017 – 2018 PSJD FellowThe Organization
The PSJD Fellow is the principal manager and administrator of the PSJD.org website. PSJD, which is a NALP initiative, is the nation’s largest public interest law jobs database, and also includes detailed information on thousands of public interest and government employers, as well as a library of resources to aid job seekers.
The Position
The Fellow has responsibilities for: development of online educational content, management of student interns, basic technology and data management, co-editing the PSJD Blog, using social media to promote PSJD, interacting with NALP members, delivering presentations about the public interest job search, and other tasks as they arise.
The PSJD Fellowship provides a wonderful opportunity for a public-interest minded law graduate who also has an interest in nonprofit administration and technology. Further, the fellowship offers a bird’s-eye view of the public interest arena for law graduates on public service career paths.
Ready to become a jolly good fellow? See the full post on PSJD.
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January 5, 2017 at 3:38 pm
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Staff Attorney
The Organization – Eviction Defense Network
No tenant should go to trial without a lawyer! We provide tenants with representation by lawyers experienced in eviction defense. Our fees for full representation are based on a sliding fee scale from $500 to $2500 depending on income and budget. We believe that all tenants should be represented by a well-prepared attorney no matter how much they can afford to pay.
If you have filed your answer yourself, or another agency has filed it for you, we can still represent you. If this is the case, please come to our office as soon as possible so we can meet with you.
The Position
QUALIFICATIONS SOUGHT
- Active membership in the State Bar of California
- 1-3 years litigation experience preferred;
- Knowledge of landlord-tenant, housing law, rent control, and the eviction process preferred.
- Demonstrated commitment to serving the needs of low-income persons
- Bilingual Spanish/English
- Ability to collaborate with other community agencies in the delivery of services
- Self-motivated, takes initiative, able to learn quickly
Ready to get to work? See the full post on PSJD.
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December 29, 2016 at 10:41 am
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Legal Clinic FellowshipsThe Organization
UDC-DCSL is the USA’s most clinically-oriented law school, one of the nation’s most diverse law schools, and is devoted to recruiting and training students who are committed to public service. Its legislatively mandated mission is to to recruit and train as lawyers students from racial, ethnic and other groups traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession and to do so, to the degree feasible, through the representation of low-income people and the public interest in a clinical setting.
The Position
The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law is pleased to announce fellowship opportunities in the following legal clinics:
Community Development and Housing
Immigration
Juvenile and Special Education Law
Tax
LL.M. Program Description
The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law has an excellent, nationally ranked clinical education program where each J.D. candidate must complete two seven-credit clinics to graduate. LL.M. candidates work closely with experienced faculty members to teach and supervise clinic students learning substantive law and practice skills. In addition, over the course of the two- year program, fellows in the LL.M. program must complete a scholarly work of publishable quality, or a project designed to stimulate systems change.
The two-year LL.M. program includes coursework in clinical pedagogy, legal scholarship, public interest law, and systems change. The focus of the program is to provide fellows with a foundation in clinical education practices and to strengthen their lawyering and advocacy skills.
Is this the fellowship that you’ve been waiting for? See the full post on PSJD.
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December 22, 2016 at 3:27 pm
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Legal Intern
The Organization
The National Institute for Reproductive Health works across the country to increase access to reproductive health care by changing public policy, galvanizing public support, and normalizing women’s decisions to have abortions and use contraception. Believing that a bottom-up strategy is necessary to create lasting change, we work through a partnership model, providing support in the form of funding, capacity building, strategic guidance, and technical assistance and building connections between and among partner organizations at the local, state, and national levels.
The Position
The law clerk/legal intern should expect to engage in policy analysis of key pieces of state legislation across the country; perform legal research and draft legal memoranda to advance our policy priorities; and gain experience working in state and national coalitions working to advance reproductive rights.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Policy analysis of bills affecting reproductive rights on the state level;
- Legislative tracking of related bills in key states;
- Legal research and writing.
Qualifications:
- Second- or third-year law student;
- A commitment to and knowledge of reproductive health and rights is preferred but not required;
- Excellent legal research and writing skills;
- Knowledge of and/or interest in the legislative process
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, including exceptional attention to detail; and
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Is this the perfect internship to kick off your legal career? See the full post on PSJD.
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