Find your region below to learn more about job opportunities and public interest events happening in your area this month. (Click image to enlarge map)

Here are December’s Regional Highlights:

West/Rocky Mountain: Attorney (Various locations, New Mexico); Attorney (Albuquerque, NM); Family Law Staff Attorney (San Francisco, CA); Legislative Advocate (San Francisco, CA); Director of Litigation (Santa Ana, CA); 2016 Legal Fellow (Oakland, CA); Summer 2016 Clerk (Portland, OR); Part-time Pro Bono Coordinator/Staff Attorney (Portland, OR); Assistant U.S. Attorney (Spokane, WA); Attorney (Barrow, AK); Staff Attorney, Domestic Violence (Bozeman, MT); Law Clerkship, Summer 2016 (Honolulu, HI)

Midwest: Consumer Protection Attorney (St. Paul, MN); Senior Attorney (St. Paul, MN); 2016 Summer Advocate (Madison, WI); Clinical Professor with the Wisconsin Innocence Project (Madison, WI); Staff Attorney (Grand Rapids, MI); Summer 2016 Legal Internship (Kalamazoo, MI); Assistant Dean for Career Services (Bloomington, IN); Intake Staff Attorney (Indianapolis, IN); Summer Law Student Internship (Kansas City, MO); Staff Attorney (Columbus, OH); General Counsel’s Summer Intern Program (Cincinnati, OH); CCLA Volunteer and Pro Bono Program Director (Chicago, IL); Law Student Internship Program for Summer 2016 (Alton, IL)

Southeast: Assistant United States Attorney – Appellate Division (Raleigh, NC);  Assistant Post-Conviction/Staff Attorney (Nashville, TN);  Assistant United States Attorney (Dallas, TX); Managing Attorney (Covington, KY); Staff Attorney (Oklahoma City, OK); Legal Internship (Miami, FL); Lucha Staff Attorney (Miami, FL); Human Rights Attorney (Sarasota, FL); Staff Investigator (Tallahassee, FL);

Mid-Atlantic: Senior Attorney (Harrisburg, PA); Staff Attorney (York, PA); Law Clerkship 2016 (Philadelphia, PA); Assistant Attorney General – Educational Affairs Program (Baltimore, MD); Principal Counsel – Maryland Energy Administration (Baltimore, MD); Staff Attorney (Baltimore, MD); Legal and Policy Intern (Bethesda, MD); Legal Intern, Advocacy (Silver Spring, MD); Bioethics Fellowship (Bethesda, MD); Assistant U.S. Attorney (Newport News, VA); Attorney Adviser (General) (Arlington, VA); General Counsel’s Summer Intern Program (Washington, D.C.); Assistant United States Attorney (Washington, DC); Public Interest Law Internship (Washington, DC); Direction Attorney, Economic Security Team (Washington, DC); Spring 2016 Law Clerk (Washington, DC); Privacy Fellow (Washington, DC); Legal Fellow (Washington, DC); Advocacy Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean (Washington, DC); Social Enterprise and Nonprofit Law Clinic Graduate Teaching Fellowship (Washington, DC)

Northeast:  Staff Attorney (Burlington, VT); Disability Law Project Attorney (Rutland, VT); Public Defender (St. Albans, VT); Abrams Clinical Fellowship – Yale Law (New Haven, CT); Summer Legal Intern (Boston, MA); Staff Attorney (Quincy, MA); 2016 Corporation Counsel Clerkship (New York, NY); Managing Attorney (Jamestown, NY); Supervising Attorney – Civil Action Practice (New York, NY);  Director of Immigration Project (Staten Island, NY); Legal Advocate (Brooklyn, NY); Legal Fellow – U.S. Legal Program (New York, NY); Assistant General Counsel (Manhattan, NY); New York State Bar Association – Minority Fellowships in Environmental Law (NY Summer Funding/Scholarship)

Canada: PSJD Resource: Careers in Social Justice

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Happy Thanksgiving Week! This week’s JOTW features multiple internship opportunities. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is seeking 1L interns for their Ella Baker Summer Internship Program in Boston, Miami, New Orleans and New York. Through CCR’s internship program, 1L students will gain practical litigation experience and sharpen their theoretical understanding of their relationship between social change, organizing, and lawyering.

If this sounds like something for you, check out the full post on PSJD. (1L Application Deadline: December 18, 2015).

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The Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights is hiring a Staff Attorney for its Children’s Defense Team, which provides holistic legal representation for children in delinquency and status offender proceedings as the juvenile public defender in New Orleans. The Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (LCCR) is a nonprofit law center whose mission is to defend the right of every child in Louisiana’s juvenile justice system to fairness, dignity, and opportunity.

If you are interested in juvenile rights and/or public defense work, check out the full post on PSJD. (Application Deadline: December 1, 2015)

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The Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts is looking for a Family Law Project Staff Attorney. The Women’s Bar Association works towards the goal of full and equal participation of women in every aspect of society and strives to build a strong community of women lawyers who make a difference in the profession and in society at large.

To learn more about this position’s responsibilities and qualifications, check out the full post on PSJD. (Application Deadline: November 20, 2015)

We are excited to introduce a new blog series: Regional Highlights. Every first Tuesday of the month, we will be posting regional highlights from each of our six NALP member regions. (Click image to enlarge map). These posts will mainly highlight job opportunities, but may also include upcoming public interest events, summer funding deadlines, and other career resources.

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Here are November’s Regional Highlights:

West/Rocky Mountain: Honors Attorney Fellowship 2016-2017 (Seattle, WA);  Staff Attorney (San Francisco, CA); Staff Attorney (Los Angeles, CA); Summer Law Clerk (Denver, CO); Americorps Lawyer (Phoenix, AZ); Staff Attorney – Tech Projects (Anchorage, AK)

Midwest: Trial Attorney/Assistant Public Defender (Columbia, MO); Staff Attorney (Springfield, IL); The Simon Karas Fellowship 2016-2017 (Columbus, OH) Legal and Policy Program Manager (Detroit, MI); Assistant Attorney General – Civil Appeals (Chicago, IL)

Southeast: Entry-Level Staff Attorney (New Orleans, LA); Staff Attorney (Plantation, FL); Immigrant Justice Project: Two Year Fellowship (Atlanta, GA); Summer Internship (Jackson, MS); Staff Attorney (Memphis, TN); Attorney-Adviser (General) (Fort Knox, KY); Veterans’ Rights Attorney (Alamo, TX); Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney (Houston, TX)

Mid-Atlantic: Staff Attorney (Philadelphia, PA); State and Local Immigration Advocate (Silver Spring, MD); Spring 2016 Legal Research Intern (Alexandria, VA); Summer Law Clerks (Washington, DC); Direct Representation Attorney (Baltimore, MD); Elections Counsel (Washington, DC); Attorney (Washington, DC)

Northeast: Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship (Burlington, VT); Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney (Boston, MA); Military Records Corrections Staff Attorney (West Haven, CT); Internship Opportunities (Trenton, NJ); Attorney-In-Charge, Brooklyn Neighborhood Office (New York, New York); Workers’ Rights Attorney (Yonkers, NY); Tort Attorney (New York, New York); Government Misconduct/Racial Justice Legal Intern (New York, New York); New York Bar Foundation (Summer funding/Scholarships)

Canada: PSJD Articling Resource

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17 positions available! The Youth Co-Op Legal Services is seeking staff attorneys to provide legal services to unaccompanied children in South Florida. The Youth Co-Op Legal Services provides services under a sub-contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in cooperation with the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI).

If this sounds like something for you, check out the full post on PSJD. (Application Deadline: Rolling)

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Attention: Multiple Opportunities! The National Juvenile Defender Center is looking for 2 Project Attorneys to work in a partnership with the Civil Legal Service Initiative Coordinator, to engage in a blend of practice and policy initiatives designed to provide the field with critical support to ensure the development of cooperative juvenile defense and civil legal services at the local and national level. The Project Attorneys will be engaged in cutting-edge, multi-faceted work, providing research, legal advocacy, policy development, and direct services.

If this sounds like something for you, check out the full post on PSJD. (Application Deadline: November 1, 2015)

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Attention – Multiple Locations! The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking bright, innovative, results-oriented individuals for their 2016 Summer Honors internship program in their Washington D.C. home office and their regional offices. The SEC’s mission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. Interns will have a chance to gain insightful experience into the regulation of security markets and how they must comply with securities laws.

If this sounds like something for you, check out the full post on PSJD. (Application Deadline: October 26, 2015)

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The Los Angeles HIV Law & Policy Project (LA HLPP) is looking to sponsor law students, judicial clerks, or recent law school graduates for their HIV Law Fellowship, an externally funded public interest fellowship starting September 2016. LA HLPP is a collaborative project between three core partners:  the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Inner City Law Center, and UCLA School of Law. The project provides access to legal services and policy research support to and for the more than 60,000 people living with HIV/AIDS (“PLWHA”) in Los Angeles County.

If this sounds like something for you, check out the full post on PSJD. (Application Deadline: Rolling)

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The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is looking for four fellows for the Bertha Fellowship, a two year fellowship starting in September 2016. CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Fellows will be assigned to work alongside lawyers in one of CCR’s three docket areas: the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, Government Misconduct/Racial Justice, and International Human Rights.

If this sounds like something for you, check out the full post on PSJD. (Application Deadline: October 16, 2015)