Friday, December 31, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Napping For The Holidays
The Blog (and your Government & Public Interest Blogger) is taking a much needed nap this holiday season. Do not expect any new posts until the New Year -- specifically on your first day of classes, January 10, 2011. Enjoy a wonderful and safe holiday season!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) expects to sponsor a paid intern program during the summer of 2011, awarding summer intern fellowships in New Jersey public interest legal organizations to rising 2nd and 3rd year law students. In past years, students have been employed in Legal Services programs as well as other public interest entities, such as the Association for Children of New Jersey, the American Friends Service Committee, Community Health Law Project, and Jersey Battered Women's Service.
Students placed in this summer program gain experience in a wide variety of legal issues. While specific responsibilities vary considerably according to individual placement, the range of activities typically includes client interviewing, legal and factual research, drafting legal documents, administrative agency appearances and, for students who have completed two years of law school, court appearances and more significant case involvement. Fellows interested in policy and research have participated in client needs assessment studies and the investigation of the rights of children; helped to draft pleadings on major litigation; and conducted research in the areas of education, civil rights, welfare policy and public and private housing.
2010 Interns were paid at a rate of $550 per week for rising 2nd year students and $750 per week for rising 3rd year students. Placements are typically for a 10 week period. All interns will participate in a multi-day orientation in late May, at least one mid-summer event (usually a meeting with the Chief Justice) and a closing luncheon to recap the summer and discuss public interest opportunities.
The program is competitive and particularly seeks people who have demonstrated their commitment to helping the disadvantaged through their prior work, extracurricular activities during school, and volunteer efforts. Grades, honors and personal achievements are also important.
To apply, you must complete a Deborah T. Poritz Summer Public Interest Legal Fellowship application. All applications will be considered in the order in which they are received and hiring decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Interested students are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible. Applications may be submitted electronically, by facsimile or via US Mail.
Students placed in this summer program gain experience in a wide variety of legal issues. While specific responsibilities vary considerably according to individual placement, the range of activities typically includes client interviewing, legal and factual research, drafting legal documents, administrative agency appearances and, for students who have completed two years of law school, court appearances and more significant case involvement. Fellows interested in policy and research have participated in client needs assessment studies and the investigation of the rights of children; helped to draft pleadings on major litigation; and conducted research in the areas of education, civil rights, welfare policy and public and private housing.
2010 Interns were paid at a rate of $550 per week for rising 2nd year students and $750 per week for rising 3rd year students. Placements are typically for a 10 week period. All interns will participate in a multi-day orientation in late May, at least one mid-summer event (usually a meeting with the Chief Justice) and a closing luncheon to recap the summer and discuss public interest opportunities.
The program is competitive and particularly seeks people who have demonstrated their commitment to helping the disadvantaged through their prior work, extracurricular activities during school, and volunteer efforts. Grades, honors and personal achievements are also important.
To apply, you must complete a Deborah T. Poritz Summer Public Interest Legal Fellowship application. All applications will be considered in the order in which they are received and hiring decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Interested students are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible. Applications may be submitted electronically, by facsimile or via US Mail.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Staff Attorney Position Available
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), founded in 1920, is a nationwide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with more than 500,000 members and is dedicated to the principles of liberty and equality embodied in the Constitution. The National Security Project of the ACLU’s National office in New York City seeks applications for a full-time Staff Attorney. The Staff Attorney will work with the Project’s team of lawyers on civil liberties and human rights issues relating to national security.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Applicants should be prepared to contribute to all aspects of the Project’s litigation and non-litigation work, including but not limited to:
• Litigate national security/civil liberties cases in the trial and appellate courts.
• Develop new cases and non-litigation advocacy projects relating to national security and civil liberties.
• Manage case development and conduct client and witness interviews.
• Serve as a resource for ACLU legislative and policy work, and advance ACLU policy goals through public education, organizing, and participating in coalitions.
• Develop and write advocacy materials for audiences comprised of lawyers and non-lawyers.
• Communicate with the media about the work of the ACLU’s National Security Project and the work of the ACLU more generally.
• Work in collaboration with other members of the ACLU’s National Security Project, other Projects within the ACLU’s Legal Department, and particularly the other Projects within the Center for Democracy.
• Supervise legal fellows and law students.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
The applicant should possess the following qualifications:
• J.D. degree and a minimum of four years of litigation experience required, preferably including experience litigating cases involving national security and civil liberties issues.
• A demonstrated commitment to public interest generally and civil liberties in particular.
• Excellent legal research, writing and verbal communication skills.
• A demonstrated ability to engage in complex legal analysis and fact-finding.
• Must be able to work independently as well as within a team.
• A demonstrated ability to manage cases without close supervision.
• Experience in motivating and directing staff.
• Experience dealing with the media.
HOW TO APPLY
Login to Symplicity today for all the application details. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, which will not be before January 1, 2011.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Applicants should be prepared to contribute to all aspects of the Project’s litigation and non-litigation work, including but not limited to:
• Litigate national security/civil liberties cases in the trial and appellate courts.
• Develop new cases and non-litigation advocacy projects relating to national security and civil liberties.
• Manage case development and conduct client and witness interviews.
• Serve as a resource for ACLU legislative and policy work, and advance ACLU policy goals through public education, organizing, and participating in coalitions.
• Develop and write advocacy materials for audiences comprised of lawyers and non-lawyers.
• Communicate with the media about the work of the ACLU’s National Security Project and the work of the ACLU more generally.
• Work in collaboration with other members of the ACLU’s National Security Project, other Projects within the ACLU’s Legal Department, and particularly the other Projects within the Center for Democracy.
• Supervise legal fellows and law students.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
The applicant should possess the following qualifications:
• J.D. degree and a minimum of four years of litigation experience required, preferably including experience litigating cases involving national security and civil liberties issues.
• A demonstrated commitment to public interest generally and civil liberties in particular.
• Excellent legal research, writing and verbal communication skills.
• A demonstrated ability to engage in complex legal analysis and fact-finding.
• Must be able to work independently as well as within a team.
• A demonstrated ability to manage cases without close supervision.
• Experience in motivating and directing staff.
• Experience dealing with the media.
HOW TO APPLY
Login to Symplicity today for all the application details. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, which will not be before January 1, 2011.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) is seeking full-time law student interns for its 2011 summer program. EBCLC is the community-based clinic for Berkeley Law School (University of California, Boalt Hall) during the academic year, and provides free civil legal services to low-income clients of Alameda County, California. During our summer session, EBCLC welcomes students from all law schools.
Students handle their own cases under the day-to-day supervision of staff attorneys in one of the following practice areas:
• Clean Slate: Criminal Records Remedies (administrative, regulatory, policy advocacy)
• Health: Public School-based Legal Services Project (multidisciplinary)
• Health: HIV/AIDS Project and Medical-Legal Partnership (multidisciplinary)
• Health: Immigration (administrative with some litigation)
• Housing & Eviction Defense (litigation)
• Income Support (administrative, regulatory, policy advocacy)
• Neighborhood Justice Clinic (self-help services, litigation)
Students handle their own cases under the day-to-day supervision of staff attorneys in one of the following practice areas:
• Clean Slate: Criminal Records Remedies (administrative, regulatory, policy advocacy)
• Health: Public School-based Legal Services Project (multidisciplinary)
• Health: HIV/AIDS Project and Medical-Legal Partnership (multidisciplinary)
• Health: Immigration (administrative with some litigation)
• Housing & Eviction Defense (litigation)
• Income Support (administrative, regulatory, policy advocacy)
• Neighborhood Justice Clinic (self-help services, litigation)
For more information including application instructions, login to Symplicity.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Funded Summer Positions
The Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship Program recently announced 2011 Summer Fellowships as well as a School Year Fellowship available to law students.
2011 Summer Fellowships
Over 40 funded positions in labor-related organizations throughout the United States.
2011-2012 School-Year Fellowship
1 funded part-time position in Chicago
Information available at http://www.peggybrowningfund.org/. Application deadline: January 14, 2011
Over 40 funded positions in labor-related organizations throughout the United States.
2011-2012 School-Year Fellowship
1 funded part-time position in Chicago
Information available at http://www.peggybrowningfund.org/. Application deadline: January 14, 2011
Hint: There are some really terrific positions available this year ..... don't miss out on applying!
Monday, December 13, 2010
27 New Positions Avaiable!!!
Have you checked out the Symplicity Document Library lately? On my last look, there were 27 new public interest positions (legal, non-legal, fellowships, and internships) located nationwide. If you haven't looked lately, make one of your New Year's resolutions to become an active Symplicity user!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Southern Public Defender Training Center Opportunities
Across the country, public defender offices are underfunded and understaffed, drowning in untenable caseloads. With too few public defenders handling too many cases, those who cannot afford representation are being denied their fundamental right to counsel, and many are languishing in jail at taxpayers’ expense.
Equal Justice Works and the Southern Public Defender Training Center have partnered to develop a solution to this growing crisis and improve the quality of representation for adults and juveniles nationwide. Public Defender Corps is a three-year fellowship program aimed at addressing the ongoing national crisis of providing quality representation to accused persons who cannot afford counsel.
Applications for this public defense pilot project are currently being accepted. Approximately 20 fellowships will be selected, with terms commencing in the Fall of 2011. The application is open to all law students from Equal Justice Works member law schools and lawyers with less than three years of practice. Application and supporting documents are due by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, December 17, 2010.
Equal Justice Works and the Southern Public Defender Training Center have partnered to develop a solution to this growing crisis and improve the quality of representation for adults and juveniles nationwide. Public Defender Corps is a three-year fellowship program aimed at addressing the ongoing national crisis of providing quality representation to accused persons who cannot afford counsel.
Applications for this public defense pilot project are currently being accepted. Approximately 20 fellowships will be selected, with terms commencing in the Fall of 2011. The application is open to all law students from Equal Justice Works member law schools and lawyers with less than three years of practice. Application and supporting documents are due by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, December 17, 2010.
Click HERE for more information.
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Summer 2011 Judicial Intern Opportunity Program
Attention all 1Ls & 2Ls:
Don’t forget to apply for an internship through the Summer 2011 Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation).
The program is a full-time, six-week minimum, summer internship program open to all first- or second-year minority and/or economically disadvantaged law students.
The deadline for applying is January 7, 2011.
Selected students are given an opportunity to intern for six weeks or more during the summer with a participating state or federal judge. The program offers a $1,500 award to each selected student. The award is intended to be reimbursement of some of the expenses associated with the placement.
Internship opportunities were offered to 170 minority and/or economically disadvantaged law students, representing 75 schools last year. You can find a copy of the program application and all of this information on the program website: www.abanet.org/litigation/jiop
The program is a full-time, six-week minimum, summer internship program open to all first- or second-year minority and/or economically disadvantaged law students.
The deadline for applying is January 7, 2011.
Selected students are given an opportunity to intern for six weeks or more during the summer with a participating state or federal judge. The program offers a $1,500 award to each selected student. The award is intended to be reimbursement of some of the expenses associated with the placement.
Internship opportunities were offered to 170 minority and/or economically disadvantaged law students, representing 75 schools last year. You can find a copy of the program application and all of this information on the program website: www.abanet.org/litigation/jiop
For more information, contact Lydia Russo in the Career Services Department.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
United States Secret Service
Do you want to work as a criminal investigator for the federal government?
Criminal Investigators:
• Protect the United States President, Vice President, President-elect, Vice President-elect, their immediate families, former Presidents, visiting foreign heads of states/governments, major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and others designated by law.
• Conduct criminal investigations pertaining to the counterfeiting of United States and foreign government obligations and securities; fictitious and fraudulently negotiated government and commercial securities, identity theft, false identification, computer crimes, access device fraud, telecommunications fraud, telemarketing fraud, electronic funds transfer fraud and fraud concerning federally insured financial institutions.
Applications are now being accepted through December 17, 2010. For more information, contact:
Personnel Division
Phone: 202-406-5458
Email: sasupport@secretservice.gov
• Protect the United States President, Vice President, President-elect, Vice President-elect, their immediate families, former Presidents, visiting foreign heads of states/governments, major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and others designated by law.
• Conduct criminal investigations pertaining to the counterfeiting of United States and foreign government obligations and securities; fictitious and fraudulently negotiated government and commercial securities, identity theft, false identification, computer crimes, access device fraud, telecommunications fraud, telemarketing fraud, electronic funds transfer fraud and fraud concerning federally insured financial institutions.
Applications are now being accepted through December 17, 2010. For more information, contact:
Personnel Division
Phone: 202-406-5458
Email: sasupport@secretservice.gov
Monday, December 06, 2010
We Reccommend ...
If you have not done so already, pick up the new and updated CSD Handbook before the holiday break. If you have already left town, the updated Handbook is also available on Symplicity. There are expanded chapters on networking which will help inspire you to set up those crucial informational interviews. Don't be the last person jumping on the networking train ... start building those contacts now!
Friday, December 03, 2010
Are you searching PSLAWNET regularly? If the answer is no ... make sure to add this website to your list of places to visit frequently. If not, you will be missing GREAT opportunities like the one below.
EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (ERI) - http://www.earthrights.org/ - is seeing law students for summer legal internships in Washington, DC. Legal interns provide legal research, writing, and program support for ERI activities all over the world. Law students may be J.D. or LL.M. students, but must have at least one year of U.S. legal training by the time of the internship.
ERI is currently counsel on several matters, including a landmark lawsuit against Chiquita for its funding of Colombian paramilitaries, and lawsuits against Occidental Petroleum and Union Carbide for environmental damage to communities in Peru and India, respectively. Legal interns participate in various projects associated with these cases, including legal research and writing and assistance in all phases of litigation, as well as other legal work including development of new cases, monitoring and exploring developments in international human rights and environmental law, researching and utilizing other mechanisms of corporate accountability, and helping to coordinate with and assist other groups bringing domestic or international cases. Interns work directly under ERI's Legal Director and may provide legal support for other ERI programs, including its campaigns, educational programs, and human rights reporting.
Qualifications
•A demonstrated commitment to protecting human rights and the environment
•Independent and creative thinking skills
•Excellent legal research and writing skills
•Ability to handle sensitive client relationships and protect the confidentiality of our work and our communications
•Proficiency in standard computer applications, especially Word and WordPerfect
•Proficiency in languages, especially Spanish, is desirable but not required
For full application instructions, login to PSLAWNET today! The deadline is December 18, 2010.
EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (ERI) - http://www.earthrights.org/ - is seeing law students for summer legal internships in Washington, DC. Legal interns provide legal research, writing, and program support for ERI activities all over the world. Law students may be J.D. or LL.M. students, but must have at least one year of U.S. legal training by the time of the internship.
ERI is currently counsel on several matters, including a landmark lawsuit against Chiquita for its funding of Colombian paramilitaries, and lawsuits against Occidental Petroleum and Union Carbide for environmental damage to communities in Peru and India, respectively. Legal interns participate in various projects associated with these cases, including legal research and writing and assistance in all phases of litigation, as well as other legal work including development of new cases, monitoring and exploring developments in international human rights and environmental law, researching and utilizing other mechanisms of corporate accountability, and helping to coordinate with and assist other groups bringing domestic or international cases. Interns work directly under ERI's Legal Director and may provide legal support for other ERI programs, including its campaigns, educational programs, and human rights reporting.
Qualifications
•A demonstrated commitment to protecting human rights and the environment
•Independent and creative thinking skills
•Excellent legal research and writing skills
•Ability to handle sensitive client relationships and protect the confidentiality of our work and our communications
•Proficiency in standard computer applications, especially Word and WordPerfect
•Proficiency in languages, especially Spanish, is desirable but not required
For full application instructions, login to PSLAWNET today! The deadline is December 18, 2010.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Summer 2011 Legal Internship
The Brennan Center For Justice at New York University School of Law is seeking law students to work on policy advocacy, research, and litigation initativeies at the the federal, state, and local levels. The internship will commence on May 31, 2011 and last for 10 weeks.
Qualifications: Excellent legal research, analysis, and writing skills; initiative, imagination, and versatility; and a passion for issues.
For more information, log into Symplicity today.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
HandsOnJacksonville Is Looking For Volunteers!
Do you have some time to volunteer this holiday season?
School: Biscayne Elementary
Address: 12230 Biscayne Blvd., 32218
Phone No: 904-714-4650
Decorating/distribution Day Thursday, December 2, 2010 - Volunteers still needed
Arrival time: 6 P.M.
Report to: The front office
Parking: The front parking lot
Volunteers are needed to place backpacks and gifts on each student’s desk as well as toss gold tinsel in the hallways. Some heavy lifting is required so strong women and men are most welcome.
Saint Nicholas Discovery Day Friday, December 3, 2010 – Volunteers still needed
Arrival time: 7:45 - 8:00 A. M. (schools begins at 8:30)
Report to: Front Office. Please have drivers license ready.
Parking: The front parking lot
Coffee and light breakfast will be served
On the morning of Friday, December 3rd more than 6,000 children will come to school and find that their hallways have been decorated with gold tinsel. The students will find backpacks stuffed with books and toys on their desk and volunteers to read The Secrets of Saint Nicholas book. Volunteer readers will need to borrow a copy of the book from a student. Volunteers are encouraged to engage the students in a conversation about other ways they can show giving at school and home. You may also ask the teacher about reading another story of their choice. A live Saint Nicholas will also make his rounds visiting the children.
For more information, contact Jacqui Scuncio.
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