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Last week Outlaws, APALSA, OPIS, LLSA, and ACS cosponsored a Public Service Job Event for 1Ls with panels on different areas of public interest law. Below please find some of the resources discussed at the event.

Thanks to Kaitlin for all her hard work on organizing!

GENERAL RESOURCES

PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIPS:

• Equal Justice America (nationwide): Equal Justice America offers fellowships of up to $4,000 to students at the law schools listed below who work full-time during Summer 2009 for organizations providing direct civil legal assistance for the poor.

http://www.equaljusticeamerica.org/prev_applications/ApplicationSummer.htm

• Equal Justice Works Summer Corps (nationwide - NON-POLITICAL work only)- Summer Corps is an AmeriCorps-funded program that in 2010 will provide more than 600 law students with the opportunity to earn a $1,000 education award voucher for dedicating their summer to a qualifying legal project at a nonprofit public interest organization

(http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/communities/participants/summercorps)

• J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund (nationwide): A prize of two thousand dollars will be awarded to one or more college or university students involved in public service. The award is meant to enable the student to gain practical experience in public service by taking a no-pay or low-pay: http://www.jwsaxefund.org/apply.php

• Massachusetts Bar Foundation Legal Intern Fellowship Program (Massachusetts only)- To assist law students in gaining practical experience in the public sector, the Massachusetts Bar Foundation awards up to six (6) stipends of $6,000 each to law students who intern during the summer months at nonprofit organizations providing civil legal services to low-income clients in Massachusetts.

(http://www.massbarfoundation.org/grant-programs/legal-intern-fellowship-program)

• Public Interest Law Initiative (Chicago only)- PILI funds dozens of 400-hour internships for first and second-year law students from across the country to work at public interest law agencies in the Chicago area. PILI also offers a limited number of 200-hour school year internships for Chicago area law students. http://www.pili-law.org/internships.htm

JOB WEBSITES:

• Internships USA- Federal Legal Internships: http://www.internships-usa.com/fedlaw/fedind.htm

• PSJobnet: Includes job information; funding information; how to apply; where to apply; etc. http://www.pslawnet.org/

• UMich OCS: http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/publicservice/practicearea/international/Pages/default.aspx

• Idealist Links to different non-profit organizations and materials. idealist.org/career

• Yale Guide to International Public Interest Law 2007-08 (This is a long guide (150 pp); you can request a PDF version from Sara Malkani via email)

GOVERNMENT

JOB RESOURCES:

• OPS website with links. The website also has connections to different students who have worked in these fields before, and you should feel free to contact them. http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/publicservice/practicearea/Pages/governmentlaw.aspx

• There are opportunities with the Department of State; Capitol Hill; White House; etc. State Department: http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/

• University of Arizona Website: All the different volunteer and honors program websites. Username: cookie, Password: dough

http://www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm

• Department of Justice- Volunteer program: http://www.justice.gov/oarm/arm/int/legalinternjq.htm

• Catalog of Federal Legal Jobs: http://www.makingthedifference.org/federalcareers/law.shtml

• Government Law Links Page: http://people.usd.edu/~legalint/gov.html

• If you are interested in working on Capitol Hill: Tom Manatos Job Listserv, or RollCall: http://www.rollcall.com/

• If you are trying to get a job with think tanks. Go to their respective websites and apply directly. Examples: Council on Foreign Relations, Brookings Institute, CATO, Carnegie Endowment for Peace.

• If you are interested in “rule of law” type work, ABA offers different divisions: http://www.abanet.org/careercounsel/crcofferings1.html

CIVIL RIGHTS

JOB RESOURCES:

• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. http://www.naacpldf.org/content/pdf/jobs/Internship_Summer_2010.pdf

• GLAD Internships: http://www.glad.org/help/internships/

• Feminist Internships: http://www.yale.edu/wc/feminist%20internships.html

• Lambda Legal Internships: http://www.lambdalegal.org/about-us/jobs/summer-internships-for-law.html

• ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities: http://www.abanet.org/irr/interns.html

• ACLU- (various Internship programs): http://www.aclu.org/careers/8

• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Career Opportunities: http://www.usccr.gov/jobs/jobs.htm

• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - Career Center: http://www.civilrights.org/career_center/

FELLOWSHIP RESOURCES:

• Carol H. Pitchersky Development Fellowship: http://www.civilrights.org/about/fellowship/

• Human Rights Campaign (LGBT advocacy): http://www.hrc.org/about_us/5628.htm

• Thurgood Marshall Fellowship: http://www.lccr.com/about_jobs.shtml#TMF

• George N. Lindsay Civil Rights Legal Fellowship: http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/about?id=0006

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

GENERAL INTERNATIONAL JOB RESOURCES:

• International Law Institute:  http://www.ili.org/

• Amnesty International Employment and Internships: http://www.amnestyusa.org/about/employment.do

• Arms Control Association Internships: http://www.armscontrol.org/internships.asp

• Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs Jobs and Internships: http://www.cceia.org/about/jobs/positions.html

• The Carter Center Internships and Careers Internships: http://www.cartercenter.org/involved/internship/index.html

• Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice Initiatives: http://www.abcny.org/VanceCenter/index.htm

• Freedom House Employment and Internships: http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=13

• Human Rights Watch-Fellowships in International Human Rights for Law Students: http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs

• International Court of Justice Employment: http://www.icj-cij.org/registry/index.php?p1=2&p2=5&p3=3

• International Criminal Court Job Opportunities: http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Recruitment/Job+opportunities/

• InterAction (American Council for Voluntary International Action): Comprehensive links to organizations and coalitions that provide  humanitarian assistance to the world's poor. http://www.interaction.org/career-opportunities

• International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES): http://www.ifes.org/careers.html

• Lawyers Without Borders http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=175  http://www.lwob.org/Pages/ContentPage.aspx?zkXbC2o7SrsQed9E8jw0qvyiMY%2bkybJnSjDsYSBkcu4%3d 

• Peace Brigades International Jobs and Volunteering: http://www.peacebrigades.org/get-involved/

• United Nations Headquarters Internship Program  Deadline: Send application no later than six months before the date you would like to begin work.  http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/sds/internsh/index.htm

• US Committee for Refugees Internships: http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1096&subm=54&area=Participate

• American Society for International Law – contains database of organizations on its website. www.asil.org

AFRICAN ORGANIZATIONS:

• African Development Bank Employment: http://www.afdb.org/en/careers/ 

ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS:

• Asian Development Bank, Young Professionals Program, Internships, Professional Staff Positions: http://www.adb.org/Employment/ypp.asp

• Asia Society Career Opportunities: http://www.asiasociety.org/about/career-opportunities

EUROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS:

• American Bar Association-Central and East European Law Initiative Internships: http://www.abanet.org/rol/opportunities/internships.shtml

• European Roma Rights Center Employment Opportunities: http://errc.org/Employment_index.php

• European Union (EU) Internships: http://ec.europa.eu/stages/index_en.htm

FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION:

• UofM International Fellowships, Scholarships and Travel Grants: http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/publicservice/practicearea/international/Documents/fellowsinternational.pdf

• Human Rights First: http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/about_us/jobs/apply.aspx

• American Society of International Law: The program currently consists of a one-time "micro-grant" of up to $1000, for law students and young lawyers to pursue human rights work and research at an established NGO or human rights organization. http://www.asil.org/search.cfm?displayPage=314

• American Society of International Law-Only the first 50 completed applications, submitted on-line, and received in full by the submission deadline will be reviewed. http://www.asil.org/aboutasil/HeltonApplication.html

• Upper Midwest Human Rights: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/uppermidwest/documents/2010_UpperMidwest_Brochure.pdf

IMMIGRATION

IMMIGRATION ORGANIZATIONS BY STATE:

AL Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery)

AZ Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (Florence, Eloy, and Phoenix)

CA Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (San Francisco)

Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco)

Asylum Access (San Francisco)

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the (San Francisco Bay Area)

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (San Francisco Bay Area)

The Greenlining Institute Legal Academy (Berkeley)

HIV/AIDS Legal Services Alliance (Los Angeles)

Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (Los Angeles)

Public Counsel Law Center (Los Angeles)

National Immigration Law Center (Los Angeles)

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Oakland)

East Palo Alto Community Legal Services in (East Palo Alto)

California Immigrant Policy Center (various cities)

DC Women Empowered Against Violence

Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition

U.S. House of Rep. - Committee on the Judiciary

American Immigration Council

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

- Center for Religious Immigration and Protection

Detention Watch Network

Human Rights First

National Immigration Law Center

DHS

DOJ – Civil Rights Division, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration

GA Southern Poverty Law Center (Atlanta)

International Rescue Committee (Decatur)

IL Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Chicago)

Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan (Chicago)

National Immigrant Justice Center (Chicago)

MD CASA de Maryland (Silver Spring and Baltimore)

MA Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project (Boston)

National Lawyer's Guild – National Immigration Project (Boston)

MI Freedom House (Detroit)

MN Advocates for Human Rights – Refugee and Asylum Project (Minneapolis)

NJ American Friends Service Committee (Newark)

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark-Imm. Assistance (Newark)

NY Manhattan Legal Services (Manhattan)

InMotion, Inc. (Bronx)

HIV Law Project (NYC)

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (NYC)

Immigrant Defense Project (New York State Defenders) (NYC)

Immigration Equality (NYC)

International Rescue Committee (NYC)

Human Rights First (NYC)

OH Advocates for Basic Lgal Equality, Inc. (various cities)

RI International Institute of Rhode Island, Inc. (Providence)

TX Mexican American Legal defense and Educational Fund (San Antonio)

VA Just Neighbors Ministry, Inc. (Falls Church)

Boat People SOS (Falls Church)

Tahirih Justice Center (Falls Church)

USCRI National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children (Arlington)

WA Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (various cities)

OFFICES THAT DO IMMIGRATION WORK IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS:

• Various Legal Aid Organizations

• DOJ – Executive Office of Immigration Review

• ACLU (Georgia, CA-San Francisco, and New York have Immigrant Rights Project)

• Appleseed

• Public Defenders [for example, the Bronx Defenders does immigration work for those facing criminal convictions. (like a separate immigration practice)]

• International Rescue Committee

• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION WORK:

• Amnesty International

• Human Rights Watch

• International Rescue Committee

• Refugees International

• United National High Commissioner for Refugees

• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

• United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

• Africa-Middle East Refugee Assistance

• BADIL-Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights

• Church World Service

• European Council on Refugees and Exiles

• International Organization for Migration

• Jesuit Refugee Services

• Refugee Law Project (Uganda)

• International Displacement Monitoring Centre

CRIMINAL LAW

GENERAL JOB RESOURCES:

• Government Honors Handbook (includes internship listings for FBI, DOJ, Public Defender for DC, as well as various district attorneys and public defenders throughout the country) Username: Cookie Password: Dough http://www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm

PROSECUTION RESOURCES:

• DOJ-Criminal Division Internships http://www.justice.gov/oarm/arm/int/internsum10.htm#criminal

• Directory of United States Attorney’s Offices throughout the country, containing links to websites for individual offices (Each office has an employment tab on the side menu, which contains a link to summer internship opportunities) http://www.justice.gov/usao/offices/index.html

• Links to every Attorney General and District Attorney in the United States http://207.74.121.45/Prosecutor/proslist.htm

• Michigan prosecutors group that pays interns and places them with local prosecutors throughout Michigan. They hire more than 20 paid interns each summer. http://www.michiganprosecutor.org/Downloads/Summer_Interns/2010ProgramOverview.pdf

DEFENSE RESOURCES:

• NYU’s Public Defender Handbook http://www.pslawnet.org/uploads/NYU_PD_Handbook-public_version_August_2008.pdf

• Capital Defender Internship list: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/capitaldefense.htm#Summer_2009_Internship_Opportunities

FAMILY LAW

CHILD ADVOCACY RESOURCES:

• ABA Links to Children’s Law Centers and Statewide Legal Advocacy/Support Programs: http://www.abanet.org/child/links.html

• Children’s Advocacy Institute’s links to Child Advocacy Organizations (mostly CA): http://www.caichildlaw.org/links.htm

• Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship: http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/ccl/calc/bergstrom/Pages/summerfellowship.aspx

• Children’s Rights Legal Internships (New York): http://www.childrensrights.org/about/employment-opportunities/internships/

• Youth Law Center Summer Law Clerks (San Francisco, California): http://www.ylc.org/about_opps

• National Center for Youth Law (Oakland, California): http://www.youthlaw.org/about_ncyl/jobs_volunteering/law_clerks_and_interns/

• Blog listings of internships in Family Law: http://lawstudentjobs.net/?tag=family-law

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Legal Internships: http://www.bazelon.org/about/intern/legal.htm

• Georgia Child Advocacy Summer Internships for Law Students: http://childwelfare.net/activities/interns/2009summer/atl_internships.html#0

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES:

• Women’s Law: http://www.womenslaw.org/simple.php?sitemap_id=87

• WEAVE (Women Empowered Against Violence): http://www.weaveincorp.org/about/index.cfm?fuseaction=job

• CONNECT- Safe Families, Peaceful Communities: http://www.connectnyc.org/work/internships.php

• House of Ruth Maryland Domestic Violence Legal Clinic: http://www.princeton.edu/pace/pdf/09houseruthlegaladvocate.pdf

• Domestic Violence Legal Clinic-Chicago: http://www.dvlcchicago.org/Volunteers.html

EDUCATION LAW FELLOWHIP:

• Education Pioneers - Their fellows are placed in one of the several major cities they have programs in, and it is not exclusive to law students. The fellowship provides an intensive training program in urban education reform and they have a network of partner organizations in several major cities, including state departments of education, major school systems and charter school orgs, and a variety of non-profits, some of which do legal or policy work in education. A note about this fellowship, any money available comes from the organization the student is placed at. http://www.educationpioneers.com/

HOUSING

JOB WEBSITES:
• Many legal services organizations do fair housing or homelessness issues. For help finding legal services organizations in a particular state, try these links: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/directory.html# or http://www.nls.org/lsclist.htm
• The Department of Justice: Civil Rights Division: Washington DC http://www.justice.gov/crt/index.php. Also, many regional DOJ offices have civil rights divisions that do housing work as well, so it's worth it to search out ones in your area.
• Greater Boston Legal Services Housing Unit: Boston, MA (Contact: rculley@umich.edu) http://gbls.org/
• WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Boston, MA http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc/student/summer.htm
• Fair Housing Justice Center: New York. http://www.fairhousingjustice.org/internships.htm
• National Housing Law Project: Oakland, CA and Washington, DC. http://www.nhlp.org/aboutjobs
• Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago. http://www.lafchicago.org/content/view/37/83/
• Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights: Fair Housing Project (Washington, DC): http://www.washlaw.org/job.htm
• Relman & Dane (2Ls only): Washington, DC (Contact: rculley@umich.edu) http://www.relmanlaw.com/practice.html

LINKS TO FUNDING:
• John J. Curtin, Jr. Fellowship (nationwide; housing-specific): The Curtin Justice Fund Legal Internship Program is managed jointly by the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty and the Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants. The Program will pay a $2,500 stipend to students who spend the summer months working for a bar association or legal services program designed to prevent homelessness or assist homeless or indigent clients or their advocates. http://www.abanet.org/homeless/curtin.shtml

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