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Law Student Passes for Upcoming Seminar From Sterling Education Services, Inc. on Hot Topics in Employment Law

Sterling Educational Services, Inc. (Sterling) would like to offer 5 law students free scholarship-passes to an upcoming seminar as an introduction to their company. Sterling is a non-profit continuing education company that conducts seminars across the nation. Please visit us online for information on our company. They are holding a Hot Topics in Employment Law […]

Attend the The Presidential Management Fellows Program Coffee Chat for Information About the Program and the Application Process

Attention 3Ls, and LLMs:  The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program offers paid two-year federal government fellowships.  More than 80 Federal agencies recruit through this program and offer positions in public policy and administration, domestic or international issues, information technology, human resources, engineering, health and medical sciences, law (very limited), financial management and many other fields […]

Public Advocates Legal Clerkships: 2013/14 School Year and Summer 2014

Mission: Public Advocates, a non-profit law firm and advocacy organization, challenges the systemic causes of poverty and discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing and transit equity. Public Advocates focuses on strategic policy reform, collaboration with grassroots groups representing people with low incomes, people of color […]

Attend the Idealist Grad Fair at University of Miami

The Idealist Grad Fair at University of Miami takes place on Tuesday, October 15, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The fair is free and open to the public, and if you’re thinking of going to grad school in the next year or two, we think you’ll find it very helpful. Generously hosted by […]

THE AFL-CIO FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The Legal Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (“AFL-CIO”) is offering a one-year fellowship beginning in September 2014. The fellowship offers an excellent opportunity for recent law school graduates to work with experienced union-side lawyers on a wide variety of issues. The AFL-CIO is a voluntary federation of 56 […]

The Ella Baker Summer Internship Program For 1L and 2L Students

About The Ella Baker Summer Internship Program: The CCR created the Ella Baker Summer Internship Program in 1987 to honor the legacy of Ella Baker, a hero of the civil rights movement, and to train the next generation of social justice lawyers. The program uses a combination of theory and practice to train talented and […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of September 23, 2013)

Tuesday, September 24:  Florida Department of Children & Families Informational Session – 12:30 p.m. –  1:30 p.m., Room E-265 – Join Bronwyn Stanford, the Statewide Deputy Director for Children’s Legal Services (CLS) at the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), to learn more about the work handled by DCF/CLS, the hiring process and how students interested in a career […]

LatinoJustice PRLDEF is Seeking Staff Attorney for its New Orlando Satellite Office

LatinoJustice PRLDEF is one of the foremost Latino civil rights organizations in the country. By litigating precedent-setting impact cases across the country and training young people to be leaders in their community, LatinoJustice PRLDEF has profoundly improved the way Latinos are treated in U.S. society, working to ensure that they have more opportunities for political, […]

The US Human Rights Network (USHRN) Seeks a Campaign Director

The US Human Rights Network (USHRN) seeks a Campaign Director to coordinate the Human Rights at Home (HuRAH) Campaign. HuRAH is a collaborative effort to institutionalize concrete accountability mechanisms to help ensure that human rights principles, standards and obligations are considered and implemented in all areas of domestic policy and practice in the United States. […]

The Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) of the Northwestern University School of Law Announces the Creation of the Women’s Project Clinical Fellowship Program

Center on Wrongful Convictions Women’s Project Clinical Fellowship Program Bluhm Legal Clinic Northwestern University School of Law  Announcement/Job Description: The Women’s Project Fellowship Program will train one junior attorney in the post-conviction representation of innocent female clients.  The Women’s Project Fellow will work under the supervision of the Women’s Project Director and CWC Co-Legal Director, […]