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This Week at the CDO (Week of August 31, 2015)

Wednesday, September 2, 2015: Fall Recruiting Phase II – Interviews begin.   Thursday and Friday, September 3 and 4, 2015: Fall Recruiting Phase II – Interviews continue.    

The Fair Food Standards Council Seeks Human Rights Attorney

About FFSC: The mission of the Fair Food Standards Council  (FFSC) is to monitor the development of a sustainable agricultural industry that advances both the human rights of farmworkers and the long-term interests of growers through implementation of the Fair Food Program (FFP), a unique worker-led, market-driven social responsibility program which emerged from the Coalition of Immokalee […]

The Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair

The Equal Justice Works annual Conference and Career Fair is the largest public interest career fair in the country. The Conference and Career Fair provides access to job opportunities for law students; connects employers with talented attorneys and law students; and offers a multitude of skill-building and career advising sessions with experts from around the […]

Registration Now Open for Peggy Browning Conference

If you’re a law student interested in workers’ rights issues, the National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference is an exciting opportunity to meet labor law experts and practitioners as well as other law students from throughout the nation with the same interests. What:  17th Annual NATIONAL LAW STUDENTS WORKERS’ RIGHTS CONFERENCE When: October 16 & 17, 2015 […]

THE BPI POLIKOFF–GAUTREAUX FELLOWSHIP FOR A PUBLIC INTEREST LAWYER OR POLICY ANALYST

Application Deadline: October 16, 2015 Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI), a Chicago-based nonprofit law and policy center, seeks a recent law or public policy graduate to serve as the Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow for one year, renewable for a second, beginning in Summer or Fall 2016. The Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellowship offers the opportunity for […]

Swords to Plowshares Seeks Candidate to Sponsor for a Legal Fellowship Beginning in August 2016

Swords to Plowshares seeks candidates to sponsor for both Equal Justice Works and Skadden fellowships. Swords to Plowshares is a nationally-recognized nonprofit serving veterans in need in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Founded in 1974, Swords to Plowshares is a community-based not-for-profit organization that provides legal assistance, counseling and case management, employment and training, and […]

The Stephen Coats Memorial Fellowship

Purpose: The Stephen Coats Memorial Fellow is a one year fellowship to promote workers’ rights in Latin America and build transnational support for worker organizers in the region. Experience required: This position requires knowledge of international labor rights and the challenges related to their application in Latin America. Ideal candidates will have worked with a […]

Fair Food Standards Council Seeks Human Rights Attorney

Job description: About FFSC: The mission of the Fair Food Standards Council (FFSC) is to monitor the development of a sustainable agricultural industry that advances both the human rights of farm workers and the long-term interests of growers through implementation of the Fair Food Program (FFP), a unique worker-led, market-driven social responsibility program which emerged […]

The AFL-CIO Union Summer Internship Program

LOOKING FOR GRASSROOTS UNION ORGANIZING? BECOME A UNION SUMMER INTERN! More than ever, workers are fighting for a voice on the job and in the public debate on issues affecting all working people. As income inequality grows and CEOs continue to enjoy outrageous pay packages, workers continue to face layoffs, stagnant wages and loss of […]

Equal Justice Works Information Session on March 5, 2015!

Interested in summer funding for public interest work? Want to learn more about post-graduate fellowships? Have questions about student debt or loan repayment? Attend the Equal Justice Works (EJW) Information Session on March 5, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. in Room E-265. EJW is dedicated to creating a just society by mobilizing the next generation of lawyers […]