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Avon Global Center for Women & Justice Seeks Applications for its Women & Justice Fellowship

This fellowship offers varied experience in the areas of international human rights and gender justice, including legal research, clinical teaching, and project management.  Deadline:          May 1, 2014  Location:          Ithaca, New York  Organization:    Avon Global Center for Women & Justice  The Avon Global Center for Women & Justice […]

The Center for Reproductive Rights Seeks a Program Associate

The Center for Reproductive Rights Seeks a Program Associate who will support the Director of Government Relations as well as other program staff. Draft materials, including fact sheets, for use in advocacy activities and conduct research. Deadline:             May 9, 2014  Location:             Washington, DC  Organization:      Center for Reproductive Rights  Founded in 1992, the Center for Reproductive […]

The Ford Foundation Seeks Director of the Democratic Participation and Governance Unit

The Director is responsible for fostering learning and evaluation within and across Initiatives, and collaboration and communication among US-based staff and with Representatives and program officers in the Foundation’s overseas offices.  Deadline:            May 30, 2014  Location:            New York  Organization:     Ford Foundation  Summary Description: The Ford Foundation seeks a dynamic, creative and innovative leader to serve […]

NYU Global Justice Clinic – Clinical Teaching Fellowship

NYU School of Law invites applications for a one-year Teaching Fellowship with its Global Justice Clinic for the academic year 2014-2015. The fellowship will begin during summer 2014, with the exact start date negotiable. The ideal candidate will be an experienced advocate who is both passionate and critical of human rights as a response to […]

The Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties

The Robert Masur Fellowship committee is now accepting applications for the 2014 Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties. The fellowship competition is open to first-year law students who intend to carry out significant activities during the summer (in between their first and second year) in the areas of civil rights and or civil liberties. Proposed activities may […]

YALE LAW SCHOOL ROBERT M. COVER FELLOWSHIP-VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES CLINIC

Yale Law School seeks applications for a Robert M. Cover Fellowship in Public Interest Law, a two-year position beginning on or about July 1, 2014 in the Yale Law School clinical program.  The Fellowship is designed for a lawyer with at least two years of practice who is considering a career in law school clinical […]

Hague DV Seeking Summer Interns

The Hague Domestic Violence Project provides training and technical assistance to judges, attorneys and advocates working on cases under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, involving parents and children who have fled the domestic abuse of a parent in another country to seek safety in the U.S.  The goal of […]

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau is Seeking a Summer Fellow

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (“HLAB”) is the nation’s oldest student-run legal services organization, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts on the campus of Harvard Law School.  HLAB works with hundreds of low-income clients to solve their legal problems in the areas of housing, domestic relations, government benefits and wage and hour law.  As a student-run legal […]

The MADD Court Monitoring Program: In-Court Volunteer/Internship Opportunity

MADD offers an opportunity in Miami-Dade County to spend time in the courtroom. Volunteers/interns attend court and collect data regarding DUI prosecution. The Court Monitoring program allows people to become even more familiar with courtroom processes and procedures and provides an opportunity to understand and analyze trends throughout the state. Purpose of Court Monitoring:  The Court Monitoring […]

Animal Legal Defense Fund is Hiring a Litigation Staff Attorney and Litigation Clerks!

For more than three decades, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has been fighting to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. Founded in 1979 by attorneys active in shaping the emerging field of animal law, ALDF has blazed the trail for stronger enforcement of anti-cruelty laws and more humane […]