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The ACLU Seeks Staff Attorney in its Tampa Office

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida (ACLU-FL) invites applications for the full-time position of Staff Attorney in its Tampa, Florida office. The ACLU-FL, the state’s largest legal and public advocacy organization, is a not-for profit, nonpartisan organization that employs litigation, public policy advocacy, public education, and communications to protect and promote a broad […]

The 2014 Echoing Green Fellowship Application Opens on December 3, 2013!

Would you like to receive 2014 Fellowship Application related email updates and guidance from Echoing Green? If yes, you must sign up here. During the application cycle, Echoing Green will release updates, video tips on selection criteria, and information to help you build a compelling application. But, you must sign up directly for the 2014 Application Newsletter. The […]

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Summer Fellowship Program

During the summer, HLAB selects approximately 15-20 law students to serve as Summer Fellows, who will interact directly with clients, opposing parties, witnesses, and government agencies; engage in extensive factual and legal investigation; hone their research and writing abilities; and develop their litigation skills.  Most Summer Fellows working at HLAB do so full-time, although we […]

Echoing Green: What’s Your Problem?

Echoing Green Fellows don’t just identify social problems—they are driven to do whatever it takes to solve them. That’s owning a problem. Echoing Green imagines a world where we all look into what really matters to us, identifying our purpose in work that shakes us to the core. What would our neighborhood, cities, countries or our […]

The American Civil Liberties Union National Office’s Summer and Spring Semester Internships

The ACLU National Office’s summer and spring semester internship postings have gone up.  They are as follows:  Racial Justice Program:Summer 2014 Legal Internship-ACLUF Racial Justice Program, New York» Criminal Law Reform Project: Spring 2014 Legal Internship-ACLUF Criminal Law Reform Project, NY» Summer 2014 Legal Internship-ACLUF Criminal Law Reform Project, NY» Women’s Rights Project: Spring 2014 Legal […]

The Center for Women’s Global Leadership is Seeking a Program Coordinator

The Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) strengthens and facilitates women’s leadership for women’s human rights and social justice worldwide. CWGL envisions a world in which all people are equal and gender equality is systematically realized by the achievement of human rights for all. CWGL works to: advance economic and social rights from a feminist […]

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Fellowship Rapporteurship on Women 2014

Venue of Fellowship: Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS). Address: 1889 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.20006. Deadline to present applications: November 15, 2013 Start and End Dates: January 2, 2014 to December 30, 2014  Length of the Fellowship: 12 months Objective: To provide an […]

The Rómulo Gallegos 2014 Fellowship

Venue of Fellowship: Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS). Address: 1889 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.20006 Deadline to present applications: November 15, 2013 Start and End Dates: January 27, 2014 to December 31, 2014 Length of the Fellowship: 11 (eleven) months Objective: To provide […]

2014 Summer Legal Internship Opportunities at the National Employment Law Project

The National Employment Law Project (NELP) is a non‐profit research and advocacy organization that partners with national, state and local allies – including community groups, immigrant advocacy organizations, worker centers, unions, policy makers and think tanks – to develop and promote policies and programs that create good jobs and enforce hard-won worker rights. NLP is currently […]

Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic Graduate Teaching Fellowship

Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic Graduate Teaching Fellowship Description of the Fellowship:  The Georgetown University Law Center’s Domestic Violence Clinic hires one person to serve as a clinical teaching fellow and supervising attorney each year, for a two-year term.  Fellows have several areas of responsibility, including: representing victims of family abuse in CPO […]