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This Week at the CDO (Weeks of October 3, 2011 and October 10, 2011)

Monday, October 3rd:  Spring 2012 Florida Supreme Court Internship Program for Distinguished Florida Law Students – Applications are due by 5:00 p.m.  For more information, you can contact Amy Perez, Director of Judicial Clerkships.  Tuesday, October 4th: Tax LL.M. Luncheon – Interviewing/Networking, Room F-109,12:30pm Wednesday, October 5th: Susan Smith Blakely, Esq.: Best Friends at the Bar: What […]

The 2011 Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) Conference Coming on October 1, 2011

The 2011 Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) Conference will be an all-day event on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Emory Law School. The conference is well attended by students, legal practitioners, and faculty and they hope to attract a large number of people interested in child law issues from the rest of Emory campus, the […]

The Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program at Georgetown University Law Center

The Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program at Georgetown University Law Center has updated and posted their application for the 2012-2013 Fellowship Year.  For additional details, including a link to the application, please see the website.   The Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP) offers Fellowships for public interest lawyers from the United […]

Apply to be a CAIR-FLORIDA Civil Rights Skadden Fellow

CAIR isAmerica’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. TheFloridachapter of CAIR (CAIR-Florida) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. CAIR-Florida is accepting applications for the position of Civil Rights Fellow at CAIR-Florida’s Tampa Office. Civil Rights Fellows will get hands-on experience working in the areas of employment discrimination, constitutional law, and immigration law. Accepted Fellows are […]

Fried Frank Fellowship Program

Open to graduating law students (3Ls) and recent law graduates, the Fried Frank Fellowship Program allows fellows to spend two years as associates in Fried Frank’s litigation department with specially designated fellowship mentors learning the ins and outs of complex litigation.  At least 20 percent of the associates’ time will be spent on pro bono […]

NALP is Accepting Nominations for the 2011 PSLawNet Pro Bono Publico Award

NALP is accepting nominations for the 2011 PSLawNet Pro Bono Publico Award, which recognizes the extraordinary contributions that law students make to under-served populations, the public interest community and legal education by performing pro bono or public service work.  Eligibility: The Pro Bono Publico Award is available to any second- or third-year law student at aPSLawNet […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of September 12, 2011)

Monday, September 12th:  11th Judicial Circuit Intern Program Begins Intern Program Begins – For details, contact Amy Perez  at the CDO. Wednesday, September 14th: University of Miami Career Expo – from 11am – 3pm, at the BankUnited Center – Bring plenty of copies of your resume and your Cane Card. Students not professionally dressed and/or […]

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Needs Law Student Clerks

Mission: The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (“Lawyers’ Committee”) advances, protects and promotes the rights of communities of color, immigrants and refugees – with a specific focus on low income communities and a long-standing commitment to African Americans – by leveraging the power of the private bar to support […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of September 5, 2011)

Tuesday, September 6th: U.S. Department of Justice – Deadlines to apply is TODAY at midnight! Attorney General’s Summer Law Intern Program (2Ls) and Honors Program  (3Ls).  ). For further information and link to the on-line application, click here.     Tax LL.M. Luncheon Resume Workshop – Room F109 at 12:30pm. Wednesday, September 7th: Peace Corps’ 50TH Anniversary Career […]

The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program – Gateway to the Federal Government

ATTENTION 3Ls and LL.M.s  The 2011-2012 Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program application season will open on Thursday, September 15, 2011.   The PMF Program offers paid two-year federal government fellowships to graduate students interested in the public sector.  More than 80 Federal agencies recruit through this program and offer positions in public policy and administration, domestic […]