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Public Interest Opportunities

Help PSLawNet Redesign Its Website!

PSLawNet is an online resource connecting public interest law job-seekers with their ideal opportunities in the public interest arena, in government, at law schools, and around the globe.  They are seeking input from students as they are redesigning their website.  Please see their request below: PSLawNet is beginning a large-scale website redesign to ensure that […]

PSLawNet Post-Graduate and Summer Opportunities

PSLawNet, the online resource connecting public interest law job-seekers with their ideal opportunities in the public interest arena, is taking applications for two positions with their office: The PSLawNet Fellowship is a one-year position for a public-service minded law graduate with an interest in nonprofit administration.  Here’s the position announcement. The Summer Publications Coordinator is […]

Environmental and Natural Resources Law Distinguished Environmental Law Scholar

Each year, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College”s Natural Resources Law Institute accepts applications for its Distinguished Environmental Law Scholar position. Graduating law students and practitioners are welcome to apply for a one-year term which begins in late August. Law faculty on sabbatical may choose a one-semester or one-year term to coincide […]

Ed Baker Fellowship in Democratic Values

With a generous gift from the estate of renowned media scholar C. Edwin Baker, Demos, the New York think tank,  has established the Ed Baker Fellowship in Democratic Values. As part of our Emerging Voices Initiative, the fellowship provides: Two-three years of financial support; Editorial assistance and publishing connections; Media training and a professional communications […]

The Florida Bar Foundation Legal Aid Summer Fellowship (1L and 2L Students)

The Florida Bar Foundation is sponsoring the 2011 Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Program at legal aid and legal services programs in Florida. Florida Bar Foundation Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Brochure Florida Bar Foundation Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Program Placement Sites Florida Bar Foundation Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Online Application The Florida Legal Aid Project Directors’ […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of November 15, 2010)

Monday, November 15 Deadline for Class of 2010 (December 2009-May 2010) J.D. graduates to apply to Legal Corps. Wednesday, November 17 1L Judicial Internship and Clerkship Information Session.  12:30 p.m. in Room F109.

Equal Justice Works and Southern Public Defender Center’s Public Defender Corps

Equal Justice Works and the Southern Public Defender Center have partnered to develop the Public Defender Corps, a pilot project that will provide fellowships for top students to engage in indigent defense with a strong training and support structure. These will be three year fellowships inside select public defender offices. This initiative addresses the ongoing […]

University of Miami School of Law Legal Corps

The University of Miami School of Law recently established Legal Corps, an ambitious postgraduate fellowship program which will place recent law graduates in government agencies, public interest organizations, and judicial chambers in Florida and throughout the country. The recent economic crisis has resulted in a reduction of funding for public sector agencies while the demand […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of October 18, 2010)

Welcome back from Fall Break! October 18 – October 22 Fall OCI Program interviews continue in the CDO and Law Library October 22-23 Equal Justice Works Conference, Washington, DC

Legal Services of New Jersey Public Interest Legal Fellowship Program for 1L and 2L Students

Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) invites applications from 1L and 2L students for the Deborah T. Poritz Summer Public Interest Legal Fellowship Program for the summer of 2011.  The program’s purpose is to promote public interest and poverty law opportunities for interested law students. Application forms and brochures may be viewed at the LSNJ […]