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Timap for Justice is Seeking Law Students for Summer 2010 Internships in Sierra Leone

Timap for Justice is seeking law students who are energetic, creative, interested in grassroots social justice work, and willing to live simply while learning about and adapting to a West African culture. Interns will be based in a rural paralegal office in Sierra Leone and will work side-by-side with Timap for Justice paralegals to serve […]

HOPE Fellows Application for Summer 2010 is Now Available

HOPE Fellows work with local, national and international public interest agencies. Since 2000, the program has evolved from two local placements to include international placements in countries such as Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Lebanon, England, and China. The HOPE Public Interest Resource Center provides a $5000 stipend to law students who work in uncompensated public interest […]

Knowledge Community on Children in India Internship Program

Background: UNICEF India Country Office invites applications for a full-time Internship program from May 31st to August 3rd 2010. Conceived as part of a broader initiative to build a Knowledge Community on Children in India (“KCCI”), UNICEF India partners with research and academic institutions to encourage young students and scholars from around the world to […]

Policy Counsel – Washington, DC

The Constitution Project promotes and defends constitutional safeguards. Through its Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Programs, the Project promotes dialogue across ideological and partisan lines, bringing together prominent Americans from a variety of experiences to achieve long-term consensus. Working with these influential and unlikely allies, the Project conducts strategic public education campaigns and helps […]

The Natural Resources Defense Council is Seeking 1L Students for Summer Internships

Summer legal interns at the Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) write briefs, draft complaints, prepare legal analyses, obtain affidavits, investigate corporate and government malfeasance, participate in policy advocacy campaigns and draft white papers and comments for submission to Congressional committees and administrative agencies. NRDC hires passionate students who possess the intelligence, skill, self-confidence and maturity […]

The FJE Project Fellows Program

The ABA Commission on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Profession and Legal Needs and the ABA Fund for Justice and Education (“FJE”) have collaborated to create the FJE Project Fellows. The FJE Project Fellows program will provide meaningful volunteer experience for recent law school graduates who may be unemployed, underemployed or deferred […]

Summer Internship With the Mississippi Center for Justice

The Mississippi Center for Justice, a nonprofit, homegrown law firm, invites applications from law students to take part during the summer in our work advancing racial and economic justice in Mississippi. Law students will become a part of history as they bring their time and talents to campaigns that address sustainable, systemic changes in policies related […]

Law Fellows in Liberia (paid position)

General Summary:  The Government of Liberia, working in cooperation with the JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (“JSI”) and the Center for Global Development (“CGD”), is seeking two professionals with strong legal backgrounds to serve as Law Fellows working in the Ministry of Justice (“MOJ”) in Liberia for one year beginning in February 2010. The […]

International Law Opportunities

 The following are some current opportunities for law students and alumni in the international field: United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”)- Associate Legal Officer – https://jobs.un.org/Galaxy/Release3/vacancy/Display_Vac.aspx?lang=1200&VACID=73dd259c-bc09-492e-b35e-b18e1321eb53 Memorial Human Rights Centre & the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (“EHRAC”) – Attorney – http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7XUCTV  UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg, unpaid – Internship – http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7XWDXE  Office […]

2010 Summer Fellows Program at Legal Services of Greater Miami

Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. (“LSGMI”) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the Stearns Weaver Miller 2010 Summer Fellows Program. Stearns Weaver Miller is the generous founding sponsor of three summer fellows at LSGMI. The mission of the Summer Fellows Program is to foster a life-long commitment to public […]