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December 2009

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 […]

Upcoming Government Honors Handbook Deadlines

Upcoming 1L Government Honors Deadlines: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Governor’s Office of General Counsel Summer Extern Program (Unpaid, Due 12/20/09) Environmental Protection Agency – R2 Legal Internships Program (Unpaid, Not yet established, was 12/31/08 last year) Dept. of Treasury – OGC Summer Honors Program (Unpaid, Due 12/31/09) Upcoming 2L Government Honors Deadlines: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania […]

The Olin Searle Fellows in Law for 2010 – 2011

The Program The Olin/Searle Fellows in Law program will offer top young legal thinkers the opportunity to spend a year working full-time on writing and developing their scholarship with the goal of entering the legal academy. Up to three fellowships will be offered for the 2010-2011 academic year. A distinguished group of academics will select the […]

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 […]

American Health Lawyers Association Summer Diversity Internship

Duration of Internship:          June through Mid-August, 2010. Preferred start date early June, 2010.   Stipend: Nominal monetary stipend will be provided throughout the eight week period (paid bi-monthly). This payment is based on an approximate 30 hour work week.   Qualifications: 1L or 2L at an ABA-accredited law school U.S. citizen Law student is of diverse racial/ethnic […]

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 […]

U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division, Criminal Enforcement Sections in Washington, DC, Seeking Experienced Trial Attorneys/GS-13 to GS-15

The Tax Division is seeking experienced trial attorneys with superior academic and professional qualifications for positions in its Criminal Enforcement Sections. Trial attorneys in the Criminal Enforcement Sections work with federal agents to investigate and prosecute offenses arising under the internal revenue laws and related federal statutes. Our attorneys’ responsibilities encompass the investigative use of […]

U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division, Civil Trial Sections in Washington, DC, Seeking Litigators

The Tax Division is hiring civil trial lawyers with at least one year of litigation experience and top academic credentials.  The Tax Division represents the United States in tax-related litigation in federal and state courts across the country.  These cases involve a wide variety of substantive legal areas, including federal tax law, bankruptcy law, constitutional […]

The Boston Lawyers Group Announces its 2010 1L Diversity Clerkship Program

The Boston Lawyers Group (‘BLG”) announces its 2010 1L Diversity Clerkship Program.  The clerkship is for first-year law students of color.  Clerks will spend the first five weeks of the ten-week program working in the Boston office of one of the BLG member participating law firms or corporations, and the second five weeks working with […]