{"id":186,"date":"2009-02-12T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=186"},"modified":"2009-02-12T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T19:09:00","slug":"post-graduate-law-fellowship-in-the-florida-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Post-Graduate Law Fellowship in the Florida Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body-left\"><a style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensnotserfs.com\">Citizens Not Serfs<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"> is a grassroots community initiative geared  at educating the residents of the Florida Keys about important issues, and  providing them with resources to demand accountability from their public  officials. The organization is currently seeking two recent law school graduates  for two year staggered fellowships. The full-time position is available now and  needs to be filled no later than July 2009.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The award includes a generous stipend of $50,000.00 and accommodations at the  Summerland Key, Florida three-bedroom waterfront home. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u><b><span style=\"color:#008000;\">Responsibilities:<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The fellowship was established to provide the opportunity for a law student  to be able to experience first-hand the confluence of federal, state and local  public policy. The Fellow will collaborate with Citizens Not Serfs members,  local and state public officials, FEMA representatives and local organizations.  The responsibilities include research, consultation and community  organizing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><u><b>Qualifications:<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Applicants should be motivated, flexible and have demonstrated academic  excellence and a commitment to public interest law. A comfort with public  speaking and community organizing is preferred and good computer skills are  expected. Applicants must be law school graduates in good academic  standing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><u><b>How to Apply:<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Applications should include a cover letter, resume and two letters of recommendations.  Applications are due ASAP.  Please send applications to:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Citizens Not Serfs<\/p>\n<p>Attn:  fellowship<\/p>\n<p>1045 Flagship Drive<\/p>\n<p>Summerland Key, FL  33042<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><u><b>For More Information:<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You may learn more about this organization on its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensnotserfs.com\">website<\/a> and on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\">PSLawNet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens Not Serfs is a grassroots community initiative geared at educating the residents of the Florida Keys about important issues, and providing them with resources to demand accountability from their public officials. The organization is currently seeking two recent law school graduates for two year staggered fellowships. The full-time position is available now and needs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post-graduate-opportunities","category-public-interest-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}