{"id":452,"date":"2009-09-29T16:18:28","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T19:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=452"},"modified":"2010-08-13T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T17:20:13","slug":"kl-gates-public-interest-fellowship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"K&#038;L Gates Public Interest Fellowship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2009-2010 Application Guidelines<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Foundation and K&amp;L Gates LLP are proud to offer the K&amp;L Gates Public Interest Fellowship Program.\u00a0 The fellowship was established in September 1999 to offer law students the opportunity to assist public service organizations located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Each summer, the program awards up to three successful candidates a fellowship that enables them to spend four weeks of their summer working at one of four designated public interest organizations. The following four organizations offer placement opportunities to K&amp;L Gates fellows:<strong><strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item0\"><strong title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item0\"><strong title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item0\"><em title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item0\">Allegheny Conference on Community Development<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Provides research, analysis, planning and development to improve the economy and quality of life in Southwestern Pennsylvania.\u00a0For more information, please visit <strong><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.elc-pa.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elc-pa.org\/\">www.alleghenyconference.org<\/a>. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item1\"><strong title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item1\"><strong title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item1\"><em title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item1\">Education Law Center<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/a>. Provides free legal assistance and advice to parents, advocates and other professionals on issues of public education. For more information, please visit <strong><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.elc-pa.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elc-pa.org\/\">www.elc-pa.org<\/a>. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item2\"><strong title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item2\"><strong title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item2\"><em title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item2\">KidsVoice<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/a>. Provides legal representation to abused, neglected and other at-risk children. For more information, please visit <strong><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.elc-pa.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elc-pa.org\/\">www.kidsvoice.org<\/a>. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item3\"><strong title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item3\"><strong title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item3\"><em title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/careers\/publicservice\/fellowship\/#item3\">Neighborhood Legal Services Association<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Provides legal representation to poor and vulnerable residents of Western Pennsylvania who have financial, landlord-tenant, domestic violence or other legal problems. For more information, please visit <strong><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.elc-pa.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elc-pa.org\/\">www.nlsa.org<\/a>. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2010, each recipient will be paid a stipend of $1,000\/week (less applicable taxes) for his\/her public interest service.\u00a0 All stipend checks will be made payable to the student, and mailed to the organizations at which they will be working.\u00a0 K&amp;L Gates will pay a supplemental salary to any recipient who receives and accepts an offer to spend the remainder of the summer as a K&amp;L Gates summer associate.\u00a0 The supplemental salary and stipend will equal the weekly salary of K&amp;L Gates&#8217; summer associates during the fellowship period.\u00a0 K&amp;L Gates fellows, however, are not required to spend the rest of the summer with K&amp;L Gates.<\/p>\n<p>To be considered for a fellowship award, candidates must complete and submit an application <strong><em>on or before October 10, 2009<\/em><\/strong>. Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of The Pittsburgh Foundation, an Advisory Committee will recommend the fellowship winners based upon academic merit, demonstrated commitment to public service, other information provided through the application process and interviews with finalist candidates. <em>Family members of Advisory Committee members are not eligible for this fellowship<\/em>. The Pittsburgh Foundation will notify chosen fellowship winners of its decision.<\/p>\n<p>To request a copy of the application materials, or to address any questions, please visit <strong><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.klgates.com\/\">www.klgates.com<\/a><\/strong>, contact the CDO or contact:<\/p>\n<p>Jessica L. Gangjee<br \/>\nRegional Recruiting Manager<br \/>\nK&amp;L Gates LLP<br \/>\nHenry W. Oliver Building<br \/>\n535 Smithfield Street<br \/>\nPittsburgh, PA 15222<br \/>\n(412) 355-6547<br \/>\n<a title=\"blocked::javascript:SendMail('jessica.gangjee','klgates.com');\" href=\"javascript:SendMail('jessica.gangjee','klgates.com');%20\"><strong title=\"blocked::javascript:SendMail('jessica.gangjee','klgates.com');\">jessica.gangjee@klgates.com <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>OR<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deborah L. Turner<br \/>\nScholarship Coordinator<br \/>\nThe Pittsburgh Foundation<br \/>\nFive PPG Place, Suite 250<br \/>\nPittsburgh, PA\u00a0 15222-5414<br \/>\n(412) 394-2649<br \/>\n<a title=\"blocked::javascript:SendMail('turnerd','pghfdn.org');\" href=\"javascript:SendMail('turnerd','pghfdn.org');%20\"><strong title=\"blocked::javascript:SendMail('turnerd','pghfdn.org');\">turnerd@pghfdn.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2009-2010 Application Guidelines The Pittsburgh Foundation and K&amp;L Gates LLP are proud to offer the K&amp;L Gates Public Interest Fellowship Program.\u00a0 The fellowship was established in September 1999 to offer law students the opportunity to assist public service organizations located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Each summer, the program awards up to three successful candidates a fellowship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23,7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1l-information","category-2l-information","category-public-interest-opportunities","category-summer-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","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=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}