The Federal Legislation & Administrative Clinic is currently accepting applications for a Graduate Teaching Fellow for 2015-17.\u00a0 The Fellow will be one of two Teaching Fellows\/Supervising Attorneys who help supervise students and work with the Director on all aspects of running the clinic.\u00a0 See below for a description of the Clinic and the Fellowship, and information on how to apply.<\/p>\n
The Clinic:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Clinic trains students (10-12 each semester) to be effective “legislative lawyers” \u2013 lawyers who use legal skills to advance public policy through the legislative and executive branches of government.\u00a0 The Clinic\u2019s core work is our representation of non-profit organizations in their advocacy before Congress and federal departments and agencies. Client organizations and issues are chosen for their capacity to offer Clinic students the best opportunity to get actively involved, on behalf of the clients, in the federal legislative and administrative processes.\u00a0 Current and recent client organizations are the Women\u2019s Refugee Commission, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Women\u2019s Law Center, and Families Against Mandatory Minimums.<\/p>\n Student work for clients includes a wide range of activities, such as: analyzing and researching legislative proposals and their potential impact on existing law; preparing advocacy materials; drafting legislative language and explanatory materials; preparing for and participating in meetings with coalition partners and with decision-makers on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch; and advising the client on policy and strategy questions.<\/p>\n The Clinic experience also includes a seminar on Congressional and administrative processes, as well as relevant skills (e.g., written and oral advocacy, collaboration, and negotiation).\u00a0 In addition, the Clinic runs several intensive written and oral exercises throughout the semester, including a two-week simulation of a Senate committee markup. During the simulation, the students role-play U.S. Senators charged with drafting and marking up legislation to address a pressing national problem.<\/p>\n For more details about the Clinic, see the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Fellowship:<\/strong><\/p>\n Each Fellow is responsible for supervising five or six J.D. students enrolled in the Clinic\u2014generally, one client \u201cteam.\u201d\u00a0 Supervision of students\u2019 client work includes guiding students on research and analysis, editing and providing feedback on drafts of written work, and preparing students for meetings and advocacy on behalf of the clients.\u00a0 The Fellows hold weekly one-on-one meetings with each student, meet frequently with the students\u2019 client teams, and are generally available as resources and guides.<\/p>\n The Fellows also help design and teach Clinic seminar classes, work closely with Director on running Clinic exercises and evaluating student performance, provide extensive written and oral feedback on the students\u2019 exercises, and generally collaborate with the Director on the operation of the Clinic.<\/p>\n New Clinic Fellows also enroll in a year-long seminar called Elements of Clinical Pedagogy. The seminar meets monthly and is taught by experienced Georgetown clinical faculty.<\/p>\n The Fellowship provides Fellows an opportunity to prepare for a career in teaching and to enhance their own legislative lawyering skills.\u00a0 In addition, upon completion of the Fellowship, Fellows receive a Master of Laws in Advocacy.<\/p>\n How to Apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n To apply for the Fellowship,<\/strong>\u00a0please submit a resume, law school transcript, writing sample, and cover letter setting forth your interest in the Fellowship by\u00a0December 1, 2014<\/strong>\u00a0for the 2015-17 Fellowship.\u00a0\u00a0 Superior writing skills and a strong academic background are required.\u00a0 Experience in teaching and legislative lawyering is highly desirable.\u00a0 Candidates should have at least one year of relevant experience beyond the J.D. degree (e.g., clerkship, government\/Hill experience, or private\/non-profit practice).<\/p>\n Fellows must be admitted to a Bar prior to commencing the Fellowship.\u00a0 Those Fellows who are not members of the D.C. Bar must apply for admission by waiver upon accepting the Fellowship offer.<\/p>\n Please direct application materials to: Professor Judy Appelbaum, Director, Federal Legislation & Administrative Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave, N.W., Room 340, Washington, D.C. 20001.\u00a0\u00a0Please send an electronic copy of all application materials to the Clinic’s Executive Assistant, Loretta Moss<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Federal Legislation & Administrative Clinic is currently accepting applications for a Graduate Teaching Fellow for 2015-17.\u00a0 The Fellow will be one of two Teaching Fellows\/Supervising Attorneys who help supervise students and work with the Director on all aspects of running the clinic.\u00a0 See below for a description of the Clinic and the Fellowship, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,17,8,29,9,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-alternative-careers","category-general-announcements","category-government-opportunities","category-ll-m-info","category-post-graduate-opportunities","category-scholarships-and-fellowships","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850","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=6850"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6852,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850\/revisions\/6852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}