January 20, 2008
Published by the Career Services Office
Angela Mallett, Student Editor
This publication provides information on fellowships, internships, clerkships, writing competitions, and other employment and educational opportunities.
The Opening Statement will generally be published on the 20th of each month.
*More information on all positions listed below is available in the CSO!*
Summer Internships
(1L’s and 2L’s)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Law Student Intern Program is offering 10 unpaid positions available for law student interns each semester, including the summer semester. Interns will serve as assistants to trademark attorneys in the trademark examining operation, the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, and elsewhere as needed. Applicants must have completed one year of law school and be currently enrolled at least part-time in an accredited law school. Law school credit may be available. To apply, mail a resume and cover letter to Law Student Intern Program; Attention: Thomas Shaw, Law Office 102; Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks; 600 Dulany Street; Alexandria, VA 22314. For further information contact Thomas Shaw at (571) 272-9261.
The Fayette Commonwealth Attorney’s Office offers a Summer Internship Program that exposes selected law students to the workings of the criminal justice system through work on pending criminal cases. Interns participate with felony prosecutors throughout every stage of a criminal case, from interviewing witnesses, conducting legal research, drafting motions and responses, assisting an evaluation of evidence and discussing trial strategy. For more information you can visit the website at www.lexingtonprossecutor.com. To apply, send a resume and cover letter to Attn: Internships; Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office; 116 N. Upper St.; Suite 300; Lexington, KY 40507 or fax to (859) 246-2066.
The Center for International Legal Studies is offering International Law Internships to law students and law graduates to work in leading international business law firms. Among law student applicants, preference will be given to those seeking degree credits. Among law graduate applicants, preference will be given to those participating in affiliated certificate and LL.M programs. This is an unpaid position. Training posts in the summer for JD students and in the autumn for graduates with law firms are located in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. For more information on how to apply please visit www.cils.org.
Suffolk University School of Law and The Center for International Legal Studies is pleased to announce an exciting International Internship program. Internships are for various periods of time, usually during the summer, and require that the candidate have completed at least one year of law studies within his or her home jurisdiction. The internships are in prestigious law firms which are committed to providing a comprehensive legal training to U.S. law students. For more information, please contact Bridgett Halay, Administrative Director of Graduate and International Programs at Intl-Int@suffolk.edu or at 617-573-8171, or visit our website at www.law.suffolk.edu/llm.
The Public Interest Law Initiative is offering a Summer Internship Program to first and second year law students to work with Chicago-area public interest law agencies. Interns receive $5,000 for ten weeks of work at one of 20 PILI-affiliated agencies. PILI’s affiliated agencies include some of the most dynamic and diverse organizations in the country. Some are involved with advocacy or impact litigation affecting the public welfare, while others directly serve individual low-income clients and families with their legal needs. Our interns receive excellent supervision and invaluable hands-on experience while assisting others. To learn more about the affiliated agencies and to apply online, please visit www.pili-law.org.
Justice Elizabeth A. Weaver of the Michigan Supreme Court is accepting applications for Spring 2008 internships in her Traverse City office. Student interns participate in a variety of research and writing projects under the supervision of Justice Weaver’s law clerks. This is an unpaid internship, but it provides great experience, exposure, and invaluable career contacts. It also improves research and writing skills. Interested students can find more information about the Court at http://courts.michigan.gov/. All persons interested in applying should submit a brief cover letter and resume to Sima Patel; Michigan Supreme Court; Bayview Professional Building; 10850 Traverse Highway Suite 4480; Traverse City, MI 49684; Phone (231)929-3700, E-mail patels@courts.mi.gov. Applications will be accepted until two interns have been selected.
The Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) is seeking law student interns (1L or 2L) for the summer of 2008. Legal Interns will assist the FHJC’s Legal Director and cooperating attorneys with factual and legal research to support a variety of federal and state civil rights lawsuits and administrative complaints challenging housing discrimination and harassment. Interns will conduct pre-litigation factual investigations and research a wide variety of substantive and procedural fair housing issues. Also, interns will help prepare impact litigation alleging discrimination affecting publicly-assisted and affordable housing in the New York metropolitan area. Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to Pamela Sah, Legal Director, Fair Housing Justice Center, HELP USA, 5 Hanover Square, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10004, email: psah@helpusa.org. More information can be found at www.fairhousingjustice.org.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) are pleased to announce that they are once again offering Law Student Union Summer; a unique and exciting 10-week internship for law students that combines front-line legal work with grass-roots organizing in real, ongoing campaigns by AFL-CIO affiliated unions in various regions of the country. Participating students will receive a weekly stipend of $550; transportation and housing expenses are also covered. Students may apply by sending an application, cover letter, resume, writing sample, law school transcript, and three references to Nancy Schiffer, Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO; 815 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006; nschiffe@aflcio.org. For more information you can visit http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/unionsummer/lsus.cfm. The application deadline is October 20, 2007 for 2Ls and January 31, 2008 for 1Ls.
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) is currently offering a summer internship opportunity. Summer interns will have an opportunity to work with NYLPI Staff in a range of civil rights issues, including Disability Rights, Environmental Justice and Community Development, and Access to Health Care. In addition, interns will have the opportunity to work with the Pro-Bono Clearinghouse. Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to social justice issues, excellent research, writing and communication skills, and the initiative and energy necessary to see projects to completion. Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, three references, and a non-fiction writing sample of o more than 5 pages in length to New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, 151 West 30th Street, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Joni Carrasco or by e-mail to internships@nylpi.org. Applications will be accepted until February 15, 2008.
TeamChild, a nationally recognized, innovative advocacy program serving low income youth, seeks law students to fill 2-3 full-time positions for the 2008 summer law and policy internship. Interns will be located in the Seattle office of TeamChild. This exciting position provides a rare opportunity to craft, in partnership with youth, law students, experienced civil legal services attorneys and youth advocates, an advocacy plan to address some of the problems in school discipline practices that contribute to juvenile court involvement. This summer, interns will focus on the relationship between school discipline, drop outs and the school to prison pipeline. Summer internships with TeamChild are unpaid. A minimum of ten weeks, full-time commitment is required. To apply, please send an application (available at TeamChild’s website, www.teamchild.org), resume, and writing sample to Caroline Tillier; Program Advocate; TeamChild; 1225 South Weller Street; Suite 420; Seattle, WA 98144. The deadline to apply is February 15, 2008. If you have any questions contact caroline.tillier@teamchild.org.
The Citizen Advocacy Center is offering internships for the summer of 2008. While interning at the Center, law students obtain hands-on legal experience, help citizens and community groups organize advocacy campaigns, and address issues of public concern. The Center typically hosts six to eight law student interns each summer who work under the direction of a community lawyer. Summer 2008 projects include Freedom of Information Act Audits, Youth Civic Education, Midwest Open Government Project, and many more. For more information, please visit www.citizenadvocacycenter.org. Students seeking a summer internship should contact Ms. Terry Pastika, Executive Director, 238 N. York Rd., Elmhurst, IL 60126 or email a cover letter and resume to cac@citixenadvocacycenter.org. Application must be received by March 1, 2008.
The ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty and the Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants are sponsoring the Curtin Justice Fund Legal Internship Program. The ideal intern will have a demonstrated interest in public interest law and experience working with poor people or on issues affecting them. The intern must commit no less than eight continuous weeks between May 1 and October 1 to the program of his or her choice. The Program will pay a $2,500 stipend to three law students who spend the summer months working for a bar association or legal services program designed to prevent homelessness or assist homeless or indigent clients or their advocates. Each applicant should submit a cover letter, resume, application form (available at http://www.abanet.org/homeless/curtin_application.html) and a prospective program’s supporting statement to the Curtin Internship Program, American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, 740 15th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20005. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 24, 2008. For more information please contact the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty at (202) 662-1694 or via e-mail at homeless@abanet.org, or visit the website at http://www.abanet.org/homeless/curtin.html.
Judicial Clerkships
(Postgraduate, 3L’s)
Information on State Clerkships can be found on-line at http://vermontlaw.edu/career. Click on “Current Student Resources.” Second, click on “JD/LLM.” Third, click on “Judicial Clerkship Guide.” Fourth, click on “Access the Guide.” Under “Complete Guide” click on “Guide to Judicial Clerkship procedures.” The username is guide2008 and the password is fightingswans. Click “Open” and you should be at the Guide to Judicial Clerkship Procedures.
The Federal Clerkship Database, https://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/web/jobSearch , is the best source for Federal Clerkship opportunities and deadlines. Federal court judges begin their hiring in September of the student’s third year. Application deadlines vary from judge to judge. These federal clerkships are very competitive and only a handful of the top law students from around the country will receive interviews.
For additional information on other clerkships please check the Judicial Clerkships board in the Career Services Office.
Post Graduate Fellowships
(Postgraduate, 3L’s)
The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law is now accepting applications for the Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project. Twenty four first and second year law students will be selected to serve for a minimum of eight weeks in the consumer protection department of one of the participating State Attorneys General during the summer of 2008.Each selected student will receive a $5,000 stipend for the summer. The program also offers a discretionary supplemental housing/travel allowance of up to $2,000 for those students who are not living at home for the summer. Students must the application form, resume, writing sample, and statement of interest. The application form is available at www.abanet.org/antitrust. The deadline for students to submit an application is Monday, January 28, 2008. For any questions please contact Deborah Douglas, Assistant Director, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, at 312-988-5605 or douglasd@staff.abanet.org.
The Georgetown University Law Center is currently offering up to 17 two-year fellowships beginning in the summer of 2008 leading to an L.L.M. degree in diverse fields of law. The clinics specialize in the following areas: appellate litigation, communications law, criminal defense, domestic violence, environmental law, housing and community development, international women’s human rights, juvenile delinquency, legislative lawyering, trade policy and health care policy, and political asylum and street law. These clinical teaching fellowships offer a rewarding educational and practice-oriented experience to highly motivated lawyers. The clinical teaching fellowships offer an annual stipend of approximately $48,000, in addition to all tuition and fees in the L.L.M. program. Clinical fellows also receive health, dental, and other benefits. For descriptions of each fellowship, application instructions, and a list of application deadlines, please visit our web site at http://law.georgetown.edu/clinics/fellowships.html or see a copy of the fellowship brochure in the CSO. Application deadlines range from Nov 2, 2007 to March 1, 2008 depending on the fellowship of interest.
The University of Michigan Law School seeks applicants for the Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship Class of 2008. The goal of the Bergstrom summer fellowship is to encourage the best and brightest law students to pursue careers in child advocacy. A ten-week commitment in child welfare law setting is expected. We encourage fellows to seek placement not only in child advocacy law settings, but also in offices representing the state child welfare agency or representing parents accused of child abuse or neglect. The application and form and further information are available at http://www.law.umich.edu/bergstrom. Students interested in applying for summer fellowships should send a personal letter, two reference letters, a resume and the application by February 1, 2008.
The American Society of International Law is pleased to announce the launch of the 4th annual Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program. Helton Fellowships provide financial assistance in the form of “micro-grants” for law students and young professionals to pursue field work and research on significant issues involving international law, human rights, humanitarian affairs, and related areas. Applicants may begin submitting applications beginning, Monday, October 15, 2007. All applications must be completed and received by Friday, February 15, 2008. Only the first 50 completed applications submitted by the deadline will be considered for review. For more information, please visit http://www.asil.org/heltonapplication.
The Capital Fellows Programs (Assembly, Executive, Judicial Administration and Senate Fellowship Programs) are nationally recognized public policy fellowships offering college graduates unique experiences in policy-making and development with California state government. Fellows work as full-time, paid policy assistants to senior executive branch staff, court officials, members of California Assembly and Senate, legislative committees, and other top ranking government officials. Fellows receive a monthly stipend of $1,972 plus full medical, vision and dental benefits. Individuals are invited to apply to one or more of the programs that meet their interests and qualifications. Prospective applicants can obtain applications for the Capital fellows Program online at http://www.csus.edu/calst/programs. Brochures are available in the CSO! Prospective Capital Fellows must complete application forms and submit the required information by February 27, 2008.
Writing Competitions
(Generally all students)
The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law is pleased to announce the Tenth Annual Law Student Writing Competition. The winner will receive a $2,000 cash prize and an expenses-paid invitation to the Section’s Spring Meeting. The second place winner will receive $500. Eligible articles must be written by a currently-enrolled student and published between January 1, 2007 and March 1, 2008. Eligible papers may address any topic of general interest to the antitrust law community, including topics relating to civil policy, consumer protection and international competition law. Mail three copies of the paper, along with a completed Entry Form to Deborah D. Douglas, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Law Student Writing Competition, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610-4714. Entry forms can be found at www.abanet.org/antitrust. All entries should be submitted by January 28, 2008. If you have questions, contact Deborah Douglas at 312-988-5606 or at Douglas@staff.abanet.org.
The American Indian Law Review (AILR) is pleased to announce its annual writing competition. The topic may be on any issue concerning American Indian Law. The award for first place is $1,000 and publication in the American Indian Law Review, an official periodical of the University Of Oklahoma College Of Law with international distribution. The second place winner will receive $500 and the third place winner will receive $250. Entries should be mailed to American Indian Law Review Competition; American Indian Law Review; ATTN: Leslie Smith; Writing Competition Editor; Andrew M. Coats Hall; 300 Timberdell Road; Norman OK 73019. For more information, please visit their website at http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailr. All entries must be postmarked first class no later than January 31, 2008.
Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, a journal of the University of Iowa College of Law, is pleased to announce the 2007-2008 Trandafir International Business Writing Competition. The winning students will receive a cash prize of $2,000, and the journal will publish the winning submission in an upcoming edition. Submissions should address a contemporary international business or economic issue with a legal nexus. Submissions can be mailed to Trandafir International Business Writing Competition; University of Iowa College of Law; Boyd Law Building, Room 185; Iowa City, IA 52242. Submissions must arrive via e-mail or U.S. mail no later than 5:00 p.m. U.S. Central time on February 1, 2008. If you have any questions please visit http://www.law.uiowa.edu/journals/tlcp/trandafir.php.
The Public Justice Foundation has acquired the Roscoe Hogan Environmental Essay Contest from the Roscoe Pound Institute. The Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest is a $5,000 cash award given to the author of the winning essay. The 2008 topic is “Global Warming: How Litigation Can Make A Difference.” Essays can only be written during the academic year covered by the competition and may not be prepared as part of paid legal work outside of law school. The intent-to-enter submission deadline is January 31, 2008. The essay contest deadline is March 31, 2008. Additional information is posted on the Public Justice website, www.publicjustice.net.
The International Technology Law Association, Inc. is proud to announce the Mark L. Gordon Memorial Technology Law Writing Award. Law students are eligible to submit an original research paper or article on a tech law topic. The paper or article must be original research and not previously published. Independent papers are welcome as well as those written as part of required academic coursework. The winning author receives an invitation to present his or her paper at the next ITechLaw conference that is closest to the student’s location along with transportation to the conference, two nights hotel stay, admission to all conference proceedings, recognition as the award winner, one-year student membership to ITechLaw, and publication of the article in ITechLaw’s eBulletin. For more details and guidelines, please review the information about the competition at www.itechlaw.org or send an email query to memberservices@itechlaw.org. Articles must be submitted no later than February 1, 2008.
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel proudly announces its 2008 law student writing competition. The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition was established to promote and reward scholarly writing in the field of trusts and estates, including related tax topics. Prizes for the 2008 competition include $5,000 for the first-place winner, $3,000 for the second place winner, $1,000 for the third place winner, and a variable amount based on number of papers awarded Honorable Mention Prize. In addition, the top papers will be published by ACTEC. Complete rules and entry forms are available online at ACTEC’s website, www.actec.org. The deadline for entries is May 1, 2008.
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Inc. is pleased to announce the 2008 College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Law Student Writing Competition. The topic may be any aspect of public or private labor or employment law. Students are encouraged to present a public policy issue, critique of a leading case or doctrine, comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification, or a comment on a common law doctrine. The first place prize is $1,500, the second place prize is $1,000, and the third place prize is $500. In addition to a monetary award, the winner will have his/her article published in a future issue of the College newsletter and posted on the College’s website. Please send all submissions to Susan Wan, Executive Director, The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036-5306. All articles must be emailed or post marked no later than May 15, 2008.
The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship, Inc. is sponsoring the 2008 Tannenwald Writing Competition. Papers on any federal or state tax-related topic may be submitted in accordance with the Competition Rules available at www.tannenwald.org. Cash prizes of $3,500, $2,500 and $1,500 for the top three papers. Papers should be sent to the Tannenwald Foundation, Ste. 200, 1275 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004, attn: Melnie Moore. For more information contact Nancy Abramowitz at 202-274-4164 or by email at nabramo@wcl.american.edu. The deadline for submitting papers is 9:00 p.m. EST, July 1, 2008.
Scholarships
(1L’s and 2L’s)
The Practicing Law Institute is now accepting applications for its PLI Law Student Scholarship. There is a $25 application fee. Scholarships are awarded to cover the full or partial cost of attending PLI seminars. Submit applications to: Mark Dighton; PLI; 810 7th Ave.; NY, NY 10019 no later than four weeks prior to the start of the seminar. For listings on upcoming seminars, please visit the CSO.
Summer Study Abroad 2008
(1L’s and 2L’s)
Please come to the Career Services Office for more information on all available study abroad programs. Listings and applications are available for most countries. Also, please visit the student lounge bulletin board postings for program flyers and information request cards.
Housing Opportunities
(1L’s and 2L’s)
More Apartment Exchange websites are listed in the CSO Job Search Manual!
Volunteer
Baldwin’s Ohio Practice: Tort Law (2d Ed., West) is seeking Volunteer Research Assistants/Writers for a book project on tort law. Qualified students should be in their 2nd or 3rd year of law school, be willing to work hard, and eager to set themselves apart from their peers. The project will run the duration of the 2007-2008 academic year. Volunteers will be responsible for researching specific areas of Ohio tort law, based upon the outline created by the author, exploring the breadth and depth of the topic area. For more information or to apply (submit a resume and a writing sample), please contact Christopher M. Ernst at cernst@bdlaw.com or 216-736-4216.
The National Center for Adoption Law and Policy at Capital University Law School is partnering with the Children’s Medical Center of Dayton to present the Adoption Academy. Children’s medical center of Dayton is in need of student volunteers to help with onsite hosting and oversight of the program at Dayton Children’s. The program will run on Wednesdays from March 5 through May 21.The commitment would be up to 12 Wednesday evenings. Host duties include checking attendees in, making sure everyone receives handouts, making announcements and facilitating any questions that would come from the audience in Dayton. If you are interested in participating in this project please contact Carla Carpenter, Associate Director, The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy. 303 E. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 236-6541, ccarpenter@law.capital.edu. More information about the Center can be found at www.ncalp.org.
Special Announcements
The Midwest BLSA Law Journal is currently welcoming submissions! The Journal will consider and publish pieces written on any area of law. Student-written notes and comments, as well as articles and essays written by professionals are acceptable for publication. This publication will provide authors with a unique opportunity for exposure, as it will undoubtedly attract the attention of both the academic and professional communities. Please visit our website for more information at www.midwestBLSAlawjournal.org.
The Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (LAF) will be accepting applications for 2008 summer law student positions. LAF represents clients in a variety of substantive areas of law including housing, immigration, children’s rights, disabilities, utilities, public benefits, consumer, family, health, employment, and domestic violence. Because of funding and budgetary constraints, LAF is able to consider applications for summer positions from law students who bring their own (law-school or student-group) funding, and under the following options: (1) Public Interest Fellowships, (2) Work Study, and (3) Volunteer or Class Credit. Application materials and inquiries can be sent by e-mail or regular mail to; Daniel Lindsey; Supervisory Attorney; Legal Assistance Foundation of metropolitan Chicago; 111 West Jackson, 3rd Floor; Chicago, IL 60604; e-mail: dlindsey@lafchicago.org. All application materials should be received by LAF no later than March 1, 2008. For more information on the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago please visit www.lafchicago.org.