Category: Post-Graduate Fellowships

HOT JOB for Graduating Students: MedStar Georgetown Health Law Fellow

MedStar is pleased to sponsor a fellowship in Health Law for new law graduates with a demonstrated interest in healthcare law and nonprofit organizations. The fellow will be chosen based on academic performance, demonstrated commitment to healthcare law, and overall excellence.

MedStar’s one year fellowship is designed to steep new lawyers in the practice of health law through the lens of in house counsel in the Baltimore-Washington region’s leading non-profit health system...please click on the headline for additional information and application instructions.

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Posted by Jennifer Wetzel at 10:01 AM - Categories: 3L/4E | Hot Jobs | Post-Graduate Fellowships

University Legal Services/Georgetown Law Disability Rights - Criminal Justice Fellowship

University Legal Services (ULS) and Georgetown University Law Center are partnering to offer a one-year fellowship in disability rights/criminal justice for a Georgetown Law 2013 JD graduate. The fellowship offers a stipend of $32,000 and will run from August 2013 through July 2014.  Application deadline is May 10, 2013.

ULS is a nonprofit legal services agency that protects and advances the rights of people with disabilities through direct advocacy and systemic change. Part of our work includes preventing and redressing the abuse and neglect of incarcerated individuals with mental illness. Our goal is to reduce unnecessary periods of incarceration for DC residents with psychiatric disabilities/mental illness and remove barriers to their self-directed, successful integration into the community.

The ULS/Georgetown Law Fellow will join our interdisciplinary team to advocate for community-based alternatives to incarceration and redress instances of abuse and neglect experienced by people with psychiatric disabilities in DC’s criminal justice system. The Fellow’s responsibilities are outlined below and will be performed under the supervision of the DC Jail and Prison Advocacy Project Director.

Click on the above link for additional information.   The application deadline is May 10, 2013

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Posted by Lauren Dubin at 1:43 PM - Categories: 3L/4E | Hot Jobs | Post-Graduate Fellowships

Today! Post Grad Public Interest Fellowship Session - 3:45

What’s Ahead: The Public Sector Post Grad Fellowship Session – Monday, April 8 at 3:45 in room 164

An overview of entry-level public interest fellowships presented by the OPICS staff & Georgetown Fellows.
Information on Project Fellowships (Skadden and Equal Justice Works), staff attorney fellowships (organization based), Georgetown sponsored Fellowships, clinical fellowships, law firm fellowships, etc.

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Posted by Lauren Dubin at 10:09 AM - Categories: 1L/1E/2E | 2L/3E | Post-Graduate Fellowships | Public Interest

Stabile Consumer Protection Fellowship deadline has been extended - 3/29

The deadline has been extended for the STABILE CONSUMER PROTECTION FELLOWSHIP IN THE REGULATION OF PERSONAL-CARE AND RELATED CONSUMER PRODUCTS

The annual fellowship will offer a recent Georgetown Law graduate the opportunity to work for one year with EWG on cutting edge issues in the regulation of personal care products, cosmetics, over-the-counter drugs, and related consumer products, as well as a wide array of in-house legal issues such as nonprofit-tax and employment law.  The fellowship is open to Georgetown JD students graduating in 2013 and recent JD graduates completing a clerkship in 2013.

EWG’s mission is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1993. EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep, www.cosmeticsdatabase.com and the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce, www.foodnews.org) to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.  EWG’s organizational goals are:  1) to protect the most vulnerable segments of the human population from health problems attributed to a wide array of toxic contaminants; and 2) to replace federal policies, including government subsidies that damage the environment and natural resources, with policies that invest in conservation and sustainable development.

Fellow Duties: Fellows will focus on the legislative and administrative structures that govern consumer protection, including the regulation of personal care and related products, as well as toxic chemicals, and will assist in the resolution of general legal problems that arise in an in-house, nonprofit setting.  Responsibilities include: researching and drafting legal memos, public comments, citizen petitions, and legislation; working with research and government relations staff to develop policy strategies; conducting related regulatory analyses; resolving in-house legal matters; filing Freedom of Information Act requests and appeals; and representing EWG before state and federal government officials on legal and policy matters.

Qualifications:  The fellowship is open to Georgetown JD students graduating in 2013 and recent JD graduates completing a clerkship in 2013. Candidates must have excellent legal writing and research skills.  A background in consumer protection is preferred. Familiarity with the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission is a plus.  The ideal candidate will be someone who is resourceful, innovative, productive, and a strong advocate for consumers’ right-to-know.

Salary: $39,500 plus EWG benefits package. 

See the above link for application instructions:

Contact: Applicants must submit a resume, cover letter, and writing sample by e-mail to Lauren Dubin at dubin@law.georgetown.edu and Professor Joseph Page at page@law.georgetown.edu.  

In the Subject line of the email, please put “2013-14 Georgetown Law Stabile Fellowship Application.”

Application deadline: March 29, 2013. Interviews will be conducted shortly thereafter and a decision will be made by the end of April.

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Posted by Lauren Dubin at 1:56 PM - Categories: 3L/4E | Post-Graduate Fellowships

Skadden Post-Grad Fellowship Information Session for rising 2Ls, 3Ls and 2013 judicial clerks -- 3/13 at noon

Skadden Fellowship Information Session -- http://www.skaddenfellowships.org/

Wednesday, March 13th at 12:00 in McDonough 160 

Please join us this Wednesay as we welcome Susan Butler Plum, the Director of the Skadden Foundation to campus for the first spring 2013 information session on entry-level public sector opportunities.

What is the Skadden Fellowship? 
 

The Skadden Fellowship, described as "a legal Peace Corps" by The Los Angeles Times, was established in 1988 in recognition of the dire need for greater funding for new law school graduates who wish to devote their professional lives to providing legal services to the poor (including the working poor), the elderly, the homeless and the disabled, as well as those deprived of their civil or human rights.   The aim of the foundation is to give Fellows the freedom to pursue public interest work; thus, the Fellows create their own projects at public interest organizations with at least two lawyers on staff before they apply. Fellowships are awarded for one year, with the expectation of renewal for a second year.  Skadden provides each of the 25 - 28 Fellows with a salary (for the class of 2014, the salary is $46,000) and pays all fringe benefits to which an employee of the sponsoring organization would be entitled.

Watch for additional Post-grad Public Interest Fellowship Info Sessions throughout the remainder of the semester.

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Posted by Lauren Dubin at 11:12 AM - Categories: All class years | OCS / OPICS Programs | Post-Graduate Fellowships

Post-Grad Fellowship: National Education Association Office of General Counsel

The National Education Association Office of General Counsel is pleased to announce an opening for a law fellow, starting in September 2013.  The NEA Law Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for a recent law school graduate to work with experienced union-side lawyers on a wide variety of issues related to advancing the cause of public education and the interests of teachers and other education professionals.

NEA is the largest labor organization in the country representing over 3 million teachers and other education professionals.  NEA works on diverse fronts to advance the cause of public education and to improve the working lives of school employees.  NEA’s work includes substantial advocacy at the federal, state and local level in support of public education and educational employees and significant research and policy initiatives to promote educational quality and funding. 

The NEA Office of General Counsel works on a wide array of legal matters to advance NEA’s overall mission including litigation, regulatory and advocacy matters.  The NEA Office of General Counsel’s caseload includes cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and a small number of state appellate courts and administrative forums.  In addition, the NEA Office of General Counsel frequently represents NEA in advocacy around federal regulatory initiatives affecting NEA members and leaders.  The NEA Office of General Counsel also administers the National Organization of Lawyers for Educational Associations (“NOLEA”), which is a national network of lawyers representing school employees and their associations.  NOLEA holds an annual education conference and serves as a resource for NOLEA members throughout the year. 

The NEA Law Fellow will work primarily with lawyers in the NEA Office of General Counsel and with other union lawyers around the country on a wide range of activities.  The Fellow will assist experienced lawyers working on cases and regulatory matters that affect public education and the rights of educators.   Whenever possible, the NEA Law Fellow will be given the opportunity to participate in meetings with union lawyers and to attend hearings and other events in the DC area.  The NEA Law Fellow will work out of NEA’s Office of General Counsel at NEA’s headquarters in Washington D.C.  The fellowship is for a period of one year (through August 31, 2014), with the option of extending, upon mutual agreement, the fellowship for one additional year.  Full vacation and health benefits are provided.  Salary is commensurate with experience and in the range of $50 - $60,000 per year. Recent law graduates and judicial clerks are welcome to apply.

Click the above link for application instructions.

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Posted by Lauren Dubin at 12:00 AM - Categories: 3L/4E | Hot Jobs | Post-Graduate Fellowships

Reminder: The deadline for the 2013 Stabile Fellowship in the Regulation of Personal Care and Related Consumer Products is Friday, March 1.

Reminder:  The application for the 2013 Stabile Fellowship in the Regulation of Personal Care and Related Consumer Products is Friday, March 1.
 
The annual fellowship will offer a recent Georgetown Law graduate the opportunity to work for one year with the Environmental Working Group on cutting edge issues in the regulation of personal care products, cosmetics, over-the-counter drugs, related consumer products and toxic chemicals, as well as a wide array of in-house legal issues such as nonprofit-tax and employment law.  The fellowship is open to Georgetown JD students graduating in 2013 and recent JD graduates completing a clerkship in 2013.

Click the above link for additional information. 
 

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Posted by Lauren Dubin at 11:38 AM - Categories: 3L/4E | Post-Graduate Fellowships