The Office of Professional Responsiblity is accepting student applications for its summer internship program. The application deadline is Friday, March 30, 2012. Please see below for more details.
Posted by Ruby Sheikh at 10:18 AM - Categories: Public Interest | 1L/1E/2E | 2L/3E | Hot Jobs
Maryland Immigrant Rights Coalition
The State of Maryland, Office of the Public Defender (OPD) has 12 District offices and 7+ Divisions throughout the State of Maryland whose mission is to provide superior legal representation to indigent clients charged with criminal matters. Maryland Immigrant Rights Coalition (MIRC) is seeking self-motivated, bilingual (Spanish/English) volunteer law clerk to work within the OPD at Central Booking and Intake Facility (CBIF) in Baltimore City. The law clerk will be responsible for tracking inmates with Immigration detainers to monitor compliance with federal regulation 8 C.F.R. § 287.7, and compile all findings in a report to be submitted at the end of the clerkship. Law clerk will also assist OPD intake in gathering information from non-citizen OPD clients to evaluate the immigration consequences of pending criminal charges. Additionally, law clerk will help develop Know Your Rights curriculum for non-citizen clients held at CBIF. If clerk prefers full-time position, clerk would also assist MIRC immigration attorney with caseload, including drafting motions, court appearances, and client visits at detention centers.
The clerkship is part-time (potentially full-time) for 3 to 5 days per week, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and runs from June through August, 2012, with the option of extending through the fall.
Application instructions below:
Posted by Lauren Dubin at 9:49 AM - Categories: Public Interest | 1L/1E/2E | 2L/3E | Hot Jobs
Posted by Laura Hosid at 8:31 AM - Categories: Law Firms | OCS / OPICS Programs | 2L/3E
Save the date!
If you are a 1L or 2L spending the summer at a law firm this year, you won’t want to miss OCS's annual How to Succeed as a Summer Associate program on Wednesday, April 11 at 3:30 p.m. in Gewirz 12. In addition to hearing from a panel of recruiting professionals about what it takes to get that coveted offer at the end of the summer, you will have the chance to meet 3Ls who spent last summer at a firm and learn about their experiences.
Light refreshments will be served, so if you plan to attend, please RSVP to ocsrsvp@law.georgetown.edu by Friday, April 6.
The Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS) and World Security Institute (WSI) are pleased to announce a joint summer intern program in Washington, D.C. for a law student with a strong interest in national security, nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and foreign affairs. The Fellow selected will work at the World Security Institute office in Washington, DC.
Posted by Laura Hosid at 2:07 PM - Categories: 1L/1E/2E | 2L/3E | Hot Jobs
Please join us tomorrow in Hotung 5013 at noon for this important information session, where Fellowship Director Susan Butler Plum will provide invaluable advice insight into the Skadden Fellowship application process.
Collectively, fellowships provide some of the best entry-level opportunities to launch a public interest career. By definition, fellowships are short-term, full-time public interest positions for new or recent law graduates. Most are offered for one or two year periods, beginning the September after graduation or after the conclusion of a judicial clerkship. Fellowship settings include non-profit organizations, government agencies, law firms and academic settings; some fellowships, including the Skadden and Equal Justice Works Fellowships, are “project based,” where the fellows create their own projects for a non-profit organization, whereas other fellowships are for predetermined positions.
See below for more info:
Posted by Lauren Dubin at 10:48 AM - Categories: Post-Graduate Fellowships | OCS / OPICS Programs | All class years
Equal Justice Works is pleased to announce the launch of Summer Corps 2012!
Summer Corps is an AmeriCorps-funded program that in 2012 will provide 711 law students with the opportunity to earn a $1,175 Legal AmeriCorps Education Award for dedicating their summer to a qualifying legal project at a nonprofit public interest organization. To learn more about the program please visit the Summer Corps webpage at http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/law-school/summercorps
The application period begins on March 1, 2012 and closes on April 10, 2012
Summer Corps supports projects in which students provide primarily direct legal services to low-income and underserved individuals. Community outreach and education components are also encouraged. Projects where students are doing pure policy work do not qualify for Summer Corps.
In accordance with the federal regulations and program guidelines that govern AmeriCorps, Summer Corps host sites must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or qualifying public defender programs. These include:
Nonprofit organizations serving low-income and underserved communities; State, County, and Nonprofit public defender offices; Legal services organizations; and Civil rights organizations.
The following settings do not qualify as Summer Corps host organizations:
Federal government agencies such as federal defender offices, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice; Government agencies including district attorney's offices and offices of the attorney general; Internationally-focused or internationally-based organizations; and Private law firms.
See below for application instructions:
Posted by Lauren Dubin at 9:45 AM - Categories: Public Interest | Summer Funding | 1L/1E/2E | 2L/3E
Posted by Laura Hosid at 8:49 AM - Categories: Practice Areas | Off-campus programs | All class years
Please join the American Bar Association Forum on Air & Space Law on Wednesday, April 4th at 4pm at GW Law School (2000 H Street, NW), Room L402 for a panel discussion on Careers in Aviation Law.
Panelists include:
Contact w/questions and to RSVP: Randa Hayes, rhayes@mklawdc.com, 703-247-5487