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PUBLIC SERVICE MATTERS
JANUARY 2015, Volume II, Issue 1
IN THIS ISSUE:
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NYU Job Fair Update
Graduate Mentor in Residence Program
Mock Trial Opportunity
Legal Aid Society Panel
Upcoming Summer Internship/Funding Deadlines
Upcoming Post-Graduate Fellowship Deadlines
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NYU Public Interest Career Fair 2015 Update
We are delighted to report that a record 239 Rutgers–Newark Law students are registered
to attend NYU’s Public Interest Job Fair on February 5th and 6th, 2015. The Fair is a unique
opportunity to meet with over 200 NYC and national area public sector employers who are
hiring for both summer and post-graduate opportunities.
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Already registered? Be sure to check your on-line schedule regularly. Your
schedule will be available on-line by January 31, 2015.
Didn’t register? We encourage students who did not register for the NYU Fair to
attend the fair. Over 100 employers will be available for “table talk” during which
you will have the opportunity to meet employers and have “mini-interviews.”
We encourage all students who plan to attend the NYU Job Fair, to attend a workshop on
interviewing and table talk on January 5, 2015 at 12:30 pm (location TBD).
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Career Planning and Eric Neisser Program:
Graduate Mentor in Residence Program
This spring, the Career Planning Office and the Eric Neisser Program will join forces to
coordinate a series of events featuring Rutgers–Newark alumni practicing from a broad
range of practice areas. Participating graduates will provide individualized career advice to
current students and give presentations and workshops on a range of topics relating to
public interest practice. Our first program will feature Olivia Quinto ’13, who will provide
counseling to interested students on Friday, January 15, 2014 in the Career Planning Suite.
Here is the bio for our first mentor-in-residence:
OLIVIA J. QUINTO is an associate at Outten & Golden LLP representing employees in class
action wage/hour and discrimination cases. Ms. Quinto joined O&G in September 2013 after
graduating from Rutgers School of Law–Newark. At Rutgers, Ms. Quinto served as a
Managing Articles Editor of the Rutgers Race & the Law Review and as a member of the Moot
Court Board, as well as chair of the Minority Student Program and an executive member with
the Rutgers chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Ms. Quinto was an Ella Baker Fellow with
the Center for Constitutional Rights, a Wenk Public Interest Fellow with the ACLU-New Jersey,
the 2012 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Minority Law Fellow with the
Neighborhood Defenders Service of Harlem, a 2012 Garden State Bar Association Scholar, and
the 2012 American Association for Justice’s Mike Eidson Scholar. She worked with various
human rights and media organizations, including WITNESS and Global vision/Media Channel,
where she contributed to a 2007 documentary called “In Debt We Trust.” She was also a
freelance journalist for ethnic media publications in New York covering the Asian-American
community. Quinto is a long-time community activist for immigrant and women’s rights with
AF3IRM/Gabriela Network.
To meet with Olivia Quinto, please sign up in the Career Services Office.
Informational Sessions: Serve as a Mock Trial Coach at North
Star Academy
Join Street Law for a program featuring Legal Outreach staff Tamika Edwards, Managing
Director of Training and Special Initiatives, and Shaiva Wade, Community Law and
Education Coordinator, for an informational session on Tuesday, January 19 at 12:30 p.m.
in the People’s Electric Lounge. For over 30 years, Legal Outreach has provided intensive
legal and educational programs to undeserved communities throughout NYC. This year,
Legal Outreach hopes to recruit law students to serve as coaches for middle school
students participating in a mock trial criminal trial. Law student coaches will provide
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weekly assistance to middle school students who are preparing a simulated trial. Our hope
is that the program will enable students to provide service and mentoring to low-income
students and assist them in developing critical thinking and public speaking skills. A
detailed curriculum is provided. The program runs from February 13-April 22, 2015 and
requires a 20 hour (total) time commitment. Interested students must RVSP to Susan
Feathers by Friday, January 15.
The Legal Aid Society: Making the Case of Humanity
A panel of lawyers from the Legal Aid society will explore internship and post-graduate
opportunities at the Legal Aid Society in NYC. This panel discussion will feature
representatives from the Juvenile Rights Division, Civil Practice and Criminal Defense
Practice areas. Confirmed speakers include the following:
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Ricardo Granderson, Director of Recruitment
Dawn Mitchell, Attorney-in-Charge, Juvenile Rights Practice, Bronx
Marie Mombrun, Staff Attorney, Civil Practice, Queens
Roy Wasserman, Legal Aid Criminal Defense Division
The Legal Aid Society of New York City, the oldest and largest legal services organization in
the nation, is dedicated to providing comprehensive legal services to low-income New
Yorkers in civil and criminal matters. Please do not miss this unique opportunity to learn
more about their practice. Please RSVP for this event by Friday, January 15 at 12:00 p.m.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS: Upcoming Deadlines
AFL-CIO Law Student Union Summer
Phone: 202-637-5397 | Fax: 202-637-5323 | E-mail: [email protected] |Website:
http://www.aflcio.org/Get-Involved/Law-Student-Union-Summer
The AFL-CIO Law Student Union Summer program provides a weekly stipend of $600 (plus
transportation and housing costs) for a 10 week legal internship program that combines
front-line legal work with grassroots organizing in real, on-going campaigns by AFL-CIO
unions in various regions of the country.
Deadline: January 15, 2015
Judicial Resources Committee of the United States Judicial Conference and Just The
Beginning Summer Judicial Internship Program
http://www.jtbf.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=InternshipJRCJTBF&category=Main.
The program provides summer judicial internships for highly-qualified minority,
underrepresented and economically disadvantaged law students. The Project is national in
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Scope and will place 75 students as judicial interns in federal appellate, district, bankruptcy
and magistrate judges’ chambers across the country.
Deadline: January 6, 2015
Janet Steger Fellowship
Contact: Deborah Douglas
Email: [email protected] | http://www.abanet.org/antitrust
This fellowship provides $5,000 for full-time, eight week minimum, summer employment
open to all first and second year law students. Through a working partnership with the
National Association of Attorneys General, students will work in the consumer protection
departments of the offices of state attorneys general. N.B.: Newark, NJ is one of 38 sites
selected for Summer 2015! Applicants must email an application form; resume; writing
sample; and, statement of interest application and accompanying material to the ABA
Steiger Fellowship Program at the ABA Section of Antitrust Law.
Deadline: January 15, 2015
National Lawyers Guild: Haywood Burns Fellowships
Website: http://www.nlg.org/law-students/fellowships/
The Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowship for Social and Economic Justice has its roots in
the National Lawyers Guild’s established tradition of providing legal, political, and
educational support to the important progressive movements of the day. This fellowship
awards $2,000 to students to complete a 10-week placement through the Summer Projects
Committee. The Haywood Burns Fellowships are designed to encourage students to work
in the NLG’s tradition of “people's lawyering.” The program exists to help students apply
their talents and skills to find creative ways to use the law to advance justice. Burns
Fellowships provoke law students to question traditional notions of how one must practice
law and to provide a summer experience that will enrich and challenge them. Fellowships
may be completed with any existing organization whose mission addresses the needs of
underserved individuals and groups. We encourage applicants to identify grassroots and
non-traditional work opportunities for which there is a serious current societal need. This
could be a small non-profit, a short-staffed community law firm, or an organizing campaign
that needs legal assistance. The Haywood Burns Fellowships usually provide a rigorous
legal experience as well as a political one.
Deadline: January 14, 2015
Peggy Browning Fund Summer Internship
Contact: Mary Anne Moffa
Phone: 267-273- 7990 | Email: [email protected] | Website:
http://www.peggybrowningfund.org/
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The Peggy Browning Fund supports between 40 and 50 funded Summer Fellowships of
$4,500 in labor-related organizations throughout the United States. Information regarding
participating labor organizations and application materials are available on their website.
A cover letter, resume and completed application form must be sent to each eligible work
site to which you wish to apply. A copy of each complete application must also be sent to
the Peggy Browning Fund. Both the Fund and the specific sites to which students are
applying must have received your applications by the deadline. Students may apply for up
to 5 mentor sites.
Deadline: January 15, 2015.
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Martin Luther King Summer Internship Program
No. of Interns: 10 Location: Pennsylvania
Description & Website: Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Summer Internships are available at
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network programs across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
during the summer months for law students who are social justice-oriented and desire an
opportunity to make a difference. Law students experience the real world of legal aid
advocacy. PLAN seeks opportunities for MLK Interns to experience direct client contact,
participate in court hearings (for those certified), administrative hearings, legal research
and writing on actual cases under the supervision of seasoned legal aid attorneys.
http://www.palegalaid.net/services/special/mlk.
Eligibility: 1L or 2L minority students from any law school are eligible to apply.
How to Apply: A current law student (1L or 2L) may indicate their interest in serving as a
MLK summer intern by sending a letter (expressing interest and preferences), resume and
three (3) references to: MLK Summer Internship, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, 118
Locust Street Harrisburg, PA 17101
Deadline: January 31, 2015
POST-GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
Post-graduate public interest fellowships are opportunities for recent law school graduates
to work with a public interest organization for one or two years in a specific area of law.
Project-based fellowships, such as Equal Justice Works and Skadden, tend to be the most
visible of the fellowships available, but in reality they are less-common than organizationbased fellowships. In fact, there are hundreds of organizational and law firm fellowships
which provide a unique entry-level position into public sector work. For more information
about post-graduate fellowships, please make an appointment to see Susan Feathers. Susan
has counseled hundreds of law students about public interest fellowships and authored the
first three Yale Law School Post-Graduate Fellowship Guides (1994, 1995, 1996). The
following are several post-graduate fellowships with upcoming deadlines:
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DONALD M. WILSON FELLOWSHIP, ROBERT F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE &
HUMAN RIGHTS
Practice Areas: Civil Rights & Liberties/Racial Justice Issues, International
Law/Human Rights, LGBTQ, Non-Profit
Job Description: The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights (RFK Center)
was founded as a living memorial to Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Ever since, the RFK Center
has honored journalists, authors, and human rights activists who, often at great personal
risk and sacrifice, are on the frontlines of the international movement for human rights and
social justice. Partnering with these courageous and innovative human rights defenders,
RFK Partners for Human Rights is the litigation, advocacy, and capacity-building arm of the
RFK Center. Combining a rights-based approach and extended multi-year partnerships
with the RFK Award Laureates and other human rights activists, RFK Partners for Human
Rights leverages its legal expertise, resources, and prestige to advance social justice goals
around the world.
In 2011, the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights established the Donald
M. Wilson Fellowship program to provide a position at the RFK Center to one outstanding
recent law school graduate each year. Donald M. Wilson and his family recognized the need
for greater support for recent graduates who wish to devote their professional lives to
public service and generously endowed the Fellowship program at the RFK Center. The
Fellowship provides invaluable training and experience for a recent law school graduate
preparing for a career in human rights.
The Fellowship carries the name of the prominent magazine journalist who developed a
close friendship with Robert Kennedy during John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. A
LIFE magazine correspondent for twelve years, Donald M. Wilson covered the Korean and
Vietnam wars for the magazine and afterward led LIFE’s Washington, D.C., bureau, where
he met Robert Kennedy. Following the campaign, Donald M. Wilson was appointed deputy
director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) and served under presidents John
F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1989, he retired as Corporate Vice President-Public
Affairs at Time Inc. In 1991, with James L. Greenfield, a former assistant managing editor at
The New York Times, he founded the Independent Journalism Foundation, a non-profit
organization committed to promoting free and independent media in Eastern and Central
Europe and Southeast Asia.
Duties for this position include, but are not limited to:
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Conduct factual research and draft memoranda on the human rights situation in
countries of interest to the Center and on thematic issues (e.g., the right to freedom of
expression, right to nationality);
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Conduct research on the application of international human rights norms to country
conditions, developments in the domestic legal systems of specific countries and their
implications for human rights, and other questions;
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Prepare documents in support of litigation before international tribunals (e.g., InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, African Commission on Human and Peoples’
Rights, UN Treaty Bodies), and in support of advocacy before governments,
international organizations, and U.N. special procedures;
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Help maintain and manage communication with clients, human rights defenders, and
civil society partners around the world in support of joint litigation and advocacy;
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Participate in and contribute to litigation and advocacy strategies;
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Attend and report on briefings, Congressional hearings, symposia and other meetings;
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Monitor sources of information on countries and issues of concern to the Center; and
collect, organize and analyze relevant information;
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Work closely with the RFK Partners for Human Rights Director and programmatic staff
to develop long-term strategies, legal actions, and advocacy campaigns to support RFK
Laureates and other human rights defenders;
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Provide administrative support to Center Staff on an as-needed basis;
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Limited travel (domestic and/or international) may also be required.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have experience with regional and international human rights law
and norms; working knowledge of the United Nations treaty body system and/or the
regional human rights mechanisms (e.g., Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, etc.); working knowledge of domestic
legislative and human rights systems; an ability to maintain active contacts with
international civil society as well as key stakeholders in the aforementioned systems; an
ability to master complex human rights issues under tight deadlines; and excellent written
and verbal communication skills.
A Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree (or foreign equivalent) is required. We particularly encourage
recent law school graduates (2013-2014) and those graduating in Spring 2015 to apply.
Fluency in Spanish, French, and/or Arabic is helpful but not required.
Annual Salary: $45,000 + excellent benefits package
Application Instructions: Please e-mail a cover letter, resume, brief writing sample
(preferably related to international human rights law), and a list of 3 references to:
Hiring Manager
Subject line: Donald M. Wilson Fellow
[email protected]
Please note, due to the high volume of applications received, the RFK Center will only be able
to contact shortlisted candidates with regard to the interview process. No calls or emails,
please.
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Contact Information:
Hannah Wheelwright
Phone: (202) 463-7575, ext 235
[email protected]
1300 19th St. NW Suite 750
Washington, D.C., DC 20036
Application Deadline: 02/02/2015
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FELLOW AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU) OF
NEW MEXICO
http://www.aclu-nm.org
Practice Areas: Constitutional Law/First Amendment, Health Law/HIV-AIDS Issues,
Legislative/Policy Issues, Litigation, Women
Job Description
Under the direction of the Legal Director, the Reproductive Freedom Fellow's primary
responsibility will be to provide logistical support for implementing the legal components
of the ACLU of New Mexico's reproductive freedom campaign. The legal fellow will also
serve as co-counsel on a variety of civil liberties cases. This position entails working with
non-profit organizations to promote reproductive freedom; working with the National
ACLU litigation team; developing, investigating and trying cases; performing legal research;
conducting discovery, drafting pleadings, motions and briefs; and presenting oral
arguments in state and federal courts at both trial and appellate levels.
The Reproductive Freedom Fellow may also have non-litigation advocacy responsibilities
including public speaking, research, publishing reports, and educating people regarding
their rights. The legal fellow will work with the organization's Communications and Policy
departments, coalition partners, a local legal panel, national staff counsel, and cooperating
attorneys.
Responsibilities
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Work to protect reproductive freedom through research, litigation, and policy advocacy.
Investigate and litigate under the direction of the Legal Director select civil liberties and
civil rights cases. This includes legal research, drafting pleadings and briefs, discovery
and motion practice, trials, and appeals in state and/or federal courts.
Participate in a team of associated attorneys; co-counsel cases with other public
interest groups; investigate civil liberties complaints that may lead to law reform
litigation.
Conduct research, prepare legal memoranda and letters; review, comment or write
amicus briefs; and provide legal analysis to other senior ACLU staff.
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Qualifications
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Demonstrated commitment to the preservation and vigorous enforcement of
reproductive freedom.
Demonstrated commitment to the preservation and vigorous enforcement of civil
liberties.
Firm commitment to the mission and principles of the ACLU.
A strong understanding of civil liberties issues and understanding of constitutional law
is required.
A demonstrated commitment to public interest law.
Currently licensed to practice law.
Excellent legal research, strategic thinking, writing and verbal and communication
skills.
Proven ability to work independently as well as within a team.
A commitment to diversity; a personal approach that values the individual and respects
differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability and socioeconomic circumstance.
Creative, result-oriented, self-starting and finishing, willing to learn, and able to manage
an aggressive schedule, working beyond 9-5 as needed.
Proficiency with computers: Windows and Microsoft Office in particular.
Bilingual, Spanish-English, a plus
Salary
Salary range will be set depending upon experience.
Benefits
Excellent benefits include paid vacation, medical and dental insurance, 401k plan, life and
long-term disability insurance, and generous paid holidays.
Language(s): Bilingual, Spanish-English, a plus
Application Instructions:
Send cover letter, with salary requirements, resume, and names and contact information of
three professional references either by email, in MSWord only, to [email protected].
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled but preference will be given to
applications received by January 5, 2015.
The ACLU encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color,
religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin,
marital status, citizenship, disability, and veteran status.
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CLINICAL PROGRAMS AND GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS AT GEORGETOWN
LAW
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/clinics/
Date Posted: 11/24/2014
Job Type: FELLOWSHIP - Law Related
Schedule Type: Full Time
Practice Areas: Environmental, Government/Regulatory Affairs, Real Estate/Land Use
Job Description
Georgetown fellows supervise upper-class law students in the clinical program, participate
in curriculum development, and undertake research and writing projects. This fellow will
primarily work with the Georgetown Climate Center, which supports states and the federal
government as they interact on climate policy. The GCC web page is here:
www.GeorgetownClimate.org and the GCC’s Adaptation Clearinghouse is here:
www.AdaptationClearinghouse.org.
This fellow will be part of the GCC’s team that works on adapting to climate change,
including projects to help states and communities respond to the impacts of sea level rise
(e.g., storm surge and erosion), upland flooding, or drought. Legal issues often include land
use and planning, floodplain management, insurance, federal disaster relief, infrastructure
funding and financing, municipal law, and environmental law. In addition to supervising
student work, the fellow will interact with local, state and federal officials, the private
sector, funders, etc. The fellow may also help develop grant and projects proposals.
Desired Class Level: Graduate/Alumni
Application Instructions:
Send a resume and letter of interest that explains how this position relates to your career
plans.
The deadline for applications is January 15, 2015.
Send applications to:
Prof. Robert Stumberg
[email protected]
Harrison Institute for Public Law
111 F Street, NW, Suite 120
Washington, DC 20001
For those of you seeking fellowships, be sure to check PSJD.org periodically for
updated listings and deadlines.
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