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Job o’ the Day: Program Director at the Urban Alliance Foundation in Chicago!

June 1, 2012 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Public Interest Jobs ·Tagged , , , , ,

Urban Alliance, founded in Washington, DC in 1996, is seeking its first Chicago Program Director to implement a proven program model during an exciting expansion into Chicago, IL.

The mission of Urban Alliance is to empower under-resourced youth to aspire, work and succeed through paid-internships, formal training, and mentoring. Urban Alliance provides high school students with long-term, paid internships in professional settings where each student’s supervisor also serves as his/her mentor. Additionally, we provide job readiness, life-skills, and financial literacy workshops, as well as assistance with college and vocational planning. Over the last decade, Urban Alliance has served over 10,000 youth, maintained a 99% high school graduation rate, and facilitated 88% of program alumni enrolling in college.

As the focus of the non-profit and foundation community has shifted to evidence-based practices, Urban Alliance has been consistently recognized for measuring and delivering outcomes that make a difference in the lives of youth, and the results have led to increased funding and rapid growth. Urban Alliance opened its first Program Office outside of Washington, DC in 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. Building on that successful expansion, Urban Alliance is currently opening a Chicago Office and will serve Chicago Public School students in the fall of 2012.

Urban Alliance is looking for a youth development professional to implement its proven program model and establish Urban Alliance as the standard for excellence in youth employment in Chicago. The position will report to the Chicago Executive Director as well as to the Chief Program Officer. The Program Director is charged with ensuring that program fidelity is maintained while the Urban Alliance core values are followed in the new office. Urban Alliance is seeking a youth expert, who is as comfortable speaking with youth as speaking with business and community leaders in all sectors. The individual must be committed to Urban Alliance’s mission and values and willing to put youth first while working to realize the larger organization’s goals.

Find out how to apply at PSLawNet!

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Job o’ the Day: Paid Asylum Program Internship at Human Rights Initiative of North Texas!

May 31, 2012 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Public Interest Jobs ·Tagged , , , ,

Human Rights Initiative is currently seeking a participant for our Asylum Program Paid Internship for fall 2012. The Asylum Program represents immigrants who have fled their home countries due to persecution and torture based on their religion, political opinion, race, nationality or membership in a particular social group. This program will provide practical, hands-on litigation experience in the area of immigration law and removal proceedings while serving some of the agency’s neediest clients.

As an Asylum Intern you will shadow attorneys who prepare applications for various forms of immigration relief.  You will also assist in conducting client interviews, draft supporting affidavits and outline direct and redirect examinations. You will observe the witness preparation that is crucial in Asylum cases and perform legal research, brief writing, and country conditions research. Finally, at the end of the semester you are expected to provide a final report to the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas summarizing the internship experience with HRI.

To learn how to apply, see the listing at PSLawNet!

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Job o’ the Day: Community Law and Policy Intern at the Center for Collaborative Change in Newark, NJ!

May 30, 2012 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Public Interest Jobs ·Tagged , , , , , , ,

The Center for Collaborative Change is seeking an energetic, dedicated graduate student or recent graduate with inter-disciplinary skills and a passion for collaboration to join our team as a Summer 2012 Community Law and Policy Intern.  Current projects that interns could be involved with include a community wide needs assessment for Newark, community input portions of the Newark Master Plan, and a non-profit community organization incubation summit.

The Center for Collaborative Change is a community-based nonprofit that brokers collaborative solutions to make Newark thrive. Our mission is to engage community and civic leadership in policy and program development in order to accelerate Newark’s revitalization while ensuring that the process includes and responds to the priorities of its community members. The Center is committed to restoring trust between Newark’s decision-makers and residents, realigning them to be on the same team, and using the knowledge and resources of that alliance to establish a critical mass of reforms that will bring Newark to a tipping point where a positive cycle of health, abundance and opportunity can achieve momentum. For more information about the Center, please visit our website: http://www.newarkchange.org.

See the full listing at PSLawNet!

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Job Advice: Remember to Water the Plants

May 22, 2012 at 12:04 pm · Filed under Career Resources ·Tagged , , , , ,

by Kristen Pavón

In the May 21, 2012 issue of Fortune, Dupont CEO Ellen Kullman said the best advice she received was from her father.

“My dad started and ran a landscaping business. He put me to work watering plants for my grandmother and for our house. His mantra was, ‘If you don’t water it, it’s going to die.’ That was the job I hated most: pouring water on those darn flowers. But my mother and my grandmother had the most beautiful gardens in town.

For Kullman, her father’s advice translated into “investing yourself in what you’re building in order for it to grow.”

For me, the “water the plants” advice also has to do with patience, and is especially relevant in the slowed public interest job market. Just as lovely flowers don’t grow over night, your dream public interest job may not be available the day you graduate.

However, if you stay relevant, work hard, persevere, and create opportunities to build your credibility and skills, you’ll eventually land where you want to be [or, to keep the analogy going — you’ll grow your own strong public interest law flower… or something like that].

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Job o’ the Day: Staff Attorney at Communities for a Better Environment in Oakland, CA!

May 15, 2012 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Public Interest Jobs ·Tagged , , , , , ,

Communities for a Better Environment is looking to hire a staff attorney to prosecute environmental lawsuits in state and federal courts on behalf of CBE.

CBE is a California environmental health and justice organization that combines grassroots organizing, legal advocacy, and science-based research to achieve its goals.  CBE’s mission is to build power in urban communities of color and low-income communities to achieve environmental health and justice by reducing pollution and building healthy and sustainable communities.

The legal department focuses largely on energy (both encouraging alternative energy and phasing out fossil fuel dependence) and establishing more effective and sustainable local land use and air pollution regulation.

To learn how to apply, visit PSLawNet!

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Job o’ the Day: Intern in the Office of Civil Rights & Liberties at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in D.C.!

May 10, 2012 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Public Interest Jobs ·Tagged , , , , ,

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties seeks to provide motivated law students entering their second or third year of law school with a summer internship opportunity in Washington, D.C.

The internship will provide experience in the fields of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Homeland Security, and the practical workings of the Federal Government. This is an unpaid position with no relocation expenses available.  Students are free to seek funding or course credit for the internship, but should resolve those issues with their own law school administrators.

Interested? Learn more at PSLawNet!

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Job o’ the Day: Assistant Director of Career Development at UC Irvine School of Law!

May 9, 2012 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Public Interest Jobs ·Tagged , , , , ,

The Student Affairs Officer for the Career Services at UC Irvine School of Law is responsible for developing and coordinating job opportunities for students, with a particular emphasis on law firm and corporate counsel placement.

Also, the Assistant Director will develop and interpret internal and external policies affecting the operations of the Career Development Office, make recommendations and implements decision on administrative/operational issues affecting strategically important department functions.

The Assistant Director will also develop goals to meet the department’s objectives, provide employment counseling and career education for law students, develop relations with the legal employment community and expands the traditional and non-traditional employment market scope both substantively and geographically, and build relations with bar associations for networking and employment opportunities.

To learn more about what a typical day might look like for this position, read this. To apply, check out the listing at PSLawNet!

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Job o’ the Day: Low-Wage Worker Litigation Attorney at the Equal Justice Center in San Antonio, TX!

May 8, 2012 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Public Interest Jobs ·Tagged , , , , , , , ,

The Equal Justice Center, a public-interest employment rights law firm and systemic justice advocacy organization, is seeking an employment litigation attorney for its office in San Antonio.

The attorney will join EJC’s staff of nine attorneys and will primarily engage in plaintiffs’ employment litigation representing low-wage working men and women to enforce basic employment rights, especially wage rights. The attorney will also play a vital role in the Equal Justice Center’s systemic reform advocacy to empower low-wage and immigrant workers – regardless of their immigration status – enabling them to win fair treatment in the workplace and in the justice system.

To learn more about this position or to apply, check out the listing at PSLawNet!

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We’re Hosting a Free Webinar on Maximizing Your Summer Experience! Come One, Come All!

May 2, 2012 at 10:04 am · Filed under Events and Announcements ·Tagged , , , , ,

On Wednesday, May 23 at 3:00 PM EDT, NALP is presenting “Summer Success: Getting the Most from Your Summer Public Interest Experience.”

During this free webinar, you’ll learn practical tips on how to develop professionally and personally while interning at a public interest office this summer. Also, you’ll get insider advice from public interest attorneys and community leaders.

Deb Ellis, the Assistant Dean of Public Service at NYU Law School, and Lindsay M. Harris, Tahirih Justice Center’s Equal Justice Works Fellow and Immigration Staff Attorney, will be leading the webinar.

Don’t delay, register today!

Register here:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/824680642

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Job o’ the Day: Staff Attorney at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in DC!

May 1, 2012 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Public Interest Jobs ·Tagged , , , , , ,

The NLRB Special Litigation Branch is currently looking to hire a staff attorney.

The Branch is primarily responsible for representing the Board and General Counsel, as a party or amicus, in miscellaneous litigation in the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals, in cases other than those arising directly from the enforcement of Board Decisions and Orders.  The Special Litigation Branch is often involved in politically sensitive issues that have a high public profile.  An attorney in the Special Litigation Branch will be involved in some of the most legally complex questions occurring in the Agency.

While all Special Litigation Branch cases directly relate to National Labor Relations Act proceedings, and knowledge of the NLRA is accordingly necessary, Branch assignments commonly involve cases brought under other statutes such as the Freedom of Information Act, the Bankruptcy Code, the Privacy Act and the Equal Access to Justice Act. The Branch’s caseload also includes actions to mandate or prohibit specific conduct by the Board, the General Counsel and other Agency personnel, appellate and contempt litigation in subpoena enforcement proceedings, and rulemaking litigation.

Interested? Learn how to apply at PSLawNet!

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