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The deadline to register for the Equal Justice Works Career Fair is Tuesday, October 3 at 6:00 p.m. ET. Participate in informal “table talk” discussions with employers about their career path and public interest organizations. Once registered, you will have from Friday, October 6 at 2:00 p.m. ET to Monday, October 9 at 6:00 p.m. ET to sign up for employer “table talk” times.

Registration is $25, but current WashULaw students can register for the EJW Career Fair at no cost. WashULaw students can use the promo code 2023EJWCareerFair_WUSTLLaw when registering for the event for free registration. You can also register using this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/681735127117/?discount=2023EJWCareerFair_WUSTLLaw.

You can find more information about the event, including a list of the 2023 participating employers here.

Congratulations! Interviewing at EJW – Let Us Help You Prep

by WashULaw Career Center Staff | Sep 29, 2023 | Jobs, Public Service

Now that you have been offered a pre-scheduled interview for the 2023 Equal Justice Works Career Fair, it’s time to polish those interviewing skills so that you can stand out as a candidate. Here are some tips to help you get ready for your virtual interview:

Set up a mock interview, virtual or in-person, with any of our experienced Career Strategists via Symplicity. They can help you refine your interview responses and work on the questions that make you nervous.
Check out the Career Center Interview Guide. It includes tips and suggestions on how to stand out among the pool of applicants and includes different types of questions that you can practice ahead of your interview.
Be sure to research the employer and the interviewer so that you can be informed about the organization and can ask meaningful questions in the interview.

When it comes time for the interview:

Make sure that you are in a location with stable internet. You do not want a lag in your answers. If you need a space to conduct your interview at the law school, contact Career Services with at least 48-hours notice to see if we can locate a room for you.
Try to avoid having a distracting background. I would recommend either blurring your background or downloading a virtual background for the interview, like one of the many WashU virtual backgrounds.

Good luck! You’ve got this.

Weekend Hot Jobs | Post-Grad & Summer 2024

by WashULaw Career Center Staff | Sep 29, 2023 | Jobs, Public Service

Post-Grad Postings for Class of 2024:

State Attorney General Honors Programs:

Rhode Island Attorney General Honors Attorney Program (10/20 deadline) | Providence

California Attorney General Honors Program (10/23 deadline)

California Solicitor General Fellowship (10/23 deadline)

New Jersey Attorney General Honors Program (10/13 deadline)

Texas Attorney General Fellowship Program

Tennessee Office of the Attorney General Honors Program (10/31 deadline)

New York Attorney General Fellowship (10/6 deadline)

Federal Government Honors Programs:

FCC Honors Attorney (10/24 deadline) | Multiple Locations

Department of Commerce Honors Attorney ( 10/5 deadline)

FEMA Honors Attorney (10/16 deadline) | DC

SEC Honors Attorney (10/3 Deadline) | Multiple Locations

FTC Honors Attorney (10/10 deadline) | DC

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (10/1 deadline)

Other Government 2024 Openings:

2^nd Circuit Staff Attorney (beginning Aug. 2024)

New York City Law Department 2024 Entry Level Attorney

New York City Law Department Corporate Counsel Honors Program (9/27 deadline)

Law Fellow – San Francisco City Attorney | San Francisco (10/9 deadline)

Legal Fellow, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) | DC

Bronx DA Fall 2024 | NY

Class of 2024 State’s Attorney | Cook County, IL

Queens District Attorney 2024 Class | Queens NY

2024 Assistant District Attorney | Houston, TX

Public Interest:

Ford Foundation Fellowship in Nonprofit Law | NYC

National Center on Philanthropy and the Law Fellowship in Nonprofit Law | NYC

Christine Brunswick Public Service Fellowship (11/9 deadline) | DC

National Immigration Law Center Fellow | DC

Brown Goldstein & Levy Disability Rights Fellowship | Baltimore

Georgetown Domestic Violence Clinic Fellowship | DC

2024 Staff Attorney Legal Services of Northern CA | Sacramento

MacArthur Justice Nonprofit Law Fellow | Chicago

2024 Public Defender Trial Attorney | Cities in MA

2024 Children & Family Law Division Attorney | Cities in MA

Cohen Milstein Fellowship | DC

Legal Aid Center Community Justice Fellow | Nevada

SEIU Law Fellowship | DC

Fall 2024 Criminal Defense Staff Attorney – Legal Aid Society | NYC

Institute for Justice Litigation Fellowship | Arlington, VA

Human Rights Watch Finberg Fellowship | Multiple Locations (10/9 deadline)

2024 Graduate – Neighborhood Defender Service | NYC

First Amendment Fellow – Reveal | San Francisco

Southern Environmental Law Center 2024 Attorney

National Institute for Worker’s Rights, Tobias Attorney Fellow

Lowenstein Sandler 2024 Pro Bono Fellow

Private Sector:

2024 JD Graduate – Associate Legal Counsel, Compliance – Adobe | San Francisco or San Jose

2024 IP Life Sciences Attorney – Morgan Lewis | Boston

2024 Summer Internships:

Federal Government:

Finra
OSHA
Department of Defense
Secretary of the Navy
DOD Finance & Accounting Services OGC (Indianapolis)
Congressional Budget Office
CFPB
SEC
Department of Education

In House:

Public Interest:

The Legal Aid Society | Civil Practice Legal Intern | NY
American Immigration Council | Washington, DC
Southern Environmental Law Center | Asheville, NC
Center for Reproductive Rights | Washington, DC
Maryland Legal Aid | Multiple Locations in MD (Paid)
Natural Resources Defense Council | NY (Stipend)
CA Attorney General | San Francisco & Remote-On Symplicity
American Immigration Council| Remote, Paid-On Symplicity
Orlando Office of the Public Defender, Ninth Judicial Circuit| Orlando, FL-On Symplicity
The Legal Aid Society | Juvenile Rights Practice Legal Intern 2L | (Manhattan, NY)
ACLU | Richmond, VA
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund | Remote
PA Legal Aid | PA
Fair & Just Prosecution | Multiple Locations
Just Futures Law – Tech & Policy Accountability Legal Intern | Remote
Disability Rights Advocates | Berkeley CA or New York
Life After Justice | Chicago, IL
Georgia Resource Center | Atlanta, GA

Small Firms:

Join The Public Interest Law Initiative & St. Louis University School of Law for Explore the Possibilities | 9.22.23

by WashULaw Career Center Staff | Sep 15, 2023 | Public Service

In partnership with the Public Interest Law Initiative and St. Louis University School of Law, WashULaw will co-host a virtual event geared towards sharing insight about public interest opportunities in the St. Louis area for first year students.

Explore the Possibilities will have local attorneys from various organizations talk about their experience in public interest, as well as how to navigate the financial aspect of a public service career.

You can register here to attend this event on Friday, Sept. 22 at 12:45PM. Hope to see you there!

American Immigration Council Legal Internship

by WashULaw Career Center Staff | Sep 8, 2023 | Jobs, Public Service

DescriptionThe American Immigration Council (the Council) is looking for a qualified law student to join the legal department as a paid intern for the summer of 2024. The internship is a remote position.

We Are . . .

The Council works to strengthen America by shaping how America thinks about and acts towards immigrants and immigration and by working toward a more fair and just immigration system that opens its doors to those in need of protection and unleashes the energy and skills that immigrants bring.

The Council’s Legal Department is staffed by experienced immigration lawyers who play a leading role in immigration litigation across the country. In line with the mission of the Council, the Legal Department pursues legal strategies to limit unfair enforcement policies, protect due process rights and ensure a fair immigration process, and reduce restrictions in business immigration.

The Legal Department:

Conducts impact litigation, including class actions and other affirmative lawsuits against the immigration agencies
Appears as amicus curiae in cases before the federal courts and administrative tribunals
Files and litigates Freedom of Information Act requests
Engages in administrative advocacy
Issues practice advisories and other resources for immigration lawyers

Compensation:

If the applicant cannot secure their own funding, the Council offers a salary of $18/hour for 37.5 hours/week for the duration of the internship.Requirements

Interns must be dynamic self-starters with excellent research and writing skills and a demonstrable commitment to social justice and immigrant rights. Prior immigration law or advocacy experience or immigration law course or clinical experience is preferred. Intern assignments generally include assisting with active or developing litigation, including legal research, legal drafting (research memos, pleadings, briefs, or practice advisories), document review and summarizing, and cite checking legal pleadings. Interns also may have the opportunity to blog on recent legal developments and update www.holdcbpaccountable.org.

The Council encourages individuals who have been impacted by the immigration and/or criminal legal systems, as well as bilingual candidates, to apply.

Apply for this role HERE.

Final Reminder–TODAY (9/6) is the Last Day to Apply for San Diego City Attorney’s Paid Summer 2024 Legal Internship Program

by WashULaw Career Center Staff | Sep 5, 2023 | Jobs, Public Service

Just a final friendly reminder that TODAY, September 6^th is the last day to apply for the San Diego City Attorney’s Paid Summer 2024 Legal Internship Program!

There are a number of unique features of within this Internship Program. One is that there is a direct career pathway into the Office as an attorney. Another is that interns receive a tremendous opportunity to learn about a wide array of practice areas in one internship experience by spending 5 weeks in our Criminal Division and 5 weeks in our Civil Division.

For anyone that wants more information on the Office and the Internship Program, here’s a link to the recorded the virtual presentation: San Diego City Attorney Office Presentation

Here’s the link where you can find the job posting—be sure to apply via the link in the job posting: Apply Here

For those of you interested in learning about future opportunities in the Office, you can subscribe to get automatic updates on new job posting at the San Diego City Attorney’s Office:https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sandiegoattorney/jobinterestCards/categories

Fall OCI II Bid Now | Deadline 9.6.23

by WashULaw Career Center Staff | Sep 1, 2023 | Jobs, Public Service

2024 FASPE Law Fellowship Application Now Live!

by WashULaw Career Center Staff | Sep 1, 2023 | Jobs, Public Service

Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) provides a unique historical lens to study contemporary ethics in the professions. FASPE offers fellowships to students pursuing professional degrees in business, journalism, law, medicine, seminary, and design & technology, as well as to early-career professionals in these fields. Fellows in each of FASPE’s six programs spend two intensive weeks in Germany and Poland, visiting Auschwitz and key historical sites in Berlin and Krakow, and participating in rigorous seminars led by experts in their respective fields. Fellows begin their studies by examining the roles their professional counterparts played in Germany and elsewhere from 1933-1945, and then draw on historical, cultural, philosophical, literary and discipline-specific sources to explore the ethical issues facing their fields today.

Summer Ethical Leadership Fellowship for Law Students and Early-Career Lawyers

FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) is now accepting applications for its 2024 Law program.

FASPE Law is a fully-funded, two-week fellowship program in professional ethics and ethical leadership that begins by examining the actions and choices of German lawyers in enabling Nazi policies. It then draws on this historical example to help Law Fellows grasp their role as professionals in their field and in their communities as well as to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing lawyers and the legal profession. The program takes place in Germany and Poland at sites of historical significance, allowing Fellows to benefit from immersive, contextual learning.

DETAILS:

Program Dates: Friday, May 24 – Friday, June 7, 2024

Fully-funded: All program costs are covered, including travel, lodging, and food.

Interdisciplinary: FASPE Law Fellows travel with and share some seminar with Fellows in the FASPE Business and Design & Technology programs.

Itinerary: Fellows will travel to Berlin, Krakow, and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz).

Eligibility: FASPE Law applicants must fit into one of the following three categories: 1) be enrolled in a JD program as a 2L or 3L at the time of their application; OR 2) be working in the legal profession (including a clerkship) at the time of their application and have received a JD degree no earlier than May 2020; OR 3) for applicants from education systems where law school training does not take place at the post-graduate level, applicants should have completed their requisite legal training in the applicable jurisdiction and be working as a trainee or associate (no more senior than a 4th year associate).

FASPE seeks Fellows who are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to unpack difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. FASPE seeks Law Fellows with diverse interests and backgrounds, including those pursuing careers in law firms, internal law departments, public interest law, as prosecutors or public defenders, etc.

Apply Now

FASPE programs are non-denominational. Candidates of all nationalities, religions, and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

APPLY & ATTEND: 2024 Attorney General Fellowship Program | Entry-Level Opportunities w/the Office of the NYS Attorney General + Info Session

by WashULaw Career Center Staff | Aug 29, 2023 | Jobs, Professional Development, Public Service

About the AG Fellowship Program

This is a two-year, entry-level placement for six (6) law graduates.
Law students who will complete their final year of law school during the 2023-24 academic year and will graduate by June 2024 are eligible to apply.
The selected Fellows will begin their placements in September 2024 and end in August 2026.
Fellows will receive an annual salary of $78,795 and full benefits, including access to workplace flexibilities programs such as telecommuting.
The AG Fellowship has a designated Program Coordinator (PC). The PC is a skilled attorney at the OAG. The PC has experience training and mentoring law students and junior attorneys. The PC supports the Fellows, ensuring they receive the training, supervision and experience to succeed.
At the end of the placement term, Fellows will receive preferred consideration for available attorney jobs at the OAG.

Application Process

Applications must be submitted online between August 14 and September 29.
Virtual interviews will be conducted in October and November with offers made in December.
Applicants must submit a resume, cover letter, legal writing sample and list of professional references.
Applicants will be asked to indicate their location preferences. For 2024, we have placement availability in Syracuse, Nassau County (Long Island) and New York City.
Placement assignments take into the account the Fellows’ stated location preferences. However, final assignments will be based on the needs of the OAG, and we recommend applicants avoid requesting placement in specific bureaus.

Learn More & Apply

We have attached the posting to this email. To learn more, please visit: https://ag.ny.gov/AGFellowship.
We will be holding two (2) virtual information sessions on September 8 @ 12:30 PM EST and September 12 @ 5:00 PM EST.
During these sessions, we will introduce the PC, provide an overview of the AG Fellowship Program, discuss the application process and address FAQs.

Event Registration:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RSVP_2024InfoSession or scan this code

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