SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Registration
is still open for the 2016 Conference & Career Fair!
The
Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair is the largest national
public interest legal career fair in the country, and one of the best
places for your law students to connect with government agencies, nonprofit
organizations, and public interest law firms.
Even though the deadline to pre-register for scheduled interviews has
passed, law students and graduates can still register for Table Talk and
all the Conference workshops and sessions here.
Many students have received job and interview offers during Table Talk, so
make sure your students know about this incredibly beneficial opportunity!
Registration is also open to law school professionals here.
We hope to see you all in October!
Good
luck to everyone who applied for a 2017 Equal Justice Works Fellowship!
If
you or your students have any questions about their
application, please email our Fellowships team at fellowships@equaljusticeworks.org! Students
can also check out our Frequently Asked Questions for
assistance.
Remember, final decisions are made on a rolling basis. Equal Justice Works
will be contacting semi-finalists from October through April to set up
interviews. If a student or graduate hasn't heard
anything this semester, their application is more than likely still being
reviewed by potential sponsors.
Equal
Justice Works is launching a Student Representative Program!
The Equal
Justice Works Student Representative Program will be a leadership division
of our new student-focused JDs for Justice Network.
Selected law students will gain public interest law school leadership
experience (and lots of other surprise perks!) while spreading the word
about Equal Justice Works programs, resources, and opportunities.
If you would like to recommend a law student for this new program, email
Ashley Matthews, Program Manager in the Law School Engagement &
Advocacy Unit, at amatthews@equaljusticeworks.org.
Resources
to Share with Your Law Students
Talking Points
about the 2016 Conference & Career Fair
If
you've ever been stuck trying to explain to students why the
Conference & Career Fair (CCF) is so important,
these talking points
should help you out!
You can also download and share the following with your law students:
1L Guide to CCF
2L Guide to CCF
3L
Guide to CCF
2016 Conference & Career Fair
Social Media Templates
If
you or your law school has an active Twitter or Facebook account,
please share the news about the Conference & Career Fair with these sample posts!
This guide also contains links to retweet and share our posts. If you don't
use social media, just email a link to your law school's communications
office.
Sept. 27th: Public Interest Law Job Hunting 101
Know
someone looking for a public interest law job or internship? We'll help
guide them through all the online tools they can use to get hired. The
webinar is Tuesday, Sept. 27th at 1pm EST. Register even if you can't attend - we'll
send you a recording of the webcast after it's over.
AmeriCorps
Legal Fellow Hiring Announcements!
Tenant Engagement & Community Economic Development VISTA
Project Openings
The
Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps VISTA program is looking for legal fellows
and community advocates to support community economic development and
tenant engagement in buildings being converted to project-based Section 8
housing.
Legal Fellows for all sites will start in November or
February with rolling applications. Law graduates can apply
here to
become a Fellow in
Gainesville, GA; Rochester, NY; Geneva, NY; Las Vegas, NV; or Cincinnati,
OH.
Elder Justice AmeriCorps Project
Equal
Justice Works is launching a new AmeriCorps program for legal fellows to
work with community legal organizations across the country to identify
victims of elder abuse or neglect and represent those clients in securing
orders of protections, protecting them from financial exploitation, or through
other legal or social services.
We are seeking Fellows to serve in: Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA;
Boston, MA; Charlottesville or Richmond, VA; Omaha, NE; Rochester, NY;
Fairfax, VA; Helena, MT; and Nashville, TN.
Find
the position announcements here.
VISTA Affordable Housing Preservation Project Openings
The VISTA Affordable Housing
Preservation Project brings together lawyers and community
organizers to preserve, maintain, and improve project-based Section 8
affordable housing across the United States. There are currently multiple
open positions for both community organizers and legal fellows:
- Apply here to
become a community organizer in
Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN; or Detroit, MI.
- Apply here to become a legal fellow
in Detroit, MI.
Now Accepting Submissions for Student Justice Center
Writers-in-Residence Program
The Student
Justice Center resource library is looking for Fall 2016
Writers-in-Residence! If you know a law student or law graduate
with personal or professional insight on the field of public interest law,
we want to hear from them. We'd also love to feature articles from law
school professionals like you!
Submissions
must be less than 1,000 words on any public interest law topic. Send
your articles and any questions about the Writers-in-Residence
program to Ashley Matthews at amatthews@equaljusticeworks.org.
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