Job Posting, CED Clinical Fellow, Yale Law School

Yale Law School seeks applications for a Clinical Fellowship for a one-year position beginning on July 1, 2011 with a possible second year. The Fellowship is designed for lawyers with at least five years of practice who are interested in preparing for a career in law school clinical teaching. The Fellow will work with the Community and Economic Development (CED) Clinic and will be supervised by CED faculty members Ray Brescia and Robin Golden. The primary responsibilities include supervising students as they represent clients in a wide range of areas (from community development banking to education reform), teaching classes, and working on one’s own scholarship. This year they are looking for a Fellow with particular experience in community development financial institutions, but will consider applicants who have other relevant experience. Fellows will be allowed sufficient time, resources and assistance during the year to engage in research and writing. All work will be conducted with the assistance of the clinical faculty. For a complete description and application requirements, please visit CSO's Symplicity

National Consumer Law Center --Job Posting

The National Consumer Law Center is seeking an attorney to specialize in consumer issues affecting low-income Americans. As a member of NCLCs advocacy staff, the attorney will develop and implement strategies that help combat exploitative practices in the marketplace. The attorney will concentrate primarily on policy and systemic advocacy, research and writing, training, and special reports and projects, including work on the Centers Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project for at least the first one to two years. The position is located in NCLCs main office in Boston. Some travel is required. For a complete description and application requirements, please visit CSO's Symplicity.

2011 ACS Convention Public Interest Fellowships

American Constitution Society will be providing a limited number of Public Interest Fellowships for this year's ACS National Convention. Fellowship recipients must be lawyers in practice for 5 years or less (graduation year 2006 or later) and must work in government or public interest. Fellowship recipients will receive convention registration, lodging and a stipend for travel. For more information, please visit their website.

Immigration Fellowship Announcement

Fellowship Announcement

The James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, is hiring a one-year fellow for its Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program to begin August of 2011. This position is open to 3Ls who will graduate in May 2011 and recent law graduates with up to three years of practice experience. The fellowship will be tailored to the fellow’s skills and interests but will include the following responsibilities:
• Supervise law students in representation of immigration detainees in deportation proceedings
• Supervise law students in providing legal advice and information to low-wage immigrant workers through clinics and outreach presentations
• Assist the Program Director in litigation of clinic cases
• Participate in the classroom component of the Immigration Law Clinic and prepare and teach selected classroom sessions
• Design and implement an immigration policy research project that addresses either immigrant workers’ rights or immigration detention issues in Arizona

Qualifications
• Experience working with immigrants, refugees, victims of trauma, and/or incarcerated populations
• Familiarity with immigration and/or employment law
• Proficiency in Spanish (fluency preferred)
• Strong communication skills, with particular sensitivity to cultural differences
• Experience working in interdisciplinary settings with minimal direct supervision

Salary: $44,000 plus benefits through the University of Arizona


About the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program
The Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program is a new program at the James E. Rogers College of Law that generates immigration policy research, expands opportunities for students to gain exposure to immigration issues, encourages the interdisciplinary engagement with immigration issues, and provides services to immigrants in Southern Arizona. The Program serves as an umbrella for all the law school’s immigration-related offerings, including its Immigration Law Clinic, doctrinal courses, internships, and opportunities to undertake supervised research on immigration issues. The current areas of research focus for the Bacon Program are immigration detention and immigrant workers’ rights.

To apply: Please email a cover letter, resume, writing sample, law school transcript, and three references to Nina Rabin, nina.rabin@law.arizona.edu, by no later than April 30, 2011. Follow-up interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, so applicants are encouraged to send in materials as soon as possible.

The Disaster Accountability Project

Wednesday, April 13 at 4:30, The Cherry Room
New England Law | Boston
Discussion with Ben Smilowitz

While managing a high-volume Red Cross Client Service Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, Ben witnessed the bungled Hurricane Katrina response. In his first year of law school, Ben started the Disaster Accountability Project to confront the root causes of the failed response. Ben will speak about emergency response, government oversight, and creating your own social justice solutions

Co-Sponsored by NEL|B’s American Constitution Society, Environmental Law Society and The Center for Law and Social Responsibility

Careers in Public International Law: Panel Discussion

Today! Panelists include: Professor Dina Francesca Haynes, Jane Rocamora, Andrew Lowenstein, Adrienne Fricke

Thursday April 7, 4:30-6pm, Room 305

Co-sponsored by International Law Society, Center for Law and Social Responsibility, Career Services