About the Public Service Newsletter
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The Office of Public Service Programs is here to serve students who are pursuing a career in public interest law and provide opportunities for all students to engage in the School of Law's tradition of public service. Look out for the Public Service Newsletter each Monday for information about public service career opportunities, events, resources, news, and more. View past newsletters.
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Events at UNC Law
Immigration Law Association General Interest Meeting
Monday, September 10, Noon - 12:50 p.m., Room 4004
Come meet the Board and find out
what upcoming events, pro-bono projects, and speakers are planned for the year.
General Interest Meeting for the Carolina Health Law Organization
Tuesday, September 11, Noon - 12:50
p.m., Room 5046
If you have an interest in Health
Law, come learn about what UNC's health law organization has in store for the year.
If you have any questions, or can't make it but would like to be added to the
listserv, email Jeremy Freifeld.
Meet the Center for Civil Rights
Tuesday, September 11, Noon - 12:50
p.m., Room 4085
Center for Civil Rights
staff/attorneys will be on hand to present information on the Center's work and
answer questions. A special emphasis will be on this semester's signature
pro bono opportunity: ELECTION PROTECTION!
Interest Meeting for the 17th Annual Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity
Wednesday, September 12, Noon -
12:50 p.m., Room 4082
Each spring, the CRCGE hosts a one-day, academic
conference where scholars and activists from across the state and nation gather
to examine a contemporary legal issue through a social justice perspective.
Come join us for pizza and learn how you can be a part of the only entirely student-run progressive
conference at UNC Law each year.
Interest Meeting for the Teen Court Assistance Program
Wednesday, September 12, Noon - 12:50
p.m., Room 4085
This will be a general interest
meeting for the Carolina Teen Court
Assistance Program. We will be hosting Ms. Amy Fischer from the Orange
County Teen Court Program. She will discuss opportunities for involvement with
the Orange County Teen Court. We will also discuss opportunities to assist with
the Chatham County Teen Court Program.
Environmental Law Project (ELP) Fall Kickoff Meeting
Thursday, September 13, Noon - 12:50
p.m., Room 5046
UNC Environmental Law Project's
first meeting of the year. Learn about upcoming ELP events, environmental
pro bono opportunities, and the 2013 Environmental Law Symposium. Lunch
will be provided.
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Interest Meeting
Monday, September 17, Noon - 12:50
p.m., Room 4082
Join the Student Animal Legal
Defense Fund and hear about our work in the field of animal law. It's an
exciting, growing field of law and we have a very active chapter. Amazing vegan
food will be served! Also feel free to check to learn more on our website!
Constitution Day
Monday, September 17, Noon - 12:50
p.m., Rotunda
Celebrate the Constitution of the
United States by attending a discussion of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case
Fisher v. University of Texas, concerning the affirmative action admissions
policy of the University of Texas at Austin. The discussion will
include John Boger, dean of UNC School of Law and Wade
Edwards Distinguished Professor of Law; Charles Edward Daye, Henry Brandis
Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights; and
Mark Dorosin, Senior Managing Attorney, and Elizabeth M. Haddix, staff
attorney, at the UNC Center for Civil Rights. Light refreshments will be
served.
Career Corner
Southern Poverty Law Center 2013 Summer Legal Internship
Montgomery Alabama - Symplicity ID 6771
The Southern Poverty Law Center
offers summer internships to exceptional second year law students who possess
strong academic backgrounds, excellent research and writing skills, and a
commitment to public interest law. The Center is a national non-profit
organization dedicated to reducing bigotry and oppression through education and
litigation. Our Legal Department focuses on cases involving the rights of
children, prisoners, immigrants, the LGBT community, victims of hate crimes,
and issues affecting economically disadvantaged communities.
Summer interns assist Center
attorneys, advocates, and paralegals with significant legal research and
writing, field investigations, outreach, and public policy advocacy.
Interns receive $700.00 per week.
Start dates are somewhat flexible, but interns are expected to begin sometime
in early June 2013. A minimum commitment of ten weeks is expected. For more
information, check Symplicity and the Center's website.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Louis D. Brandeis Post-Grad Fellowship
Washington, DC (not yet posted in Symplicity)
The Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau, a new federal agency devoted to safeguarding the economic strength and
vitality of America's families, seeks to hire its 2013 class of Louis D.
Brandeis Fellows to participate in its attorney honors program.
During the two-year program,
Brandeis Fellows will be given increasingly complex assignments designed to
build their legal skills and increase their ability to support the CFPB's
mission. Brandeis Fellows will have opportunities for rotational assignments
both within the CFPB and at other federal agencies, including the United States
Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Upon successful
completion of the two-year program, Brandeis Fellows will presumptively be converted
to permanent positions.
Apply online by September
17, 2012. Alternatively, please visit the agency's website to find the
announcement posted under Washington, DC opportunities.
Careers in Government Panel (all class years)
Wednesday, September 12, Noon - 12:50
p.m., Room 4004
Learn from UNC Law alumni about
their career paths and current roles in federal, state, and local government,
as well as advice they have for students interested in pursuing opportunities
in government. Contact Samara Reynolds in the CSO with questions.
Summer and Post-Graduate Employment Opportunities
Upcoming Government Job Deadlines
The following government programs have deadlines coming up
in the next few weeks. Details of these programs are provided in the
2012-13 Government Honors & Internship Handbook (U: ranger, P: cookies).
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Sept. 14 - FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
2L Internship
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Sept. 15 - Air Force JAG (1st Deadline for
3Ls); FTC Bureau of Competition Honors Program & 2L Internship; CIA 2L
Internship
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Sept. 17 - Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Honors Program
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Sept.
21 - FCC Honors Program
Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair
The Equal Justice Works Conference
& Career Fair will be held October 26-27, 2012 in Arlington, VA. This
is the premiere national event for public interest law students and legal
employers, including national nonprofit organizations, public defenders, legal
aid offices, and federal government agencies. The cost to attend the EJW Conference
& Career Fair is $25.
For students who wish to bid
for interviews at the Career Fair, the deadline for bidding is NEXT THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 13 AT 6:00 p.m. Read more information about registration and bidding.
For students who wish only to
attend the Conference and participate in the informal "Table Talk" event with
employers, the deadline for registration is October 11.
Any student interested in a
public interest, social justice, and/or government career should consider
attending!! Please contact Adrienne Allison, Public Interest Career
Counselor, with any questions.
Don't forget to check PSJD and Symplicity for new job postings. Public interest jobs are being posted frequently!
Other Public Interest Events
UNC's Center for the Study of the American South Programs this Fall
"Law and Politics on the Edge: North Carolina's Latest Chapter in Redistricting"
Thursday, September 27, 4:30 pm, 39 Graham Memorial
Hall (Main Campus)
Lecture by UNC Law Professor Kareem Crayton. Learn more.
"In This Timeless Time: Living and Dying on Death Row in America"
Documentary photography on view
through the fall semester at the Center
Lecture and reception to follow in
November. Learn more.
Current Pro Bono Opportunities
Projects are posted on the Pro Bono Board near the mailboxes and are listed online at http://www.law.unc.edu/studentlife/probono/projects/. Students can sign up for projects on the Pro Bono Board or email UNCProBonoProjects@gmail.com.
Training for Divorce Pro Bono Project
Thursday, September 13, Noon - 12:50 p.m., Room 4004
UNC
Law Public Service Programs and Legal Aid of North Carolina are partnering to
hold a Pro Bono Divorce Project this Fall. Students will have the opportunity
to represent low-income clients in simple divorces. They will interview
clients, draft pleadings, and conduct divorce hearings.
Future
important dates (attendance mandatory):
- September
19 from 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.: "Divorce Clinic" in which students will interview
clients and execute pleadings.
- Friday,
November 16 beginning at 10 a.m.: "Divorce Judgment Day" in which students will
conduct divorce hearings in the Law School courtroom before an Orange County
District Court Judge.
Anyone
interested in participating should email Dean Novinsky.
Training for Call4ALL Helpline Pro Bono Project
Thursday,
September 13, 5:15 - 7:15 p.m., Room 5046
Legal Aid of NC
Helpline is a great opportunity to gain interviewing experience while providing
a much needed service. This is an ongoing project that requires a minimum
commitment of 1 hours per week. Student volunteers will perform telephone
interviews/screening to complete online financial eligibility forms and obtain
brief facts about legal problems so LANC may determine whether a full interview
is needed. Students may conduct these telephone interviews in any location so
long as the call will be confidential.
If you are interested in participating,
please contact Dean Novinsky.
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