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Public Service Law Career Advising Quick Reference Guide

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UW Law Public Service Graduation Requirement

UW Law Public Service Law Concentration Track

UW Law Pro Bono Honors Program

UW Law Student Legal Action Projects

UW Law Externship Program

UW Law Clinical Law Program

UW Law Faculty Areas of Expertise

Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair (Every October in Washington DC)

Northwest Public Service Career Fair (Every February in Seattle and Portland)

PSJD

Guide to Internships & Fellowships in Reproductive Rights & Justice 2012-13

PSJD

Hofstra Law School’s Legally Global listings

Yale Law School’s International Public Interest Law Guide

Yale Law School’s Opportunities with International Tribunals and Foreign Courts

University of MN Human Rights Resource Center’s Guide to International Human Rights Internships 

Association of Women in Development (AWID)

  • www.awid.org (jobs tabs and/or key word search internships)

Diplomacy & International Affairs

Alliance for Equal Justice (WA State civil legal aid organizations)

PSJD

National Legal Aid & Defender Association

Harvard’s Careers in Indigent Defense

Public Defender Offices in Washington

Capital Defense Internships and Jobs

PSJD

National Legal Aid & Defender Association

University of Arizona’s Government Honors & Internship Handbook 2012-13

Please contact your professional development coach for current login and password.

Local, State, Tribal and Federal Government Job Links

Finding and Getting Federal Government Jobs Guides

Yale Law School’s Criminal Prosecution Guide

University of Arizona's Public Policy Internship Handbook 2012

Please contact your professional development coach for current login and password.

Summer Fellowships & Grants

PSJD Summer Funding Opportunities

UW Law PILA Summer Grants

Applications are typically due in April.

QLaw Foundation Summer Grant

The QLaw Foundation Summer Grant Program funds innovative public interest projects that benefit the GLBT community and/or people living with HIV/AIDS.

The grant cycle for 2013, will start in December 2012. Applications will be made available and applications will be do at the end of February/beginning of March.

For complete information please visit: www.q-law.org/summergrantprogram

KCBA Labor & Employment Law Section Summer Clerkship

The King County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law section is dedicated to educating future lawyers about the practice of labor and employment law. These grants give students the opportunity to have hands-on experience in the field of labor and employment law.

  • Opens: February 25, 2013
  • Restrictions: 1Ls and 2Ls
  • Award: $6,000
  • Deadline: Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Please contact Aline Carton-Listfjeld, Assistant Director, Center for Public Service Law, at for complete application information.

WSBA Labor & Employment Law Section Summer Clerkship

The Washington State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law section is dedicated to educating future lawyers about the practice of labor and employment law. These grants give students the opportunity to have hands-on experience in the field of labor and employment law.

  • Opens: February 28, 2013
  • Restrictions: 1Ls and 2Ls
  • Award: $6,000
  • Deadline: Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Please contact Aline Carton-Listfjeld, Assistant Director, Center for Public Service Law, at for complete information

UW Law International Summer Fellowships

University of Washington Center for Human Rights Fellowships

Please submit applications for either of these fellowships between March 1, 2013 and April 1, 2013.

Equal Justice Works Summer Corps Grants

The application period opens on December 18, 2012. Completed applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. PDT on Monday, March 18, 2013. For more info please visit www.equaljusticeworks.org/law-school/summercorps/

Equal Justice America Fellowship

All applications must be postmarked no later than March 25, 2013.

The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization 2013 Summer Fellowships at Yale Law School

Applications dues by March 1. Early applications encouraged.

Pride Foundation Summer Fellowship (NW)

Application process will open in January.

Goodwin Proctor Public Interest Fellowships for Law Students of Color

Applications due March 1.

J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund

Applications due March 15.

Peggy Browning Fund Workers’ Rights Summer Fellowship

Applications due January 18.

ABA John J. Curtin, Jr. Justice Fund Summer Legal Internship Program

Applications due March 25.

National Lawyers Guild: Haywood Burns Fellowship for Social & Economic Justice

Applications due January 14.

Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties

Steiger Consumer Protection Fellowship: For State Attorney General Internships

Applications due October 19, 2012.

K&L Gates Public Interest Summer Fellowship (public service organizations located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania only)

Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship

Applications due February 11, 2013.

 

Last updated 5/6/2013