Tag: disability rights
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management has opened the Attorney General’s Honors Program (HP) and Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) application. The deadline for receipt of applications is Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 11:59 PM ET. Applications must be submitted via the online application. There are many exciting opportunities throughout DOJ, […]
Although the Equal Justice Works, Skadden and Justice Catalyst (and others!) application deadlines aren’t until the fall, some organizations have internal application deadlines to put forward candidates for these competitive project-based fellowships. These deadlines usually are in June and July in order to allow plenty of time to craft a project proposal in August and […]
PILI’s Law Student Internship Program connects law students from across the country with public interest law agencies in Illinois and pays them for their work. Typically, Interns receive $6,000 for working 400 hours during the summer. The application is now open and applications are accepted on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. The […]
The Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management is hosting a Wednesday Webinar Series highlighting offices participating in the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Attorney General’s Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program. Representatives from various DOJ offices will provide attendees with valuable information about their work and tips for applying. Webinars will not be recorded. […]
Last year, Diversity Lab, an organization focused on promoting women and minority attorneys to leadership positions, launched “The Mansfield Rule: Legal Department Edition”. In-house legal departments that signed onto the initiative agreed to consider diverse candidates (women, LGBTQ, racial and ethnic minorities and lawyers with disabilities) when hiring and promoting in-house attorneys and when engaging […]
Join Lawyers for Civil Rights for a Virtual Fireside Chat with inspiring and powerful women of color at the forefront of racial justice, including Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Hope Coleman, the mother of Terrence Coleman, a young Black man with a disability who was fatally shot by Boston police. Monday, August 24 at 4 PM. RSVP today by sending an email […]