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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Center for Justice and International Law: Bilingual Attorney; Wa. D.C.

BILINGUAL ATTORNEY

Washington, DC
Application Deadline: 03/13/2015

CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW (CEJIL)

http://www.cejil.org
Date Posted: 02/25/2015
Job Type: ATTORNEY
Schedule Type: Full Time
Practice Areas: Human Rights, International Law

Job Description

Organization Focus: International Human Rights Law in Latin America
The Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) seeks a bilingual (Spanish/English) Attorney to litigate human rights cases before the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights. This position will be based in Washington, D.C. Established in 1991 by a group of prominent Latin American human rights defenders, CEJIL is a non-governmental organization whose mission is the promotion and protection of human rights in the Americas through the use of the Inter-American Human Rights System and other international mechanisms of protection. For more information about our organization, please visit our website at www.cejil.org.
The Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) seeks a bilingual (Spanish/English) Attorney to litigate human rights cases before the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights. This position will be based in Washington, D.C. Established in 1991 by a group of prominent Latin American human rights defenders, CEJIL is a non-governmental organization whose mission is the promotion and protection of human rights in the Americas through the use of the Inter-American Human Rights System and other international mechanisms of protection. For more information about our organization, please visit our website at www.cejil.org.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Support the litigation of cases primarily from the Andean, North America and the Caribbean Region before the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights; 2. Maintain relationships with local NGOs, government representatives, and international organizations in Latin America; 3. Design and support training sessions, workshops, and materials about the Inter-American System or international human rights law; 4. Participate in and support activities designed to strengthen the Inter-American System, such as writing position papers, participating in advocacy initiatives, etc.; 5. Complete institutional responsibilities, such as writing trip reports and work plans, among others; 6. Assist with general administrative tasks; 7. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

1. Demonstrate a strong commitment to CEJIL's mission, purpose and values.
2. Law Degree (Masters preferred but not required);
3. Four years of work experience, preferably at the international level;
4. Strong analytical skills and the ability to develop convincing legal arguments;
5. Ability to write, edit, and communicate fluently in Spanish and English;
6. Ability to work on own initiative and work with others as part of a team;
7. Ability to work under pressure and on various projects at once;
8. Willingness to travel and work in a multicultural environment.

Salary

Upper-forties (Plus benefits)
CEJIL offers an excellent benefit package that includes generous paid vacation, as well as employer-paid health, dental, major medical and life insurance.
Language(s): Fluency in both written and oral Spanish and English is required (Portuguese is a plus)

Application Instructions:

No phone calls please  
Interested candidates should send by e-mail a cover letter in English, resume and two (2) writing samples (one in English and one in Spanish) no later than March 13th, 2015 to:
Subject: Position-2015-DC Attorney
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. CEJIL assures equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons without discrimination based on any reason.
Application Deadline: 03/13/2015

Sierra Club: Assistant General Counsel of Finance; San Fran CA

ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL - FINANCE

San Francisco, CA 

SIERRA CLUB

www.sierraclub.org
Date Posted: 01/23/2015
Job Type: ATTORNEY
Schedule Type: Full Time
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Non-Profit

Job Description

Context: Advises Sierra Club in various corporate legal matters, including contracts, intellectual property, business partnerships, real estate, and risk management.
Scope: The Assistant General Counsel reviews, negotiates and manages a wide range of contracts across the organization; advises on and manages intellectual property matters; reviews and evaluates decisions for legal risk; and provides a range of other legal support for a national non-profit organization.  Works extensively with volunteer leaders and staff throughout the organization. 
Job Activities:
  1. Negotiates, drafts, and reviews a wide range of contracts and other commercial agreements (including real estate and business partnership), working closely with internal business and program staff, as assigned by the General Counsel or the Chief Financial Executive.
  2. Reviews, develops and improves standard contracting procedures and terms, including maintenance of contract database, development and updating of contract templates, improvement of contracting guidelines and procedures, and staff training.
  3. Advises on intellectual property matters, including management and protection of trademarks and copyrights and filing of new trademark registrations.
  4. Reviews and evaluates business practices, decisions and actions for legal risk, in consultation with General Counsel, including publication risk review for Club communications.
  5. Assists in the administration of the organization’s records retention policy, including periodic updating of the policy, coordinating staff record reviews, and assisting General Counsel with document retention notices related to specific matters.
  6. Advises and provides training for staff across the organization on legal issues and risks, troubleshooting problems, addressing litigation and legal threats, and responding to other matters in a variety of legal practice areas.
  7. Performs legal research on a wide variety of legal issues in support of General Counsel’s role in advising on organizational policies, governance issues, and specific legal and business issues facing the organization.
  8. Assists General Counsel in responding to and managing legal claims against Sierra Club, and managing outside counsel with respect to litigation and legal threats.
  9. Advises on a range of other business and operational issues relevant to a large, complex tax-exempt organization.
  10. Performs miscellaneous duties, special projects and reports as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor.  Admitted to practice and in good standing with the State Bar of California.
  • 4-6 years of relevant legal experience. In-house (including non-profit) experience is a plus.
  • Strong legal drafting skills and substantial contract review and negotiation experience, preferably for a broad range of clients and types of agreements.
  • Proficient in use of Windows-based computer systems, including Google Apps,Word, and Excel.
  • Excellent organizational skills.  Ability to track multiple priorities involving wide variety of legal issues.
  • Ability to communicate and work effectively with volunteers, staff, and outside counsel.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.  Excellent legal research skills.
  • Able to work independently and as a constructive team member; exercise initiative (ie., set own work priorities), and independent judgment and decision making.

Salary

The Sierra Club offers competitive salary package commensurate with skills and experience plus excellent benefits that include medical, dental, and vision coverage, and a retirement savings 401(k) plan. This is a category 4 exempt position.

Application Instructions:

Please see the link to apply

https://www.psjd.org/opportunitydetails?OppID=57070&SearchTypeID=2&Keyword=corporate%20counsel&SearchWithin=0&sortBy=PostDate&Search=Y

One Justice: Healthy Nonprofits Staff Attorney; San Fran CA

HEALTHY NONPROFITS STAFF ATTORNEY (SAN FRANCISCO)

San Jose - San Francisco - Oakland, CA 

ONEJUSTICE

http://www.one-justice.org
Date Posted: 02/24/2015
Job Type: ATTORNEY
Schedule Type: Full Time
Practice Areas: Non-Profit, Nonprofit Management/Administration

Job Description

Healthy Nonprofits Staff Attorney (San Francisco)
OneJustice is a nonprofit legal organization that brings life-changing legal assistance to low-income Californians.  We support a statewide network of 100+ nonprofits, as well as law firms, corporate legal departments, and law schools, in delivering free civil legal assistance to low-income and underserved Californians, including veterans, seniors, families, children and youth, and low-wage workers.  We have two core program areas: (1) Healthy Nonprofits, which provides coaching, consulting and resources on nonprofit management to the boards, executives and leaders of legal services nonprofits, and (2) Pro Bono Justice, which builds innovative and effective pro bono projects with law schools, firms, and businesses around the state. 
Position Description: The Staff Attorney is part of the Healthy Nonprofits team which provides training, resources, coaching and consulting to the boards and leadership of legal services nonprofits.  Based in the San Francisco office, the Staff Attorney reports to the Healthy Nonprofits Program Director and works closely with the Healthy Nonprofits Program Associate.  This position is well-suited for someone who is interested in nonprofit management and policy advocacy on civil legal services issues and who hopes to gain exceptional work experience in a busy and active work environment.
Key Responsibilities (percentages are approximate and may change as needed):
Provide Consulting Services & Trainings to Legal Services Organizations (40% FTE)
·         Serve as a key member of the Healthy Nonprofits Team on a wide variety of nonprofit management consulting projects in OneJustice’s areas of substantive expertise.  These projects serve the boards and leadership of legal services nonprofits throughout the state and include strategic planning processes, facilitating Board retreats, delivering coaching and trainings on board governance, fundraising, program evaluation, executive director evaluation, and more.
·         Research and develop written and other training resources on nonprofit management topics for the leaders and board members of legal services organizations.  This includes both producing resources and vetting and curating resources produced by other entities.

Federal Policy Advocacy on Legal Services Issues (20% FTE)
·         OneJustice is the key liaison to the National Legal Aid Defenders Association (NLADA) and the American Bar Association (ABA) on federal policy and communications issues relating to federal legal services issues.  This Staff Attorney is the primary staffer assigned to federal policy advocacy, which includes at a minimum:
o    Tracking and managing relationships with the California delegation;
o    Legal research and writing on key policy issues, including drafting letters and public comment documents;
o    Communicating OneJustice’s policy positions to legislators, stakeholders, and supporters;
o    Serving on at least one subcommittee of the NLADA Civil Policy Group; and
o    Participating in other national advocacy strategies and collaborations on issues relating to civil legal services as needed.
Key Staff for the Project Directors Association (20% FTE)
·         The California Project Directors Association (PDA) consists of the executives and senior management from the 11 legal services nonprofits in California that receive federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC) funding.  OneJustice serves as the staff to the PDA, and the Healthy Nonprofits Staff Attorney is the primary staff to the PDA on their substantive and convening needs, which include:
o    Managing the schedule, content, and logistics for 3-4 PDA in-person meetings per year, including:
§  Working with the PDA Executive Committee on development of content for the meetings;
§  Serving as liaison to key stakeholders such as the NLADA, Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC), and the State Bar Office of Legal Services;
§  Working with the Healthy Nonprofits Program Associate to manage all meeting logistics;
§  Attending the meetings, providing support to the Co-Chairs, and producing meeting minutes; and
§  Providing staffing support to PDA leadership between meetings and on other special projects as needed.
Manage OneJustice’s “Support Center” Role on Key Substantive Areas (20% FTE)
·         As the statewide support center on key nonprofit management areas, OneJustice provides resources, trainings, and one-on-one technical assistance to legal services leaders and staff in a wide variety of legal and business content areas.  The Staff Attorney will manage OneJustice’s support center role in tracking and responding to requests for assistance by legal services organizations in key areas including Human Resources (employment), Ethics, Nonprofit Governance and Accountability, and more. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
o    Managing the statewide Human Resources info listserv, both to ensure strong peer-to-peer support and to identify issues that warrant additional research and the creation of new resources (either in-house or working with pro bono counsel at law firms);
o    Working with the Healthy Nonprofits Team to conduct the first-ever comprehensive survey of human resources and employment practices at California’s legal services nonprofits, culminating in a report and white papers on best practices; and
o   Working closely with experienced pro bono Of Counsel on ethics for legal services organizations while also developing and institutionalizing OneJustice’s support center function in this area.

Qualifications

You need:
·         J.D. and California Bar Membership
·         1-3 years of legal experience (preferably with a civil legal aid or civil rights nonprofit)
·         Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
·         Demonstrated ability to concurrently manage, prioritize, and complete multiple projects
·         Demonstrated ability to communicate professionally with a diverse audience
·         Demonstrated experience as a self-starter, with a history of independently managing projects
·         An affinity for improving processes, creating efficient systems, and institutionalizing knowledge
·         Travel within California is required; some travel nationally is also required

Salary

We offer:
·         Competitive salary ($47,000 - $55,000 DOE) and generous benefits
·         Ongoing performance evaluations and organizational culture of professional development
·         Supportive team-based environment within a high-volume workplace
·         Exceptional, dedicated, and quirky colleagues

Application Instructions:

Application: please send (1) a cover letter with a detailed explanation of your qualifications and why you are a match for this position; (2) your resume; (3) three references; and (4) a writing sample of no more than 3 pages via email to careers@one-justice.org. Please include “HNP Staff Attorney” in the email subject header. Applications will be considered and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis. The preferred start date for this position is March 16, 2015.

Columbia Legal Services: 2015 Summer Internship; WA

2015 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

Seattle, WA
Yakima, WA
Wenatchee, WA
Olympia, WA 

COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES

http://www.columbialegal.org
Date Posted: 01/07/2015
Job Type: INTERNSHIP - Unpaid
Schedule Type: Internship
Practice Areas: Children's Rights, Employment/Labor, Farm Worker/Migrant Worker, Immigration, Legislative/Policy Issues, Litigation, Public Benefits/Social Security, Racial Justice Issues

Job Description

Columbia Legal Services (CLS) is a statewide legal aid program in Washington State representing low-income people and vulnerable groups with critical civil legal needs. We represent clients in a wide variety of civil cases including class actions and legislative rulemaking advocacy from five statewide offices: Seattle, Olympia,  Wenatchee, Yakima and Kennewick.
We offer several summer internship opportunities for law students. Summer Interns are expected to commit to full-time work for a minimum of 10 weeks. The following positions are offered for 2015:
LocationProject GroupNotes
 SeattleBasic Human Needs Preference given to Seattle
University or
Gonzaga Students 
 SeattleChildren and Youth Project  
 SeattleInstitutions Project  
 Yakima, Wenatchee,
or Olypmia
Laurel Rubin Farmworker Justice Internship Paid position 
 OlympiaWorking Families Project
Foreclosure Work Group 
Policy Intern 
 Seattle
Working Families Project
Foreclosure Work Group 
 
 
 Seattle
Working Families Project
Foreclosure Work Group 
 
 
Summer interns are given the opportunity to participate in systemic advocacy on behalf of low-income people by engaging in legal research, writing, and community outreach and education.
Actual examples of the types of cases and projects that CLS has worked on causing systemic change and affecting the lives of many client communities in Washington State include protecting the health and safety of farm workers and their families working in Washington orchards; improving the foster care system for thousands of children; improving access to and quality of healthcare for prisoners, disabled individuals, seniors, and low-income people from public housing and mobile home communities.
Project Descriptions:

  1. BASIC HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT
    Seattle location
    Law student interns working with the Basic Human Needs Project will focus on legal research and writing related to safeguarding essential benefits and rights for all low-income people. This intern will undertake larger projects and individual case work, likely including factual investigation, legal research, drafting memos and pleadings, client outreach, and litigation support. Legal topics may include the basic human needs of undocumented persons, and access to food, health care, and emergency financial assistance. Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred but not required.
  2. CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROJECT
    Seattle location
    Law student interns working with the Children and Youth Project will focus on legal research, writing, and advocacy related to children and youth who are homeless, in foster care, immigrants, as well as advocacy related to the collateral consequences of juvenile justice involvement. Strong research and writing skills as well as experience working with at-risk children or youth are preferred.
  3. INSTITUTIONS PROJECT
    Seattle location
    Law student interns working with the Institutions Project will focus on legal research and writing related to the treatment of youth in the adult criminal justice system, conditions of confinement in Washington’s jails and prisons, as well as participation in our efforts related to providing legal assistance to people reentering society after periods of incarceration. Strong research and writing skills as well as an interest in the criminal justice system are preferred.
  4. WORKING FAMILIES PROJECT: IMMIGRANT WORKER GROUP
    Seattle location
    Law student interns working with the Working Families Project Immigrant Worker group will assist in litigation and policy advocacy on behalf of farm workers and other low wage. Duties will likely include legal research, investigating, and assisting with discovery and motions. Desired qualities include proficiency with legal research and writing consistent with experience and proficiency in Spanish. 
  5. Laurel Rubin Farmworker Justice Interns
    Yakima, Wenatchee, or Olympia
    The Laurel Rubin Farm Worker Justice interns are $5,500 funded positions. Interns must speak Spanish. Interns will support litigation and policy efforts through research, writing and related assignments. Interns will also participate in outreach to the farmworker community in labor camps and migrant daycare centers.
  6. WORKING FAMILIES PROJECT: FORECLOSURE WORK GROUP
    Seattle location
    Columbia Legal Services (CLS) seeks a summer intern to work on foreclosure and consumer rights litigation in its Foreclosure Work Group. The work will involve factual investigation, client counseling, legal research and writing, pre-trial discovery and motion practice, appellate briefing, and legislative and policy work and advocacy. The intern will be supervised by a CLS attorney in Seattle, and may also work with CLS attorneys in Olympia.
  7. Policy Intern
    Olympia location
    Columbia Legal Services (CLS) seeks a summer intern to focus on policy work regarding consumers and housing.

Qualifications

-

Salary

 Most positions are for school credit, are paid under work-study, or are fellowship/public interest grant funded. 
Language(s): For those interested in working in our Yakima, Wenatchee, and Kennewick offices, it is strongly preferred that candidates have the ability to communicate in Spanish.

Application Instructions:

If you are interested in a summer internship with Columbia Legal Services, please send a cover letter, resume, two references, and a three page writing sample to jobs@columbialegal.org with Summer Internship 2015 in the subject line. 
Director of Program Administration
Trisa Kern
Columbia Legal Services
101 Yesler Way, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98104
jobs@columbialegal.org
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will not be reviewed before February 6, 2015. 
Columbia Legal Services is committed to a policy of pluralism and equal opportunity in an environment free of barriers and discriminatory practices for its client communities, Board and staff. Pluralism refers to the active promotion of mutual respect, acceptance, teamwork and productivity among people who are diverse in work background, experience, education, race, color, national origin, sex, age, religious preference, marital status, sexual orientation, sensory, mental and physical abilities, veteran status, or any other perceived differences. The resulting diversity is both a source of program strength and a matter of fundamental human fairness.

Conservation Law Foundation: Legal Fellows; Boston, MA

LEGAL FELLOWS

Boston, MA 

CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION

http://www.clf.org
Date Posted: 01/08/2015
Job Type: Post-Graduate Position – Uncompensated/Independently Funded
Schedule Type: Full Time
Practice Areas: Environmental, Legislative/Policy Issues

Job Description

CLF seeks to sponsor two or more candidates for public interest law fellowships supported by outside funding. Funding for public interest law fellowships is available from various sources, including some law schools, Skadden, Equal Justice Works, foundations, and others. Candidates are encouraged to come prepared with ideas for funding sources, but CLF will work with selected candidates to identify appropriate sources of funding and develop proposals. A fellowship at CLF gives an entry-level lawyer the opportunity to spend 1-2 years as a staff attorney at a highly-respected environmental non-profit. Each position commences in the fall of 2015. Each fellow would be located at one of our five offices (Boston, MA; Providence, RI; Portland, ME; Concord, NH; and Montpelier, VT).
These legal fellow positions are in CLF’s Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice (HCEJ) program. CLF’s HCEJ program works to ensure that New England’s communities, both urban and rural, are thriving, healthy places for all people.  Legal fellows will contribute to all areas of work in CLF’s HCEJ program, and in particular will provide support to CLF’s Farm and Food Initiative as well as CLF’s transportation and environmental justice advocacy.  CLF’s Farm and Food Initiative uses law and policy tools to support sustainable agriculture efforts in New England, helping to shape and foster a robust and healthy local food system. CLF’s transportation advocacy uses law and policy to support deployment of cleaner, more efficient, and socially just transportation alternatives, like transit, bicycling, and pedestrian access. CLF serves as an ally to environmental justice communities, offering our law and policy skills to help communities achieve their goals.

Qualifications

Ideal candidates are third-year law students, judicial clerks, or recent law graduates with a demonstrated interest in environmental protection and healthy communities. Applicants should be interested in public policy work as well as litigation.  Applicants must be admitted to a state bar or planning to take the bar exam for the appropriate CLF state, as applicable, in February or July of 2015. Applicants must have excellent legal advocacy and writing skills, and must be willing to interact and build effective working relationships with community organizations and government agencies.

Salary

CLF staff will work with selected candidates to fully develop fellowship proposals, including specific projects, if appropriate. Salary and benefits will be determined by the terms of the fellowship.

Application Instructions:

Send your resume titled “your last name-first initial-resume” (e.g. “SMITH J RESUME”) and a detailed cover letter titled “your last name-first initial-cover” (e.g. “SMITH J COVER”) to careers@clf.org.  Please make “Legal Fellow” the subject of your e-mail. In your application, please indicate whether you have a location preference and whether you have identified specific sources of funding.  Applications must be filed with CLF in a timely manner that allows sufficient preparation before fellowship applications are due (e.g., Equal Justice Works due September 17, Skadden due October 6).  No phone calls please.

CSPI: Summer Litigation Internship; Wa. D.C.

CSPI SUMMER LITIGATION INTERNSHIP

Washington, DC 

CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (CSPI)

http://www.cspinet.org
Date Posted: 02/02/2015
Job Type: INTERNSHIP - Unpaid
Schedule Type: Internship
Practice Areas: Consumer Protection/Debt/Bankruptcy, Food & Drug Law, Litigation, Non-Profit

Job Description

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a non-profit health-advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on nutrition and food safety.  CSPI publishes Nutrition Action Healthletter, the nation’s largest?circulation health newsletter.  CSPI provides valuable, objective information to the public; represents citizens’ interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies; and ensures that advances in science are used for the public’s good.  CSPI is supported largely by the 850,000 U.S. and Canadian subscribers to its Nutrition Action Healthletter and by foundation grants.
The Litigation Project uses state and federal courts to help correct corporate misbehavior. The project brings its own advocacy lawsuits, working with private lawyers across the country. CSPI's legal filings have produced binding settlements resulting in more honest labeling of artificial ingredients and halting deceptive marketing. Many of the legal matters in these cases are developing issues with many interesting questions of both law and social policy. 
The internship is open to first and second year law students.  Applicants should have a strong interest in consumer and regulatory law, excellent legal research and writing skills, and a commitment to public interest work.

Qualifications

See description.

Application Instructions:

This is an unpaid internship.  CSPI offers a collegial work environment and flexible schedule to accommodate your academic responsibilities and work-life balance.  If your school offers academic credit for internships, we will work with you to meet your school’s requirements.  We will also reimburse you up to $5/day for commuting expenses. 
 To apply, please email a cover letter indicating dates of availability, resume, and legal writing sample, tohr@cspinet.org.  Please include “PSJD-Lit” in the email subject line.   

Center for Science in the Public Interest: Food Law Internship; Wa. D.C.

CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOOD LAW INTERNSHIP

Washington, DC
Application Deadline: 03/16/2015

CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (CSPI)

http://www.cspinet.org
Date Posted: 02/02/2015
Job Type: INTERNSHIP - Unpaid
Schedule Type: Internship
Practice Areas: Consumer Protection/Debt/Bankruptcy, Food & Drug Law, Government/Regulatory Affairs, Non-Profit

Job Description

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a non-profit health-advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on nutrition and food safety.  CSPI publishes Nutrition Action Healthletter, the nation’s largest?circulation health newsletter.  CSPI provides valuable, objective information to the public; represents citizens’ interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies; and ensures that advances in science are used for the public’s good.  CSPI is supported largely by the 850,000 U.S. and Canadian subscribers to its Nutrition Action Healthletter and by foundation grants.
CSPI’s food-regulation team, working with staff scientists, led efforts to win passage of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act and Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act; restrict the use of unsafe food additives; stop numerous deceptive ads and labels; and reduce amounts of sodium and trans fat in processed food.  The Food Law and Regulatory project leads CSPI’s efforts to use regulation, legislation, and other strategies to promote smarter government policies and better corporate practices to improve the public’s health. 
We’re searching for a bright, hardworking law student to work closely with the Chief Regulatory Affairs Attorney on food labeling and misbranding, food additives and government oversight of the food supply before federal agencies and in Congress. The work involves legislative analysis and regulatory filings as well as litigation over principles of administrative law and food law. Projects may involve research for policy analysis and development, op-ed pieces, reports, tracking regulation and legislation and assisting in ongoing policy advocacy. Applicants should have a strong background in public interest advocacy and must submit a non-technical writing sample (i.e., not a legal memo) as part of their application.

Qualifications

See description.

Application Instructions:

This is an unpaid internship.  CSPI offers a collegial work environment and flexible schedule to accommodate your academic responsibilities and work-life balance.  If your school offers academic credit for internships, we will work with you to meet your school’s requirements.  We will also reimburse you up to $5/day for commuting expenses. 
 To apply, please email a cover letter indicating dates of availability, resume, and legal writing sample, tohr@cspinet.org.  Please include “PSJD-Food Law” in the email subject line.   
Application Deadline: 03/16/2015