Have a Great Summer!
It has been a long, tough year, but summer is finally upon
us! For those of you with one more to go --- good
luck you are almost there. But for most of you --
summer is here, you are done, and now the fun (and the
work) begins!! If you are a 1L or a 2L and have yet
to find a job for the summer -- please come and see us!
There are still plenty of jobs listed on our website and
in the binders, and new jobs are coming in every day.
There are also many opportunities to volunteer.
Please do not miss out on a summer experience that will be
rewarding and also resume building!
ATTENTION
New Grads:
Congratulations to
all of you who graduate this month. We know that you have a long hard
summer in front of you studying for the bar, and for many of you looking for a
job. Many of you are well into your job
search, others have barely started. Please let us know what we can to help you.
We are here all summer long! If you find a
job -- we really appreciate it if you will let us know what you will be doing. You are welcome to e-mail us, drop
by or give us a call! Remember
we are here for you, and are available for resume review, career advice,
mock interviews, and general resources. Good luck to each and every
one of you.
Job Fair
Registration
ATTENTION STUDENTS WHO WILL BE 2Ls & 3Ls in FALL
2005.
It is that time of year for summer and fall job fairs. IF
YOU HAVE NOT PRE-REGISTERED, AND ARE INTERESTED IN
ATTENDING PLEASE MAKE CAREFUL NOTE OF THE REGISTRATION
DATES as information will not be sent to you directly. Deadlines
are crucial for these job fairs and we don't want
anyone to miss out.
The following are the Job Fairs that will take place this
summer & fall.
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Southeastern Minority Job
Fair (SEMJF),
Atlanta - 8/5-6/2005
REGISTRATION DATE: May 16, 2005
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West
Coast Interview Program -
9/16/2005
REGISTRATION DATE: August 3, 2005
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Washington,
DC
Interview Program -
8/15/2005
REGISTRATION DATE: July 1, 2005
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Southeastern Law
Placement Consortium (SELPC),
Atlanta-
9/9/2005
REGISTRATION DATE: June 15, 2005
Contact Shandala Terry if you have any questions or for additional information.
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New
Jersey Judiciary Law Clerkships for 2006-2007
Attention class of 2006: If you are
interested in applying for a position with the New
Jersey Judiciary as a law clerk following your
graduation, you need to act quickly! There are 480
slots available, and the first round of resumes will be
sent to the judges in June, and must be received by
the New Jersey courts by May 18. All students
interested in applying to the Supreme Court or the
Appellate Divisions MUST be in that distribution.
There will be additional distributions in August,
October and January for students interested in the
Superior Court in either criminal, civil, family,
general equity or tax court. Applicants should
e-mail their cover letter and resume for distribution to
all justices and judges to
lawclerkresumes.mailbox@judiciary.state.nj.us.
If you want to apply directly to a specific judge or
justice, you may send your information to that judge
beginning in early September. A list of all
the judges and general information on the New Jersey
courts is available in the resource room or see Liz
Stack in the Career Planning Center.
Judicial Clerkships in Massachusetts for 2006
A Massachusetts
Superior Court Clerkship offers a dynamic legal
environment and an unmatched opportunity to do
intensive writing and research and to observe
courtroom practice. Law clerks routinely attend
motion hearings and portions of trials. During
trials, law clerks may attend bench and lobby
conferences and help the judges with evidentiary
issues, jury impanelment questions, and jury
charges. Law clerks usually work simultaneously with
several judges on various cases and have direct
access to the judges to discuss legal issues.
Law clerk
duties encompass every aspect of court procedure and
all legal issues within the court's jurisdiction.
Under the guidance and supervision of the Chief
Justice, the eighty Associate Justices, and the
Manager and Assistant Manager of Legal Research, law
clerks prepare memoranda and write draft decisions
for the judges. Subject matters include a broad
spectrum of civil and criminal law. Assignments
range from in-depth research on unsettled questions
of law to quick-answer research of evidentiary
issues arising during trials. Law clerk offices are
lively open settings where clerks routinely exchange
ideas, information, and experiences.
Each
year, the Justices of the Superior Court hire law
school graduates of outstanding ability to serve as
law clerks. Approximately five are assigned to
Western Massachusetts. Law
clerks serve a one-year term from
September
through
August
at a salary of approximately $43,000. The
central law clerk office is located in downtown
Boston. The main
office is in the Hampden County Courthouse in
Springfield.
Because
the Superior Court sits as a circuit court, both the
judges and the law clerks rotate among various
county courthouses. Law clerks generally move every
two months to different courthouses where they have
the opportunity to work with a new group of judges
and law clerks. All law clerks will spend
approximately six to eight months rotating to
courthouses beyond
Boston and
Cambridge.
Clerkships are open to distinguished graduates of
law schools throughout the country. Both recent law
school graduates and practicing attorneys are
invited to apply for the positions. Excellent
writing, communication, and quick research skills
are absolutely necessary. Neither prior
Massachusetts
residency nor bar membership is a prerequisite to
employment. However, all law clerks must reside in
Massachusetts
during the duration of their clerkship. For
information on how to apply to Massachusetts, see
Liz Stack in Career Planning.
The
Supreme Court and Superior Court of Maine Clerkships
The Supreme Court of
Maine is seeking judicial clerks for the term August
2006-August 2007. Application deadline is September
9, 2005 with interviews to follow in September
en banc.
Applications should contain: resume, cover letter,
transcript, writing sample, two faculty letters of
recommendation and one work experience letter of
recommendation. Send to: Amber L. Davis, Office of Law
Clerk Recruitment: Maine Supreme Court; PO BOX 368;
Portland, ME 04112
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Maine Superior Court is seeking applicants for law
clerk positions starting August 7, 2006. This is the
trial level court in Maine. Clerks work with several
judges. Applications should contain an original and
three
copies
of the following: resume, cover letter, transcript,
two letters of recommendation and two writing samples
(no longer than 10 pages). Four semesters of grades
required and a short writing assignment will be given
at the interview. Deadline is September 9, 2005.
Interviews will be in October. To see the full posting
or for more information on clerkships, see Liz Stack
in Career Planning.
Post
Graduate Federal Judicial Clerkship Information
For those
students interested in judicial clerkships, please note
that some district court judges have already posted
their application due dates on the Federal Law Clerk
Information System web site. Some of these dates are
impending, so we suggest you look at the website. We
have listed some examples below for your perusal: (also
see www.uscourts.gov.)
Southern District of
Florida, Miami, FL, District Judge: Donald L. Graham
Open on
09/02/2005 until filled
for term 09/25/2006 to 09/22/2008
Middle District of Alabama,
Montgomery, AL Senior District Judge: Harold
Albritton. Open on 05/02/2005 until filled For
term 08/01/2006 to 08/01/2007
Northern
District of Alabama, Birmingham, ALDistrict Judge: Karon
O. Bowdre
Open from
04/23/2005 to
07/15/2005 for the term 08/01/2006 to
07/31/2007
Northern
District of Alabama, Birmingham, AL District Judge:
Virginia E. Hopkins
Accepting applications from
09/01/2005 to
10/01/2005 for the term from 08/01/2006 to
07/31/2007
Northern
District of Alabama, Birmingham, AL -District
Judge: Inge Prytz Johnson
Accepting applications between
06/01/2005 to
06/30/2005 for a term from 09/01/2006 to
08/31/2007
Middle
District of Florida, Tampa, FL District Judge:
Susan C. Bucklew
Accepting applications from
09/02/2005
to 09/30/2005 for a term from 08/14/2006 to
08/15/2008
Middle
District of Florida, Tampa, FL District Judge:
James S. Moody, Jr.
Accepting application from
08/15/2005
until filled for the term from 08/15/2006 to 08/15/2008
Middle
District of Florida, Orlando, FL District Judge:
Gregory A. Presnell Accepting applications from
05/23/2005 to 06/24/2005 for the term from 09/01/2006 to
09/01/2008
The National Lesbian & Gay Law Association
Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition
Established in
memory of Michael Greenberg, former NLGLA board member and Philadelphia attorney
who died in 1996 from complications of AIDS, this exciting competition is
dedicated to encouraging and recognizing outstanding law student scholarship on
the legal issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex
persons.
TOPIC: A
cutting edge legal issue affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
and/or Intersex community.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to students enrolled in an accredited law school during
the 2004-2005 academic year.
AWARD:
The first place winner receives $1,000, publication in the
Journal of Law and Sexuality at Tulane University Law School and
registration, airfare & lodging for Lavender Law 2005 in San Diego
FORMAT: Entries should follow standard Note format, including
Bluebook (17th edition) citation form. Each entry should be no longer than 25
single-sided pages with one-inch margins and 12-point Times New Roman font,
double-spaced. The page limit includes footnotes. Entries containing endnotes or
including appendices or supplemental material will not be considered.
Published papers, or papers to be published in other publications, are
ineligible.
TO ENTER: Submit nine hard copies of each entry on or
before June 15, 2005. Entrants should not include their name or
the name of their school on the competition paper itself. Instead, participants
should submit a cover page indicating their name, school, permanent address, and
telephone number. Entries should be submitted to:NLGLA Writing Competition
c/o Laura Maechtlen; 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 425; Sacramento, California
95814-4503
DEADLINE:
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
QUESTIONS: Nadine Gartner (ngartner@umich.edu),
co-chair NLGLA—Law Student Division
For more
information on the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, please visit
www.nlgla.org
14th Annual
Delaware Minority Job Fair
As part of an effort to recruit talented students and increase diversity in the
Delaware Bar, a number of law firms, corporations, and governmental legal
employers will participate in the Fourteenth Annual Delaware Minority Job Fair
for Second- and Third-Year Law Students, which will be held on the Wilmington
campus of the Widener University School of Law on Saturday, August 20, 2005.
The Job Fair, which is by invitation only, is limited to students who are in
their second- and third year of law school during the 2005-2006 school year.
The Delaware Minority Job Fair differs from many other job fairs in that
students must be invited to attend rather than simply registering and showing
up. In return, the students invited receive considerably more individual
attention than is possible in a very large job fair. When you submit an
application for an invitation you are, in effect, submitting an application to
all of the
Delaware legal
employers who participate in the program. You will be eligible for an invitation
if two or more of those employers wish to meet you. Invitations enclosing a
proposed interviewing schedule will be sent out in late June . Your response,
accepting or declining the invitation, will be due by Tuesday, July 5.
There are no application or registration fees. If you are invited, you will need
to arrange for your own transportation to
Wilmington. They
will attempt to reimburse you for all or at least a portion of your
transportation expenses. Historically they have been able to reimburse 100% of
such expenses. We will provide a breakfast to all invited students. A number of
experienced attorneys and leaders of our Bench and Bar will join us for
breakfast to answer any questions you might have about life and the practice of
law in Delaware.
To become eligible for
an invitation you must complete an application form and send it, along with your resume and law school transcript. Applications are
available in the Career Planning Center
Save the
Date: 2005 Equal Justice Works Conference
The 2005 Equal Justice Works Fall
Events will be held at the Hilton Washington Hotel. The Conference and Career
Fair will take place on Thursday, October 27 & Friday, October 28. The Annual
Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, October 27. Over 200 public
interest employees from around the country will attend the event. Don't
miss this amazing opportunity to interview, network, and meet other public
interest minded students.
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