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Sauvé Scholarship
Stearns Weaver Miller 2010 Summer Fellows Program
2010 Florida Bar Foundation Summer Fellowship Program
Summer Internship - The Mississippi Center for Justice
Social Justice Summer Fellowship Program

Humane Studies Fellowships

Koch Summer Fellow Program - A Public Policy Internship

Democracy for America Public Option Field Organizer

Law Clerk Positions at Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.

2010 Echoing Green Fellowship

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SauvE Scholarship

Being a Sauvé Scholar is not for the faint of heart. It is challenging. The environment is intellectually stimulating, filled with human and physical resources. With networks enriched and expanded, horizons sharpened and refocused, it is a year of incredible personal growth.

 

There is no typical Sauvé Scholar, no pre-established profile, other than demonstrated achievement in his or her chosen field, and evidence of the will, vision and determination to effect change for the betterment of society. Candidates are expected to have a solid academic record and, while attending university, to have taken an active part as a student or community leader. Professional experience (whether paid or volunteer) is an important asset.

 

Alumni and current Scholars represent a range of academic disciplines, professional experience, community activities and interests. They have come from fields such as the arts, advocacy, economics, education, entrepreneurship, the environment, government, media and communications, medicine, and social and community development. Their proposed projects and research reflect the same diversity as their backgrounds.

 

The 87 alumni and current Scholars have come from 44 countries and every region of the world. Their countries of origin include Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Bhutan, Brazil, Burma, China, Egypt, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom the United States and Zambia. Every year there are one or two Canadians to guide their colleagues through the mysteries of Canadian customs, culture and – dare we say – weather. Click here to apply..

 

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Stearns Weaver Miller 2010 Summer Fellows Program

Stearns Weaver Miller is the generous founding sponsor of three summer fellows at Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. The mission of the Summer Fellows Program is to foster a life-long commitment to public interest work, to encourage substantive knowledge in the assigned practice areas, and to provide the Fellows an opportunity to interface with the low income communities of Miami-Dade County. The Summer Fellows Program will afford three rising third year law students (one from each of the three Miami-Dade law schools) the opportunity to become immersed in public interest law. The criteria used by LSGMI to select the Fellows will include a demonstrated commitment to public interest work and a strong academic background. During the 12 week program each Fellow will be exposed to an in-house rotation, working alongside experienced LSGMI attorneys. Assignments will include research, writing, client interviews and community education and outreach. Fellows will receive guidance and mentoring from LSGMI staff attorneys. Click here for the application materials.

 

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2010 Florida Bar Foundation Summer Fellowship Program

The Florida Bar Foundation is sponsoring the 2010 Summer Fellowship Program at legal aid and legal services programs in Florida. The Florida Legal Aid Project Directors’ Association sponsors a Terry Russell Summer Fellow to honor Terry Russell, who has made significant pro bono contributions to the delivery of legal services for the poor in Florida; and when President of The Florida Bar, he led the successful effort to pass and fund the Florida Access to Civil Legal Assistance Act. The Foundation will designate a Rebecca Knox fellow to honor her dedication to legal services to the indigent. Rebecca Knox was a devoted legal aid attorney in Florida representing victims of domestic violence when she unexpectedly died at an early age. It is expected that approximately 40 full-time fellowships will be offered to first and second-year law students. The Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Program runs for a period of 11 weeks and is a full-time
position for the summer. Fellowship stipends are expected to be $5,500 for first-year students and $7,000 for second-year students for the eleven week period.

Fellowship Purposes
1. To involve fellowship recipients in the provision of high-quality, significant civil legal assistance to the poor
in critical areas of need.
2. To provide an in-depth educational experience in representing the poor and working with individual clients
and client groups in civil matters.
3. To increase law student interest in and awareness of the legal problems of the poor and the challenges
and satisfaction of representing the poor.
4. To promote commitment to pro bono representation of the poor.
Student Eligibility and Selection Criteria

First and second-year law students attending accredited law schools are eligible to apply as long as they are in good-standing with their law school. Minority students are specifically encouraged to apply. Among the factors to be considered in selections are: experience in working with the low-income community, academic achievement, writing skills, and previous contact with and long-term commitment/interest in public service/pro bono work. Law student applicants will be provided an opportunity to specify program placement preference. Due to the necessity of insuring placement throughout Florida in a variety of programs and sites, student flexibility in preference sites may be a factor in selection.Fellowship Term

The fellowship commences with a two-day mandatory training and orientation seminar - to be held May 20 and 21, 2010 in Orlando, Florida - prior to the fellows arriving for work at the programs. Housing, meals, and reasonable travel expenses for the two-day training will be provided. Fellows are scheduled to report to work at their programs on Monday, May 24, 2010 with the fellowship ending on Friday, August 6, 2010. Click here to apply.

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Summer Internship - The Mississippi Center for Justice

The Mississippi Center for Justice, a nonprofit, homegrown law firm, invites applications from law students to take part during the summer in our work advancing racial and economic justice in Mississippi. Law students will become a part of history as they bring their time and talents to our campaigns that address sustainable, systemic changes in policies related to predatory payday lending practices, foreclosure prevention, Hurricane Katrina recovery, access to healthcare for children, equality in education and more. Although we cannot provide a stipend, we will work with students to meet grant application deadlines at their schools or with other funders. We will encourage all summer interns accepted into our program to submit an application to Equal Justice Works Summer Corps to earn a $1000 education award (applications open in spring 2010 – check www.equaljusticeworks.org for more information). We also offer a unique legal experience that isn’t limited by the walls of a courtroom. You’ll gain invaluable insight into the many ways that the law can and should improve the quality of life for all Mississippians.

 

Students should submit a résumé with current contact information, including an e-mail address, and a cover letter that outlines your interest in the Mississippi Center for Justice and our work, and identifies what kind of experiences and policy areas draw you to our organization. Students should also include three references.  If you are applying for a summer grant from an external source, please make any deadlines you must meet clear in the opening paragraph. Please also indicate whether you have a preference for working out of our Jackson or Biloxi office, or if you are open to placement in either office. More information is available at www.mscenterforjustice.org.  

 

Applications for Summer 2010 placement must be postmarked AND  received via e-mail by January 4, 2010.

Send resume, cover letter and references to:

Mississippi Center for Justice
Summer Internships
P.O. Box 1023
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1023
Phone: (601)352-2269

 

Also, send via e-mail to: wbarkley@mscenterforjustice.org

 

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Social Justice Summer Fellowship Program

Community Justice Project, Florida Legal Services
Miami, Florida

About the Community Justice Project
A program of Florida Legal Services, the Community Justice Project (CJP) exists to provide legal support to community organizations fighting for racial and economic justice in Miami’s low-income communities of color. The CJP represents community organizations because we believe real change only occurs through and with the leadership of an organized and informed community. CJP believes that by supporting and strengthening community organizations, lawyers can assist those most impacted by poverty, racism, and oppression to regain control over their lives and their communities. CJP’s dynamic community lawyering model is grounded in the practice of true collaboration with organizers to build a more fair, just, and democratic society.

Currently, CJP primarily works in the areas of housing justice, workers’ rights, and civil rights. Our current docket includes litigation, policy, and research support to the following local campaigns: to build back 1150 units of demolished public housing; for a citywide renters’ bill of rights; against the “wage theft” epidemic of unpaid or under-paid wages for very low income workers; to preserve low-income mobile home parks; to confront “slumlords” in private-rental housing and mobile home parks; and ongoing efforts to defend the rights of day laborers.

About the Social Justice Summer Fellowship Program
The Community Justice Project's summer fellowship program is designed to train the next generation of social justice, civil rights, and movement lawyers. Specifically, our program is for talented and committed law students who want to learn more about community lawyering and about representing community organizations and other organized groups of people fighting for racial and economic justice.

Fellows will not only gain practical litigation experience, but will also sharpen their theoretical understanding of the relationship between social change, organizing and lawyering. Fellows will work under the direct supervision of CJP attorneys on our caseload and will be given high-quality assignments and feedback. Fellows will also participate in a weekly educational seminar. Topics will range from litigation skills, theories of social change, and guest lectures by noted local organizers & activists.

Fellows’ responsibilities will include: legal research & writing for litigation, factual investigation, client & witness interviews, policy research, and participation in client and community meetings. Fellows will be full participants in organizational meetings, including staff meetings and strategic planning sessions. In the past, fellows have worked on our cases related to the community campaigns of the following organizations:

 

• Miami Workers Center: www.miamiworkerscenter.org
• POWER U Center for Social Change: www.poweru.org
• Restaurant Opportunities Center of Miami (ROC-Miami): www.rocunited.org
• South Florida Jobs with Justice: www.sfjwj.org
• Take Back the Land: http://takebacktheland.org
• WeCount: www.we-count.org/

 

Qualifications
Applicants should be first or second year law students. Candidates will be evaluated based upon criteria including: demonstrated commitment to racial and social justice, desire to practice public-interest law, excellent research skills, and oral/written communication skills. People of color, women, trans and gender non-conforming people, and individuals of diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants must be able to commit to a minimum of 10 weeks during the summer of 2010. The suggested dates for the internship are May 31, 2010 – August 6, 2010 but dates are flexible. 

Compensation
Fellows are unpaid and therefore are highly encouraged to seek their own fellowship funds for the internship.  We will assist all students accepted into the summer program with applying for funding. Some possible sources of funding include: your law school; the Florida Bar Foundation Summer Fellowship; Equal Justice Works; and Equal Justice America. Visit http://www.pic.org/ for a list of many summer grant programs.

Language Requirements: Spanish not required, but helpful.

Application Instructions: To be considered, send the following by e-mail to purvi@floridalegal.org with the subject line "Social Justice Summer Application - 2010"

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• References (at least 2)
• Writing Sample (preferably on a racial/social justice topic)

 

Applications are being accepted now. There is no firm deadline to apply, but offers will be extended on a rolling basis after March 1, 2010. Interviews will be offered to suitable candidates and may be conducted in person or over the phone.

Contact Information:
Ms. Purvi Shah, Esq.
Phone: (305) 573 -0092 x. 209
Fax: (305) 576-9664
purvi@floridalegal.org
3000 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 102
Miami, FL  33137

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FASPE—Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics

FASPE is an innovative program for students in professional schools designed to address contemporary ethical issues through a unique historical context. The Fellowships provide law, medical, business, journalism, and seminary students a structured program of study that initially focuses on the role of their chosen professions in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and uses that historic focus as a framework for the consideration of contemporary ethical issues. FASPE is under the auspices of the Museum of Jewish Heritage

 

Ten to fifteen Fellows from each profession are chosen to participate in FASPE each year through a competitive process that draws applicants from professional schools across the country. Following an introductory session in New York, the Fellows travel to Berlin, Krakow, and Oswiecim (Auschwitz). In Germany and Poland, the in situ program looks at the role of the profession in the development and implementation of policies and programs that led to the Holocaust. FASPE is predicated upon both the potent symbolism of Auschwitz and the Fellows’ personal experience while in Germany and Poland to help the Fellows explore the power and potential of their professions along with the potential challenges they will face as professionals.

 

FASPE programs will be offered in 2010 to students attending schools of Law and Medicine; programs for the other professions will begin in 2011. Click here for more. Click for the application.

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2010 Echoing Green Fellowship

Apply for angel funding for your social change idea!

 

The 2010 Echoing Green Fellowship application is now open! The deadline for submission is December 2, 2009 on Echoing Green’s application website. Fellows receive up to $90,000 as well as leadership development and technical support to help them launch their bold idea. Interested? To learn more:

 

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Find out if you qualify
Read our application tips
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Through a two-year fellowship program, Echoing Green invests in and supports promising social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. These social entrepreneurs and their organizations work to solve a variety of deeply-rooted inequities to ensure equal access and to help all individuals reach their potential. Since 1987, Echoing Green has invested over $27 million in seed funding to over 450 social entrepreneurs and their innovative organizations. We have helped launch organizations working in education, youth development, health care, housing, environmental justice, human and civil rights, economic and social justice, the arts, and immigration. The deadline for applications is December 2, 2009 - 5:00pm EST