Employment
Related Opportunities
Please
check the job
posting system
on a regular basis. If you do not have
a password, please e-mail kentcso@kentlaw.edu.
Meet the Public Interest Employers Reception
Tuesday, October 18, 4:30pm -
6:30pm
Law students are welcomed to come
to Loyola University School of Law, Kasbeer
Hall, 25 E. Pearson, 15th floor, and learn
about the rich array of public service legal
activity in the Chicago area, including employment
and volunteer opportunities.
US
Securities and Exchange Commission Internships
Summer Honors Law Program: Applications
online only!
Compensated
summer positions for law students who are in
their first or second year or entering judicial
clerkships or continued education post-internship.
The open application period for 2L
law students is from August 8th through October
17th, 2005. The open application
period for 1L's is
from December 1st, 2005 through February 1st,
2006.
Please note that applications may not be
sent to the Commission via US Mail, as in
previous years. For more information, check
out the SEC
website.
Applications are accepted via
the following link: https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/casting/agencyspecific/sec-sp/eligQuest/summerPrograms.jsp
Equal Justice Works Conference
Washington D.C., October 27-28,
2005
Over 120 government and public
interest employers attend this conference and
interview 2L's and 3L's for internships and
attorney positions. As a 1L, you can learn about
the organizations that attend through "tabletalk"
sessions, but you are not able to interview.
In addition, there are 14 workshop sessions
that will include training on Legal Issues,
Skills, and Organizing involving public service
issues. If interested in interviewing with
employers at the Conference it is strongly suggested
that you send materials to employers by Wednesday,
September 28. It
is also suggested that you check the list of
employers often because new employers are still
being added. The employers will then decide
who they want to interview and communicate that
information to you. All students who plan
to attend must register online by October 21.
Go to: http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/careerfair/students/
to learn more about the conference and how to
participate. Be sure to click the link "Frequently
asked questions by law students" in
order to learn all of the information you need
to know.
If you have questions, please
contact Michelle
Mohr Vodenik.
Judicial Externships: Spring 2006
SECOND YEAR APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A CURRENT MINIMUM G.P.A. OF 3.28.
THIRD YEAR APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A CURRENT MINIMUM G.P.A. OF 3.36.
Informational Meeting
On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 12:00 p.m. in Room 580, there will be a meeting for all students who are interested in externing for a federal appellate, district, or magistrate judge and for the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, for the Spring 2006 Semester. Professor Vivien Gross will describe the kinds of experiences a judicial extern will have in the course of a semester, as well as how to apply. If you are interested in a judicial externship but are unable to attend the meeting, please see Professor Gross in Room 617.
A judicial externship enables a student to become involved in particular legal problems through research and drafting opinions. Depending upon the judge, an extern may have the opportunity to observe the day-to-day routine of a judge and discuss with the judge and the judge's law clerk those legal problems which attorneys face in their profession, and the specific problems which attorneys confront in their courtroom. Take advantage of this prestigious learning opportunity while enhancing your marketability in the legal world!
Application Process
The applications for Spring 2006 Judicial Externships will be available both in the Law Offices Reception Area (Room 600) and in the Career Services Offices as of Monday, September 19th.
Completed applications should be submitted to Ms. Carole Ross, Secretary to Professor Gross, Room 612, Law Offices, by Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 5:00 p.m.
Please do not apply for an externship unless you intend to accept an offer to extern. And just as important, after you accept a judicial externship with one of the participating federal judges, you have committed yourself to that judge for the coming semester. For the sake of the continued success of the Judicial Externship Program and the ability of Kent students to be able to continue to have the privilege of externing with these judges, you cannot withdraw from or drop Judicial Externship as you can other law school courses. Breaching your promise to a federal judge to extern is the equivalent of ethical misconduct. So bottom line: if you are entertaining the possibility of transferring or visiting at another law school for the coming semester, do not apply for a judicial externship that semester.
The Legal Career Center: Online
Job Resource
The Legal
Career Center offers job seekers a quick
and easy way to search jobs posted in the Law
Bulletin as well as submit their resumes to
be viewed by prospective employers - private,
public and corporate. Take a look at the Legal
Career Center site: http://jobs.lawbulletin.com/rc_index.cfm
to view job postings and other legal resources.
Check out this great free service!
iBIO Career Links
November 1st
Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization, iBIO, is holding, in conjunction with its annual conference, a Career Fair, “iBIO Career Links”, November 1st, Navy Pier. This year, area law schools are invited to attend since a large part of our membership is comprised of the top Law Firms in Chicago, including, Bell Boyd, Kirkland & Ellis, Barnes & Thornburg, Holland & Knight, Brinks Hofer, Marshal Gernstein & Borun, and many more. Steve Burrill from Burrill & Company http://www.burrillandco.com/bio/team_bios, will be the closing keynote. He will give his famous, State of the Industry, and talk about how it impacts the students. The Career Website, a free service to students and job seekers, will also be launched. This is will be the only career website dedicated to Illinois Life Science Community. Registrants will have the opportunity to upload their resumes when they register, and there will be computer kiosks on site.
Please review the following website, it will provide some background and information on the iBIO Marketplace, our annual trade show. http://www.ibio.org/marketplace2005/
Fellowship
& Scholarship Information
Illinois State Bar Association Scholarships
The Illinois Bar Foundation,
the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar
Association (ISBA), has announced the availability
of $26,000 in
scholarship funds for the 2005-2006 academic
year. The Foundation will award one scholarship,
in the amount of $2,000, to a second or third
year law student at each of the 13 ISBA-affiliated
law schools.
Applications are available at the Foundation's
Web site at www.isba.org/ibf
and are due to your law school dean's office
by October 1, 2005.
Qualifications for the scholarships include
an accomplished academic record, involvement
in diverse curricular, extracurricular and community
activities, and financial need. The scholarships
will favor students who intend to practice law
in Illinois. Membership in the Illinois State
Bar Association is encouraged. Recipients will
be announced in December.
Please direct questions about the scholarship
program to 312-726-6072.
Office of the Solicitor General Bristow Fellowship
The Solicitor General’s Office supervises and conducts all federal government litigation in the Supreme Court of the Unites States. Through the Solicitor General’s Office, the US is involved in 2/3 of the cases the Court decides on the merits each year.
The Office of the Solicitor General of the United States is interested in receiving applications for its program on one-year Bristow Fellowships in the Solicitor General’s Office. Bristow Fellows help draft briefs in opposition to certiorari filed against the government in the Supreme Court of the United States and prepare recommendations to the Solicitor General regarding authorization of government appeals in the lower courts. The Fellows also assist staff lawyers in preparing petitions for certiorari and briefs on the merits in Supreme Court cases, work on special projects, and assist the Solicitor General and other lawyers in the office in the preparation of oral arguments in the Supreme Court.
Applicants must be law school graduates with excellent academic records. They typically come to the Fellowship after completion of a one-year judicial clerkship, most frequently with a federal appellate-court judge. The fellowship is a one-year term and the salary is established at the GS-12 level.
Applications are due by October 15 of the preceding year. Please see Handout #8 in the Career Services Office for more detailed information. Question may be directed to Kaletus L. McCain, Personnel Specialist at (202)514-2204 or Kaletus.L.McCain@usdoj.gov.
Presidential Management Fellows Program- 2006
grads!
For the past 27 years, the Presidential
Management Fellows (PMF) Program and its predecessor,
the Presidential Management Intern (PMI) Program,
have been attracting outstanding master's, law,
and doctoral-level students to the Federal service.
The PMF Program is your passport to a unique
and rewarding career experience with the Federal
Government. It provides you with an opportunity
to apply the knowledge you acquired from graduate
study. As a PMF, your assignments may involve
domestic or international issues, technology,
science, criminal justice, health, financial
management, and many other fields in support
of public service programs.
Students must be nominated
by their school's Dean, Chairperson, or Academic
Program Director, otherwise known as the
Nominating Official, of their graduate program
in order to be considered for the PMF Program.
Students must complete a graduate degree (master's,
law, or doctoral-level degree) from a qualifying
college or university.
Each school conducts a competitive
screening process based on the above eligibility
criteria to evaluate its graduating PMF applicants
and makes its final determination of nominees.
Before applying, students must first check with
their school's Nominating Official to confirm
the school's process and deadlines for nomination
into the PMF Program. Please
note that the deadline for student applications
is 12 Noon (Eastern Time), October 14, 2005,
unless a school's established application deadline
is earlier than October 14, 2005, and Nominating
Officials have until 12 Noon, October 31, 2005,
to select nominees. Applicants will
be electronically notified, via email, on whether
or not their school nominated them, on or around
November 1, 2005.
For More Information, please follow this link:
http://www.pmf.opm.gov/index.asp.
National Litigation Fellowships
Pacific Legal Foundation
EXCEPTIONAL
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND LITIGATE ISSUES OF
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
**$52,000 NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS**
Pacific Legal Foundation's College
of Public Interest Law is offering a limited
number of national litigation fellowships to
top graduates interested in rapidly gaining
experience in the litigation of major cases.
The fellowships are open to all graduating individuals
of demonstrated high achievement and offer an
exceptional opportunity as a stepping stone
to private practice, public agency law, an academic
career in the teaching of law, or a permanent
position with Pacific Legal Foundation.
Positions in this program are
expected to be available in the Sacramento,
California, headquarters of Pacific Legal Foundation,
the largest and oldest national public interest
law foundation litigating in support of private
property rights, individual liberties, limited
government, and the free enterprise system.
As a participant in this program, you will receive
concentrated litigation and writing experience
in the areas of the Foundation's legal practice.
Additional information and applications
are available on the Pacific
Legal Foundation website. See also Job Listing
# 1896.
STIPENDS FOR
PUBLIC INTEREST INTERNSHIPS
IN THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA:
SPRING SEMESTER
The Public Interest Law Initiative
(PILI) offers a limited School-Year Internship
Program. PILI recruits law students from area
law schools for internships with one of seven
public interest law agencies in the Chicago
metropolitan area. Selected interns receive
a stipend of $2,250
for 200 hours of work during the spring term.
In order to apply for a school-year internship,
an applicant must prepare the PILI Application
Form, and a cover letter and resume for each
agency to which you are applying (up to seven
sets, collated and stapled). The application
and additional information may be found on the
PILI
website.
The application materials should be submitted
before mid-January. However, since each agency
hires at a different time, it is advisable to
apply early.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Fellowship in Nonprofit Law
The Fellowship, funded by the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, permits one Fellow
each year to spend one year in residence at
the Vera Institute of Justice in New York City,
working closely with Vera's General Counsel
and Special Counsel on legal issues faced by
Vera. In addition, the Fellow will be deployed
to Vera's various projects and programs to address
the legal, business, and organizational issues
confronted by these programs and projects.
A Fellowship at Vera will provide
a law school graduate with exposure to an unusually
wide variety of legal and organizational issues
encountered by nonprofit organizations. It also
will provide the opportunity to identify an
emerging or changing area of law with particular
significance for nonprofits, and to explore
that area in depth, examining it in the real-life
context of a complex, legally-sophisticated
organization.
To apply, download the PDF application
or apply online at http://www.law.nyu.edu/ncpl/.
Informational brochures
can be found in the CSO, marked Handout # 2.
Applications
are due December 9, 2005.
PSLawNet Fellowship Corner
Interested in pursuing a fellowship
upon graduation? Then be sure to check out PSLawNet's
new "Fellowship Corner" which includes
the full text of Yale's Fellowship Application
Tips for 2002-2003, along with the expanded
Appendix listing print and online fellowship
resources. The site also contains a Fellowship
Calendar with a chronological listing of application
deadlines--a big help for potential applicants
in planning and preparing their materials. Students
can access the Fellowship Corner at the top
of the left sidebar menu on the PSLawNet
home page.
Resources
NOTE:
This section is for highlighting new resources
or existing sources that have been updated,
or as a reminder of existing resources that
are especially useful at certain times during
the year. To view the list of available resources go to http://www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cso/book-inv.pdf
Chicago Area Law Firm List
Updated and On-line!