Public Interest Position - Paid Opportunity
There are at least two openings for current Chicago-Kent
students who are eligible for work study. The Advice
Desk at the Daley Center is now hiring students through
a work study program to work in paralegal/administrative
positions. The candidates will have an opportunity to work
in a fast-paced, public interest environment while helping
to provide administrative and paralegal help to make the
Desk more efficient and therefore allow more clients to
receive pro bono legal assistance. Some of the duties might
include: greeting and identifying eligible clients, filling
out or updating forms, database entry and maintenance, assisting
elderly and disabled clients in retrieving their court files
or finding a courtroom, etc.
The Advice Desk provides interviewing, counseling, and
limited representation to indigent defendants who seek assistance
at the Circuit Court of Cook County. Approximately sixty
percent of the cases involve eviction defense and forty
percent involve tort, contract, personal injury and collection
matters.
This position pays $10 an hour. You must be eligible for
work study and your eligibility will be verified upon receipt
of your application. Please submit a letter of interest
to Prof. Ed Kraus
in the Law Offices.
Advice Desk - Paid Opportunity
There are openings for current Chicago-Kent students who
are eligible for work study and have successfully
completed at least one semester of Advice Desk. We
are hiring students through a work study program to work
in legal intern positions. The candidates will have an opportunity
to work in a fast-paced, public interest environment while
helping provide pro bono legal assistance to indigent clients.
This position pays $12 an hour. You must be eligible for
work study and your eligibility will be verified upon receipt
of your application. Please submit a letter of interest
to Prof. Ed Kraus
of the Law Offices.
Fall Externship Opportunity for Credit
The mission of the Disability Rights Bureau of the Illinois
Attorney General’s Office is to protect and advance the interests
of persons with disabilities in Illinois. The Bureau enforces
the civil rights of people with disabilities under state and
federal laws and is specifically charged with enforcing the
Environmental Barriers Act, 410 ILCS 25/1, et seq. and the
Illinois Accessibility Code, 71 Ill. Admin. Code 400.110 et
seq., the state laws that ensure physical access to public
facilities by people with disabilities. When a violation is
confirmed, or an investigation of a civil rights matter indicates
reasonable cause to believe that a person with a disability
has suffered discrimination, the Bureau attempts to amicably
resolve the complaint. When this is not possible, the Bureau
may file a lawsuit seeking injunctive relief, damages and
fines in the name of the People of the State of Illinois against
the owner of the facility or other appropriate respondent.
The Bureau also provides advocacy, information and referral
services to persons with disabilities. In this role, the
Bureau responds to questions from people with disabilities,
professionals, business owners, school districts, community
groups, employers and others regarding their rights and
responsibilities under local, state and federal disability
laws. In most cases, the Bureau refers individuals to disability
organizations that have the expertise to address the specific
needs of the individual. In some instances, Bureau staff
will advocate for the provision of services or accommodations
on behalf of a person with a disability. The Disability
Rights Bureau is also engaged in proposing legislative amendments,
commenting on policy and advising on amicus curiae briefs
with the goal of improving the lives of individuals with
disabilities.
Externs who join us for the fall, spring or summer term
can expect to work with Assistant Attorneys General in the
bureau in investigating and resolving complaints, researching
the law and preparing memoranda and participating in advocacy
initiatives. All candidates must go through the regular
process and fill out an application that is available at
www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov.
For students who are particularly interested in disability
rights, they should so indicate on the application itself.
To receive credit, please contact Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up a meeting.
Regulatory & Aviation Litigation – Fall
Externship
The City of Chicago Regulatory & Aviation Litigation Division
is willing to take on an extern for the fall academic semester.
The position is open to 3Ls or 2Ls, but those eligible for
711 licenses are preferred. The Division practices in the
areas of aviation, collections, environmental, financial/bankruptcy,
general regulatory, intellectual property, public utilities,
telecommunications and tax. Division attorneys practice
in federal and state court, as well as before various administrative
tribunals. The extern will have the opportunity to participate
in different types and stages of litigation. Students with
a 711 license may also have the opportunity to represent
the City in contested hearings.
If you are interested, please contact Ms. Dori McDonald,
Department of Law, Regulatory & Aviation Litigation Division,
Room 900, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60602 (dsmcdonald@cityofchicago.org),
and include a copy of your resume, transcript and writing
sample. To receive credit, please contact Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up a meeting.
Illinois Attorney General's Office – Fall
Externship
The Antitrust Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s
Office is accepting applications for unpaid extern positions
for fall 2005. The Antitrust Bureau enforces both Federal
and State antitrust laws and has criminal as well as civil
enforcement powers. The extern will work directly with the
bureau chief and other attorneys in the bureau on legal
research, investigations, document review and the drafting
of correspondence and pleadings.
If you are interested, please contact Mr. Blake L. Harrop,
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau, 13th Floor,
100 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601 (bharrop@atg.state.il.us),
and include a copy of your resume and unofficial transcript.
To receive credit, please contact Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up a meeting.
Fall Externships in Family Law:
Cook County Domestic Relations Court
Open to students who have either taken Family Law or Family
Law Clinic or who will be concurrently enrolled in either
of these courses while doing the externship.
Enjoy this exciting opportunity to observe and participate
in the day-to-day operations of a busy domestic relations
courtroom and to assist the judge in researching law and
drafting orders.
If you are interested, please contact Professor Gross
(vgross@kentlaw.edu)
as soon as possible to set up a meeting and to submit your
resume and transcript.
For a complete description of all clinical programs, please
visit the Law Offices' Home Page at http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
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