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- ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service
Devoted to pro bono work by private sector groups like law firms. The site includes opportunities to volunteer for pro bono work, best practices and other pro bono resources, and a detailing of the public interest community at law schools.
- Action without Borders
Database of law related and non-legal internships and volunteer opportunities, including opportunities abroad, especially in human rights.
- Alliance for Justice
AFJ is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations. The website details their efforts to advance the cause of justice via an education project regarding judicial nominations, efforts to assist nonprofit organizations and charitable foundations, and through uniting student activists.
- American Civil Liberties Union
The webpage of the national ACLU. The ACLU is dedicated to preserving the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.
- American Civil Liberties Union, Illinois Chapter
The Illinois chapter of the ACLU.
- The American Communication Association
ACA is a not-for-profit, virtual professional association dedicated to helping people interested in human communication to use new and evolving technologies for instruction, research and criticism of human communication matters. The website describes the organizationÕs founding and mission, and explains how one can become a member.
- Center for Law and Social Policy
The Center for Law and Social Policy or (CLASP) is a non-profit organization that works on issues that affect the lives of low-income people. CLASP conducts research and advocates at both the federal and state level about issues such as economic security, education, and family stability of low-income families and individuals. Additionally, the organization offers information and technical assistance on a range of family policy and equal justice issues for various groups throughout the country.
- Child and Family Policy
The Guide to Careers in Child and Family Policy helps provide information and guidance in the area of child and family policy careers. Their program includes information about child and family policy careers in the private, non-profit, academic, and government settings. The program can also help with formal training or learning in internships, fellowships, volunteer positions, or jobs at all life stages.
- Envirolink
Envirolink is a non-profit organization which provides access to thousands of online resources about all sorts of topics related to the environment.
- FindLaw: Legal Services Resources
Findlaw is a legal search engine which lists legal resources of all kinds, including legal aid and legal services.
- Government Honors and Internship Program
Information on the governmentÕs honors program for law students. You must access this site through the Career CenterÕs website.
- Harvard Law School's Office of Public Interest
- Legal Services Links
- Human Rights USA Resource Center
Listings of fellowships and internships with human rights organizations.
- Legal Services Corporation
Private, non-profit corporation established by Congress to seek to ensure equal access to justice under the law by providing civil legal assistance to those who would be otherwise unable to afford it. The LSC doesnÕt provide legal services directly but gives grants to 138 independent local programs across the country which you can search by state and county.
- Media Access Project
Non-profit, public interest, telecommunications law firm based in Washington DC that focuses on First Amendment issues.
- Mental Health Law - Bazelon Center
Leading legal advocate for people with mental disabilities that focuses on policy advocacy and public education. Based in Washington, DC.
- National Association of Public Interest Law (Equal Justice Works)
National leader in creating summer and postgraduate public interest opportunities for law students and lawyers as well as in urging more public interest programming at law schools. Website includes links on how to finance a career, find an opportunity, participate in annual job-fair, apply for fellowships, etc.
- National Center on Poverty Law
The Seargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, founded in 1967, helps people move out of poverty permanently by promoting economic opportunity through fair law and policy. This site allows you to browse cases by category - ex. recent cases dealing with civil rights, family law, immigration, etc; numerous articles and information about community investment, health, housing, welfare and work supports and womenÕs law & policy can be found under the "Advocacy" tab; and this site also lists local events it hosts in the Chicago area (ex. Money Smart Week).
- National Employment Lawyer's Association
(NELA) advocates for employee rights and workplace fairness. Committees include disability rights, ethics and sanctions, federal employee rights and sexual harassment.
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
The mission of the Law Center is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. Their website has numerous reports and publications relating to homelessness and poverty, along with ways to get involved.
- National Legal Aid and Defender Association
This organization is committed to aiding front-line attorneys in their pursuit of social justice. They accomplish this by serving as a resource providing products and services, as well as by serving as a national voice in public policy issues.
- National Legal Center for the Public Interest
This organization contributes to the national debate on public policy issues be providing information on key issues. They do not litigate, but communicate via publications, a radio program, and forums.
- Office of Personnel Management
Information on summer opportunities in federal agencies across the US.
- Public Service Law Network
PSLawNet is a terrific resource for career-related information in legal and law-related public interest work. Northwestern subscribes to the service, allowing us to access this comprehensive clearinghouse of public interest organizations and opportunities for lawyers and law students. Users can perform customized searches of public interest opportunities around the world, ranging from short-term volunteer and paid internships to full-time jobs, fellowships and pro bono opportunities.
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
This website is run by a nonprofit dedicated to providing free legal assistance to journalists. It has lots of good information about first amendment, confidentiality, freedom of information, and other journalist related topics.
- The State Public Interest Research Groups
The state PIRGs are a network of independent, state-based, citizen-funded organizations that advocate for the public interest. Their goal is to use citizen activism to protect the environment, encourage a fair and sustainable economy, and foster a responsive democratic government. The website has information about various grassroots campaigns going on in the various states and information on how to get involved.
- Senior Law
This website, run by a NY Law firm, contains information about elder law, Medicare, Medicaid, guardianship, estate planning, trusts and the rights of the elderly and disabled. There are summaries of the rights of the elderly and disabled and links to various other resources on the topic.
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation
This is a national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more just society. TLPJ fights for justice through precedent-setting and socially significant individual and class action litigation. Their website has downloadable publications, briefs and documents from their cases organized by topic, and a searchable database of public interest law groups by state and area of interest.
- United Nations
(Click on “site index,” “employment opportunities,” and “legal.”). Listings of law-related internships at the UN.
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