Summer
Opportunities in
Law
Summer Opportunities in Law
Resources Listing Established Internship
Programs:
Online Resources:
Experience internship
database
Internships-USA (see Step Two on linked page)
American Bar Association
Use
search feature – “undergraduate internships”
Everett
Public Service Internship Program
Internship and Fellowships for sudents interested in Law
Career Center Library Resources
Summer Ops in Law binder - located at the Career
Center main desk
Summer
Experience Reports – located on the shelves
by the Career Center
front door
Internships
USA booklets – most current information
is available online (select "Internship Series Online")
Sample
Topics: Washington Internships in Law and Policy,
Human Rights, Environment,
Not-For-Profit Career Fairs – Public Interest/Advocacy
Organizations
Annual Boston , Philadelphia , New York and Amherst
Not-For-Profit Career Fairs
Networking Resources
Alumni Career Network
Search industry
section for “law”, also search keyword “law”
Advice,
Shadowing, Internships
Personal
Network – friends, family
Other affiliations – teams,
clubs,
Resources to Assist in Identifying Potential
Internship Hosts:
CareerSearch
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator--Search
for an attorney by firm, location, area of practice
or for attorneys in corporations, agencies of the
U.S. Government or law school faculty.
Public Interest Law Directory (Harvard Law School)
Public Interest Job Search Guide 1999-2000 (Harvard Law School)
Washington Information Directory 2004-2005
Examples
From the Experience
Internship Database:
Public Interest
Intern--Office of
Public Interest Advising,
Harvard Law School
American
Civil Liberties Union,
Atlanta , NYC
Legal
Aid Society of New
York
National Women's
Law Center , DC
Asian
American Legal Defense
and Education Fund,
NYC
Supreme Court
Judicial Internship
Program
Additional
Internship Possibilities:
Criminal Justice
Clinic, Georgetown
Law School
ABC News
Law and Justice Unit,
NY
National Environmental
Law Center , Boston
EarthJustice,
Oakland
International
Human Rights Law Group
International
Law Institute, Washington
DC
Legal Aid Society,
NYC
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