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The Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School are offering guest access to their career databases! Log-in information and instructions have been provided below.

17a, a public sector strategy firm, is looking for a term-time legal intern.

Aaron Halegua ’09 will be available on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 1:30-3:00pm, to advise students interested in labor and employment law, legal aid, China-related work, domestic and international public interest law, and fellowships.  Read the full post.

Sign-up for a one-on-one advising appointment with Eileen Decker, the Former US Attorney for Central District of CA, Friday October 6, 9 am-1 pm. (If spots are filled, sign up on the waitlist for each appointment you can attend.) Until earlier this year, Eileen M. Decker served as a United States Attorney, and as such was the chief federal law enforcement officer in the Central District of California, a sprawling district based in Los Angeles that encompasses seven counties. Ms. Decker oversaw the largest United States Attorney’s Office outside of the District of Columbia, an office that employs approximately 280 attorneys who serve almost 20 million residents. Read the full post.

A discussion of why students should become public interest lawyers.

The Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management is hosting a webinar on the Attorney General's Honors Program (HP) and Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP). The webinar will take place on July 30th at 12:00 P.M. EST. Login to the meeting with the following information: Meeting Name: 2018 HP and SLIP Webinar Room Passcode: 10200

Felicity Conrad and Kristen Sonday are dedicated to closing the justice gap. Their company, Paladin, uses technology to help lawyers and law school students identify legal aid cases.

Big law's pro bono hours increased steadily for 2016.

Judge Keith Ellison, U.S. District Court Judge in Houston, Texas has a clerkship opening for the 2019-2020 term. The new clerkship position was granted because of a series of high-profile and complex cases involving conditions in Texas state prisons. The new clerk may work on these cases, and should note any relevant experience in civil rights and/or prisoner rights litigation. Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, transcript, three references and a writing sample via OSCAR or to arturo_rivera@txs.uscourts.gov. Letters of recommendation are not required. Judge Ellison can contact those listed as references.

Judge Keith Ellison, US District Court Judge in Houston, Texas has a clerkship opening, effective immediately. The new clerkship position was granted because of a…

Graduating students and their loved ones celebrated with the OPIA staff at OPIA's graduation reception on Thursday, May 25. Congratulations!!

A group of movement lawyering practitioners & educators, in collaboration with Law for Black Lives, CUNY-CLEAR, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG-NIP), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), invites you to apply for the first-ever online Movement Lawyering Bootcamp with a series of six interactive online education and discussion sessions. Apply by 11:549 pm on Monday, May 15.

With the help of funding from LIPP, Erika Rickard has worked tirelessly to improve access to justice.

Read the stories of some exceptional pro bono advocates.

The National Security & the Law Association is very pleased to announce a lunch event with former Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy Counsel to the President, National Security Council (NSC) Legal Adviser, and Harvard Law School graduate Christopher Fonzone.

Meet the seventeen young community leaders and activists bringing communities together throughout Philadelphia.

Monday, April 3, OPIA's Suite WCC 4039
Sign-up for one-on-one advising appointments with Dennis Parker '80, Director, Racial Justice Program (RJP), ACLU.
If spots are full, sign-up on the waitlist.

Top-notch law professors have launched a website to monitor the legality of President Trump's policies.

Come in for Walk-Ins with William Shultz, prior HHS General Counsel, to discuss Health Care Law and what the future of healthcare lawyering may look like in the current political climate.