Public Interest

"I expect to have more shifts in my career down the line."

"Very few paths are linear, and often the most fun experiences are those you weren't counting on."

"Embrace uncertainty and appreciate the unconventional path."

"I couldn't have predicted most of this."

"I could not have predicted where I would be now."

"You're not committing for life!"

Founder, Legal Impact for Chickens My life since law school has been an adventure! I have worked in both litigation and in-house law, always at…

"I have no idea what comes next for me, and that's scary but also liberating."

"I love what I do because it’s not just a job, it’s life-giving."

"I'm so glad I've taken early 'risks'."

"I had a lot of anxiety about picking the right path."

Interested in learning more about public international law work? These resources can help you begin your exploration.

Fatma and Bryn have long wanted to have children, and, after administrators at a Fort Worth-based USCCB affiliate invited Fatma to visit and learn about the affiliate’s work with unaccompanied refugee children, decided they wanted to become foster parents for a refugee child and asked to start the licensing process. However, when in their first interview they revealed that they were a married same-sex couple, the affiliate’s Director of International Foster Care informed them that they would not be permitted to apply to be foster parents because their family structure did not “mirror the Holy Family.”

"Brooklyn is where I get to perform my super-power of being an immigration attorney!"

A discussion of why students should become public interest lawyers.

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.

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.