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Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Employers
using placement services of The University of Iowa College of Law may
not discriminate in their recruitment or hiring of Iowa law students on
the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age,
disability, or sexual orientation. As an institution, the law
school requires employers to assent to these equal opportunity
principles in writing. Signed Employer Equal Opportunity Assent
Forms are kept on file in the Office of Career Services.
For questions, contact the Career Services Office.
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Public Interest |
| Position: |
Managing Attorney - MUNA Legal Clinic, Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Des Moines, Iowa |
| Salary: |
$44,400 plus benefits (Grant funded through the Legal Assistance Victims Grant from the Department of Justice.) |
| Deadline: |
Open until filled |
| Requirements: |
Licensed
to practice law in Iowa preferred. Strong writing and editing skills,
preference for bi-lingual candidates. Demonstrated leadership skills.
Ability to work with a diverse population. Demonstrated public speaking
and professional training capabilities. Demonstrated ability to
establish effective working relationships with government
representatives and policy makers. Ability to travel throughout Iowa as
needed and to attend national conferences/trainings. Knowledge and
understanding of civil and immigration law and practice related to
domestic violence. Experience in social justice, systems advocacy, and
social change work. Understanding of issues of cultural and
socioeconomic diversity as they apply to domestic violence prevention,
intervention, and services. |
| Duties: |
Manage
staff attorneys' case load, assign cases, facilitate weekly staff
meetings, provide technical assistance to staff attorneys. Assist
battered immigrant women in immigration and family law proceedings.
Provide on-going technical legal assistance and training to domestic
violence centers, Legal Aid, other community agencies, attorneys, and
victim service providers, community based organizations and immigration
organizations. Coordinate supervision of interns from the Iowa City
School of Law and Drake Law School representing clients with
immigration and domestic abuse cases. Work collaboratively with the
Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Iowa Legal Aid and the Private
Bar of Iowa. |
| To Apply: |
Submit cover letter, resume, writing sample and a list of references to:
Sonia Parras Konrad
MUNA Legal Clinic
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
515 - 28th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50312
Or by email to soniaicadv@aol.com |
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| Position: |
Staff Attorney - MUNA Legal Clinic, Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Des Moines, Iowa |
| Salary: |
$44,000 plus benefits (Grant funded through the Legal Assistance Victims Grant from the Department of Justice.) |
| Deadline: |
Open until filled |
| Requirements: |
Licensed
to practice law in Iowa preferred. Strong writing and editing skills,
preference for bi-lingual candidates. Demonstrated leadership skills.
Ability to work with a diverse population. Demonstrated public speaking
and professional training capabilities. Demonstrated ability to
establish effective working relationships with government
representatives and policy makers. Ability to travel throughout Iowa as
needed and to attend national conferences/trainings. Knowledge and
understanding of civil and immigration law and practice related to
domestic violence. Experience in social justice, systems advocacy, and
social change work. Understanding of issues of cultural and
socioeconomic diversity as they apply to domestic violence prevention,
intervention, and services. |
| Duties: |
Assist battered immigrant women in immigration and family law
proceedings. Provide on-going technical legal assistance and training
to domestic violence centers, Legal Aid, other community agencies,
attorneys, and victim service providers, community based organizations
and immigration organizations. Coordinate supervision of interns from
the Iowa City School of Law and Drake Law School representing clients
with immigration and domestic abuse cases. Work collaboratively with
the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Iowa Legal Aid and the
Private Bar of Iowa. Assist immigrant community with organizing and
leadership development activities in order to plan and implement
culturally specific services. |
| To Apply: |
Submit cover letter, resume, writing sample and a list of references to:
Sonia Parras Konrad
MUNA Legal Clinic
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
515 - 28th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50312
Or by email to soniaicadv@aol.com |
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| Position: |
Staff Attorneys (3 or 4 positions)
- Ohio State Legal Services Association (The vacancies will likely be
in Chillicothe and Portsmouth and several other of its field offices
located in Athens, Marietta, Lancaster, Newark, New Philadelphia,
Steubenville and Zanesville.) |
| Salary: |
$35,500+ depending on experience. Benefits. |
| Deadline: |
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| Requirements: |
Admitted
to the Ohio Bar or eligible to take the next bar exam. Demonstrated
commitment to making a difference in the lives of indigent people and
their communities. |
| Duties: |
Direct
client representation in areas of family, housing, consumer, benefits,
health, utility law and individual rights. See website at http://www.oslsa.org . |
| To Apply: |
Send resume, writing sample, and references to:
James M. Daniels, Deputy Director
OSLSA
555 Buttles Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215-1137
Phone: 614-221-7201, ext. 109
Email: jdaniels@oslsa.org |
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| Position: |
Constitutional Litigator/Staff Attorney - Institute for Justice, Washington, DC office (Fall 2006) |
| Salary: |
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| Deadline: |
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| Requirements: |
0-3
years of litigation experience, excellent communication skills, solid
academic records, a passion for freedom, and a good sense of humor.
Clerkship preferred. |
| Duties: |
Institute
for Justice (the nation's leading libertarian public interest law firm)
litigates to secure economic liberty, school choice, private property
rights, freedom of speech and other vital individual liberties, and to
restore constitutional limits on the power of government. In addition,
it trains law students, lawyers and policy activists in the tactics of
public interest litigation to advance individual rights. Through these
activities, it challenges the ideology of the welfare state and
illustrates and extends the benefits of freedom to those whose full
enjoyment of liberty is denied by government. |
| To Apply: |
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.
Send cover letter, resume and writing sample, in confidence, to:
Brian Montgomery
Director of Finance and Administration
Institute for Justice
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Fax: 202-955-1329
Email: bmontgomery@ij.org |
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| Position: |
Staff Attorney/Legal Director - American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri |
| Salary: |
Commensurate with experience within the context of ACLU-EM salary structure. Benefits. |
| Deadline: |
Open until filled. |
| Requirements: |
J.D.
and admission to the Missouri Bar or admission within one year of hire.
Commitment to the preservation and vigorous enforcement of the civil
liberties of all Missourians. Excellent research, writing and
analytical skills. Organizational skills. Computer legal research and
processing skills. Strong self-motivation and ability to manage
multiple deadlines. Willingness to work beyond the 9 to 5 hours of the
normal workday, including evening and weekend meetings and events.
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work
collaboratively and the ability to work in a small office with little
support staff. Some travel required. Mostly in-state. |
| Duties: |
Work
under the supervision of the Executive Director who is responsible for
the overall program of the ACLU of Missouri. The Staff Attorney/Legal
Director will administer and coordinate all aspects of the ACLU of
Missouri's legal program, including the identification of civil
liberties violations in the state and the development of strategies to
respond to them. When appropriate, the Staff Attorney/Legal Director
will serve as co-counsel on cases with volunteer attorneys or national
ACLU attorneys. The attorney may be required, on rare occasions, to
have sole responsibility for litigating a case. |
| To Apply: |
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Submit letter of interest, resume, legal writing sample, law school
transcript and a list of three professional references, including
contact information to:
Brenda Jones, Executive Director
ACLU-EM
4557 Laclede Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Email: brenda@aclu-em.org |
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| Position: |
Supreme Court Assistance Project Coordinator - Public Citizen Litigation Group ( September 2006 - August 2007) |
| Salary: |
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| Deadline: |
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| Requirements: |
Click on Careers at bottom of homepage, then type position title in search box -- http://www.citizen.org . |
| Duties: |
Click on Careers at bottom of homepage, then type position title in search box -- http://www.citizen.org . |
| To Apply: |
Click on Careers at bottom of homepage, then type position title in search box -- http://www.citizen.org . |
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| Position: |
Rural Education Finance Center Director |
| Salary: |
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| Deadline: |
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| Requirements: |
Click on job openings at http://www.ruraledu.org . |
| Duties: |
Click on job openings at http://www.ruraledu.org . |
| To Apply: |
Click on job openings at http://www.ruraledu.org . |
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| Position: |
Trial Attorney / Assistant Public Defender - Poplar Bluff (Missouri) |
| Salary: |
Missouri licensed attorney starting salary - $2816 per month
Eligible for full state benefits including health, life, and long-term
disability insurance, retirement plan, paid holidays, vacation, and
sick leave. |
| Deadline: |
Poplar Bluff - open until filled |
| Requirements: |
Must be a member of the Missouri Bar. |
| Duties: |
Provide legal representation to indigent clients charged with criminal offenses facing the possibility of incarceration. |
| To Apply: |
Applications can be obtained at any Public Defender office, via website at http://www.publicdefender.mo.gov or by calling (573) 882-9855.
SEND COMPLETED APPLICATION TO:
Office of State Public Defender
Attn: Human Resources
3402 Buttonwood Drive
Columbia, MO 65201-3722
See website at http://www.publicdefender.mo.gov . |
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