Opportunities with Public Interest Organizations
ACCESS Nonprofit Resource Center
Action
Without Borders
Jobs, volunteer opportunities,
and internships in a variety of countries.
Alliance for Conflict Transformation
American Bar Association Center for Pro Bono and Public Service
American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI)
American
Bar Association Domestic Violence Home Page
Run by the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence. Lists events, national news,
articles, Internet resources/links, and more.
American Bar Association Human Rights Committee listserv
American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice
American Society of International Law
American
Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU)
Lists employment opportunities litigating,
legislating, and educating the public on a broad array
of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
Attorney Jobs: The National and Federal Employment Report Online
Child
and Family Policy
The University of Chicago explains how to build
a career in child and family policy issues.
The
Council on Foundations
Nationwide listing of jobs within foundations.
echoing
green Foundation
echoing green is a nonprofit foundation
that provides seed money to emerging social entrepreneurs. The
Foundation offers full-time fellowships to help fund public service
projects at the emerging stage, before other funders are willing
to help. This site includes information about the organization
and how to apply.
Equal
Justice Works
Comprehensive website which includes information
about Equal Justice Fellowships and summer internships. Also
includes links to a variety of sites with helpful information
on public interest organizations, job sites, AmeriCorps, government
agencies and programs, and fund-raising.
Essential
Information Web Server
Clearinghouse site with hot links to a variety of
public interest employers. Also includes list of useful books
as well as job opportunities by location. Helpful general website
on nonprofits, but not necessarily legal.
European
Union
A great resource for NGOs.
Federal Careers Opportunities Bulletin
Federal Daily/Federal Employees News Digest
Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho
Federal
Government Jobs
The Federal Government’s Office of Personnel
Management announces all of its jobs across the country on this
site.
Federal
Government Agencies Directory
Links to federal agencies sorted by Executive, Judicial,
Legislative, Independent Boards, Commissions, and Committees.
Start here to understand the breadth of practice possibilities
with federal agencies.
FinAid
Provides information on financial aid, including
an annotated bibliography of books and publications about financial
aid.
The Foundation
Center
Great site for students seeking grant funding or
positions in philanthropy. Includes Philanthropy News Digest online,
which lists job opportunities in philanthropy, detailed grant
maker information, and links to foundation web sites, as well
as a guide to proposal writing and an online librarian.
Global Rights/International Human Rights Law Group
Harvard
Law School’s Office of Public Interest Advising
This site focuses on careers in public interest
law and provides online publications about public interest careers.
Hillzoo.com
Capitol Hill classifieds, news.
Human Rights First (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
The
Human Rights Job Board
Contains listing of jobs in international law with
the United Nations, foreign organizations, and NGOs.
Idealist
Listings of nonprofit jobs and internships worldwide.
Immigration
Lawyers on the Web
This website is run by a private organization and
serves both as an information-sharing resource for immigration
advocates and as a resource for immigrants looking for information
or for a lawyer.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
International Career
Employment Center
Jobs in international relations, foreign policy,
intelligence, and jobs for attorneys overseas.
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
International Law Students Association
International
Non-Governmental Organizations
Comprehensive site with information on and links
to the websites of a variety of NGOs working in areas such as
human rights, international relations, and racism.
Jobs in Indian Law (ASU Law website)
LawyersWeekly
Jobs.Com
Best for browsers and those third years who are
still in the market. Easy to search by state and includes both
public sector and private sector listings. Permanent positions
only—no internships. Offers free job alert e-mail service.
New opportunities are posted weekly. Can search by state, job
type, practice areas, etc. Includes a listing of contract positions.
National Center on Poverty Law
Michigan Child
Welfare Law Resource Center
Comprehensive site for the MCWLRC which focuses
on improvement of the legal system’s treatment of children.
Site includes a limited job bank and a description of the Center’s
summer fellowship program, as well as links to other child advocacy
sites.
National Fair Housing Advocate
National
Lawyers Guild Jobs and Internships
Contains a listing of jobs and internships from
progressive, social change, organizations.
National
Legal Aid and Defender Association
NLADA is a membership organization for providers
of civil legal services to the poor and defenders of indigent
individuals accused of a crime. Site includes list of job opportunities
by state with civil legal service or defender organizations,
public interest organizations, and academia. Also includes relevant
news clips and lists of publications, conferences, and training.
New York State Defenders Association
Probono.net
This site provides a network linking volunteer lawyers
throughout the country for the purpose of increasing legal assistance
to the poor and under-represented.
Project for the Future of Equal Justice
PSLawNet
The most important job search engine
you can use outside of CASE! Excellent site for
finding both summer internships and permanent jobs throughout
the nation and worldwide. Once registered, students can search
organizations and opportunities based on a number of criteria.
Public Interest Clearinghouse Resource Exchange
ReliefWeb
A project of the U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs.
Skadden
Fellowship Foundation
The official site of the Skadden Fellowship Foundation.
Explains the fellowship process.
Soros/Open
Society Institute
Contains information about the programs and foundations
funded by the Soros Foundation. Many programs are oriented to
the field of criminal justice and reform of our legal system.
Trial
Lawyers for Public Justice/TLPJ Foundation
Database with thousands of public interest organizations,
lawyers’ associations, law schools, and legal research
tools.
United
Nations Employment Opportunities
The U.N. Human Resources Department website.
United Nations System of Organizations
United Nations Volunteers Program
Return to Employment
Resources
Job Opportunities
with the Federal Government
Other
Career-Related Web Sites
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