The Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. ("FHJC") is a non-profit civil rights organization that serves New York City and the seven suburban counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester. Our mission is to: 1) challenge systemic housing discrimination; 2) to promote policies that foster open and inclusive communities; and, 3) to strengthen the enforcement of local, state, and federal fair housing laws.

The Legal Fellow is responsible for coordination of the FHJC legal program and providing training and direct support to FHJC staff and cooperating attorneys. This is an ideal one-year opportunity for a recent graduate who has access to fellowship money or is participating in an associate deferral program. This is an unpaid position but depending on the applicant’s qualifications, a minimal compensation package may be considered.

The Honorable Skipper Pearson and Frank Kundrat, chambered in the Stearns County Court House, St. Cloud, Minnesota, are seeking a qualified person to fill a full-time judicial law clerk position. Candidates should have solid academic credentials and strong research, analytical and writing skills. Computer literacy is important; familiarity with Westlaw and Microsoft Word/Windows operating system is preferred. The ability to create and maintain a work environment that is supportive of culturally and racially diverse issues is essential.

Appointment to this position is through June 30, 2011 with the possibility of extending the appointment beyond June 30th subject to the availability of funding.

The Department of Legal Services is charged with the responsibility of facilitating the conduct of business in a legally sound and efficient manner, protecting the resources of the Medical Center and performing the duties of loss prevention, claims management, and risk financing. The successful candidate will become familiar with system scope and project objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member.

This is a one year Special A Term position beginning August 30, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Working under the direct supervision of staff attorneys, the Legal Fellow will be responsible for: 1) Becoming acquainted with the issues associated with the employment of physicians and other health care personnel; and 2) Preparing and reviewing contracts on behalf of the OSU Medical Center related to the employment of physicians and other health care personnel.

Please note that this job posting is intended only for deferred law firm associates and other law firm associates encouraged to pursue pro bono opportunities for a temporary time period.

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services is a nonprofit civil legal aid program that represents low-income persons in Southeast Louisiana in landlord-tenant, federally subsidized housing, consumer, family, income security, employment, health care, tax, probate and education cases. We help the poor with individual and law reform cases and believe in a multi-faceted approach to advocacy for our clients. Since Katrina, we have handled many legal problems in emerging areas not traditionally handled by legal services programs, e.g., various land use matters.

Currently, we have 41 attorneys working at 4 offices in Greater New Orleans--, downtown New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, Hammond and Covington. Our largest office is in New Orleans and has 25 attorneys who specialize by department, e.g., housing, consumer, family, etc. About half of our attorneys have more than 10 years experience--mostly in poverty or public interest law. We also have many recent law school graduates who have joined us since Hurricane Katrina, who were outstanding leaders in law school and are active in our local legal communities.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & AIDS Projectof the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking applications from attorneys and law school graduates whose law firms will sponsor them to work at a public interest law organization beginning in either September 2010 or January 2011 for twelve months.

Founded in 1986 as part of the national ACLU, the goal of the LGBT & AIDS Project is the creation of a society in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and people with HIV enjoy the basic rights of equality, privacy and personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association. This means an America where people can live openly without discrimination; where there is respect for our identities, relationships, and families; and where there is fair treatment in employment, schools, housing, public places, health care, and government programs.