Beyond the College of Law
The links on this page will take you outside the College of Law
to a sampling of groups and agencies involved in the world of pro
bono and public interest law. Some of the sites below are specifically
geared toward helping law students find employment opportunities
and funding for public interest jobs. Others provide information
about public interest groups and their activities.
Public Interest Organizations & Firms:
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Links in this section connect you to public interest groups of
different kinds. Some are law firms, while others may have a lawyer
or two as part of a larger staff made up primarily of non-lawyers.
The list is not complete, but is intended to help you begin a productive
exploration.
ACORN (www.acorn.org)
American Civil Liberties Union (national) (www.aclu.org)
ACLU of Florida (www.aclufl.org)
ACLU of Georgia (www.acluga.org)
ACLU of Houston (www.aclu-houston.org)
ACLU of Kentucky (www.aclu-ky.org)
ACLU of Louisiana (www.laaclu.org)
ACLU of Maryland (www.aclu-md.org)
ACLU of Mississippi (www.msaclu.org)
ACLU of North Carolina (www.acluofnorthcarolina.org)
ACLU of South Carolina (www.aclusc.org)
ACLU of Tennessee (www.aclu-tn.org)
ACLU of Texas (www.aclutx.org)
ACLU of Virginia (www.members.aol.com/acluva/)
American Civil Rights Institute (www.acri.org)
Atlantic Legal Foundation (www.atlanticlegal.org)
Center for Economic and Social Rights (www.cser.org)
Center for Individual Rights (www.cir.org)
Center for Law and Social Policy (www.clasp.org)
Children's Defense Fund (www.childrensdefense.org)
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation (www.cjlf.org)
Defenders of Property Rights (www.yourpropertyrights.org)
Earth Justice (www.earthjustice.org)
Environmental Defense Fund (www.edf.org)
Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org)
The Fair Trial Initiative (www.fairtrial.org)
Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org)
Institute for Justice (www.ij.org)
Lambda Legal Defense Fund (www.lambdalegal.org)
Lambda Legal Defense Fund (Atlanta)
(www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/about/sro/index)
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights (www.lawyerscomm.org)
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (www.lchr.org)
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (www.maldef.org)
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund(Atlanta) (www.maldef.org/about/offices.cfm?LocationID=10)
Mountain States Legal Foundation (www.mountainstateslegal.org)
NAACP Legal Defense Fund (National Headquarters (New York City);
Phone: (212) 219-1900
National Association for Law Placement (www.nalp.org)
National Association of Public Interest Law (NAPIL) (soon to be
Equal Justice Works) (www.napil.org)
National Center for Youth Law (www.youthlaw.org)
National Immigration Project (Boston) (www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/)
National Resources Defense Council (www.nrdc.org)
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (www.legalmomentum.org)
The Pacific Legal Foundation (www.pacificlegal.org)
Project for the Future of Equal Justice (www.equaljustice.org)
Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund (www.prldef.org)
Poverty and Race Research Action Council (www.prrac.org)
Public Citizen (www.citizen.org)
The Rutherford Institute (www.rutherford.org)
Sierra Club (www.sierraclub.org)
Southeastern Legal Foundation (www.southeasternlegal.org)
The Soros Foundation (www.soros.org)
Trial Lawyers for Justice (www.tlpj.org)
University of Wisconsin-Madison Land Tenure Center (www.wisc.edu/ltc)
The Washington Legal Foundation (www.wlf.org)
International Organizations and NGOs:
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Links in this section connect you to international entities
as well as Non - Governmental - Organizations (NGOs) in other countries
that may be of interest to public - service - minded law students
and attorneys.
Amnesty International (www.amnestyusa.org)
Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (www.abanet.org/ceeli/about/home.html)
Conectas (www.conectas.org)
Georgetown International Sites NGOs (www.georgetown.edu/pdba/International/ngos.html)
Georgetown International Sites other (www.georgetown.edu/pdba/International/io.html)
Instituto Pro Bono (www.institutoprobono.org)
International Directory of the Solicitors Pro Bono Group (www.probonogroup.org.uk/spbg/
international_directory/directory_intro.htm)
Lawyers without Borders (www.lawyerswithoutborders.org/flash_intro.asp)
United Nations International Jobs (www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/index.html)
Professional Associations:
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Many professional associations of attorneys devote significant
time and attention to matters of pro bono and public interest. The
links in this section will connect you to some of these associations.
American Bar Association (www.abanet.org)
American Bar Association Pro Bono (www.aals.org/probono)
American Constitution Society (www.americanconstitutionsociety.org)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (www.atla.org)
Federalist Society (www.fed-soc.org)
Hispanic National Bar Association (www.hnba.com)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (www.napaba.org)
National Association of Muslim Lawyers (www.namlnet.org)
National Bar Association (www.nationalbar.org)
National Employment Lawyers Association (www.nela.org)
National Lawyers Guild (www.nlg.org)
National Legal Aid & Defenders Association (www.nlada.org)
Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) (www.saltlaw.org)
Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (www.tacdl.org)
Tennessee Bar Association (www.tba.org)
Government Service:
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Lawyers work in public service for many different branches of
government and in many different capacities. The links in this section
will provide information about selected U.S. and Tennessee government
offices and agencies that employ attorneys.
U.S. Department of Justice (http://usdoj.gov/06employment/index.html)
Legal Services Corporation (www.lsc.gov)
Tennessee Attorney General (www.attorneygeneral.state.tn.us/employment.html)
Tennessee Public Defenders Conference (www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section3/pdc.pdf)
United States Department of State (listings of jobs at the United
Nations and overseas) (www.state.gov/www/issues/unvacant.html)
Academic:
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Links in this section are maintained by law schools
or by organizations related to legal education
Association of American Law Schools (www.aals.org)
Georgetown University Law Center Fellowships (www.georgetown.edu)
Georgetown International Sites NGOs (www.georgetown.edu/pdba/International/ngos.html)
Georgetown International Sites other (www.georgetown.edu/pdba/International/io.html)
Harvard University Law School Office of Public Interest Advising
(www.law.harvard.edu/students/opia)
Rutgers Law School Public Interest and Pro Bono (www.cam-law.rutgers.edu/probono)
Stanford Law School Public Interest Law (www.law.stanford.edu/ocs/pip)
University Michigan Law School Office of Public Service (www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/publicservice)
University of Wisconsin-Madison Land Tenure Center (www.wisc.edu/ltc)
University of Virginia Law School - Public Service and Pro Bono
(www.virginia.edu/lawweb/lawweb2.nsf)
Yale Law School Career Development Office (www.yale.law.edu/yls/cdo-index.htm)
Job Boards, Clearinghouses and
General Employment Information:
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Links in this section will connect you to various sites that
provide information about public interest employment. Some of them
post individual job openings, others are more general. Some are
maintained by law schools, others are connected with organizations
that focus on general law placement or specifically on public interest
law.
Equal Justice Works (www.equaljusticeworks.org)
Fordham Public Interest Resource Center (http://law.fordham.edu/htm/pirc-home.htm)
The Foundation Center Job Corner (job listings at foundations and
non-profits) (www.fdncenter.org/pnd/jobs)
Georgetown University Law Center Fellowships (www.georgetown.edu)
Harvard University Law School Office of Public Interest Advising
(www.law.harvard.edu/students/opia)
Human Rights Internet Job Board (www.hri.ca/jobboard)
Idealist (lists volunteer opportunities U.S. and overseas) (www.idealist.org)
National Association for Law Placement (www.nalp.org)
Non-Profit Organizations Classifieds (www.opportunitynocs.org)
Non-Profit Career Network (www.nonprofitcareer.com)
Project for the Future of Equal Justice (www.equaljustice.org)
PSLawNet (database of organizations with pro bono and public service
opportunities) (www.pslawnet.org)
Public Interest Clearing House of the Legal Aid Association of
California (www.pic.org/laac/laacpage.htm)
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Database for Public Interest Advocates
(www.tlpf.orglsearch.cfm)
United Nations International Jobs (www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/index.html)
United States Department of State (listings of jobs at the United
Nations and overseas) (www.state.gov/www/issues/unvacant.html)
Yale Law School Career Development Office (www.yale.law.edu/yls/cdo-index.htm)
Funders
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Links in this section will connect you to foundations and other
sources of funds for public interest law work. Some of these sources
fund summer internships. Others provide support for one - to - two
- year post - graduation positions with public interest groups.
Some of them will post existing job opportunities that can simply
apply for. Others invite elaborate proposals for public interest
law projects that are up to you to imagine, structure, and create.
Impact Fund (www.impactfund.org)
Equal Justice Works (www.equaljusticeworks.org)
New Voices (www.newvoices.aed.org)
Skadden Fellowship Foundation (www.skadden.com)
The Soros Foundation (www.soros.org)
Pro Bono Resources:
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The links in this section will help you find information focused
specifically on the world of pro bono. They can lead you to information
about the different kinds of pro bono standards that exist in different
jurisdictions and settings. They can help you find out about the
pro bono policies and the pro bono climate at different law firms
where you might consider working.
American Bar Association Center for Pro Bono (www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/home.html)
Association of American Law Schools Pro Bono Project (www.aals.org/probono/
Instituto Pro Bono (www.institutoprobono.org)
Pro Bono Institute (www.probonoinst.org)
Pro Bono Net (www.probono.net)
Solicitor's Pro Bono Group (www.probonogroup.org.uk)
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