Upcoming Career Services Programs
Tying Up Loose Ends - A Meeting for 3Ls
Time for the 3L students to Tie Up Loose Ends. Please plan to attend this program to learn about what you need to do to graduate.
Date: Wednesday, September 29th at 12:40 p.m.
Click here for the zoom link
Figure it Out Friday - The Judicial Clerkship Experience
Did you know that many students prize judicial clerkships because they can launch graduates into their professional careers? If you’re wondering why clerkships are valuable or how to land one, this panel is for you. Our discussion on judicial clerkships is designed to provide insights about the judicial clerkship experience. Panelist include:
Hannah Posen, Hon. Michael Melloy - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Wyatt Nelson, Hon. Gregory Kay - U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Nathan Converse, Hon. Stephanie Rose - U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Iowa 7th Judicial District
Emani Marshal Loving, Hon. Dana Oxley – Iowa Supreme Court
Date: Friday, October 1 at 12:35 p.m - 1:35 p.m.
Click here for the zoom link
Resume Lab
Still haven't put your resume into the CSO format? Join us in this lab and learn the best practices for highlighting the transferrable skills you have already mastered to showcase your contributions to a future employer.
Bring your resume, - the hands-on activities will help you leave with a more polished version.
Date: Wednesday, October 6 at 12:35 p.m - 1:35 p.m.
Zoom link coming soon. Please RSVP to the Outlook invite.
Make It Work Monday - Career Search Toolkit
Learn best practices to leverage the power of your computer in your job search. Join Career Services in learning how to get the best outcomes from LinkedIn, Symplicity, Arizona Handbook, Leadership Connect, and many more!
Date: Monday, October 11 at 12:35 p.m - 1:35 p.m.
Click here for the zoom link
Fellowships/Scholarship Opportunities
2022-2023 Ford Foundation Fellowship in Nonprofit Law
The National Center on Philanthropy and the Law (NCPL) is accepting applications for a new fellowship opportunity, the Ford Foundation Fellowship in Nonprofit Law. The Ford Foundation Fellowship in Nonprofit Law will be awarded to a recent graduate from a U.S. accredited law school. The Ford Foundation Fellowship in Nonprofit Law permits a Fellow each year to spend a year in residence at the Ford Foundation’s Office of Legal Services in New York, working with the General Counsel and staff of attorneys to provide legal advice on grantmaking, operations, governance, human resources, and investments. The Fellow will also work closely with the foundation’s Grants Compliance department and engage with program and operations staff in New York and ten global offices on a variety of initiatives and special projects.
Click here for additional information.
Application Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Ella Baker Summer Internship
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) created the Ella Baker Summer Internship Program in 1987 to honor the legacy of Ella Baker, a hero of the civil rights movement, and to train the next generation of social justice lawyers. Through our program, interns gain practical litigation experience and sharpen their theoretical understanding of the relationship between social change, organizing and lawyering. Ella Baker interns also become connected to a global community of social justice law students and lawyers through our Ella Baker Alumni Network.
Click here for additional information.
Application Deadline: October 19, 2021
Fried Frank LDF Civil Rights Fellow
At Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, we’ve partnered with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF), one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights organizations, to offer talented young lawyers an opportunity to work at LDF as well as at Fried Frank. This Fellowship provides an opportunity to receive extensive formal and informal training in both public and private law. Fried Frank/LDF Fellows spend the first two years of their Fellowship as a litigation associate in Fried Frank’s New York office, followed by two years at LDF. The Fellows are involved in exciting, cutting-edge litigation and have the opportunity to work with some of the most gifted legal minds in the world.
For the 2022 Fried Frank Civil Right Fellowship, please email the below documents to fellowship@friedfrank.com in a single PDF file in the order listed no later than Friday, October 15, 2021 by 12:00 p.m. EST. Please name your file as the following "[Last Name, First Name]. Fried Frank Civil Rights Fellowship. [NAACP LDF]."
Résumé (please include your GPA if a numerical value is available.
Copy of unofficial law school transcript
Essay as described below (limit of 500 words)
Two letters of recommendations*
One from a law school faculty member
One from an employer
Legal writing sample (no word limit)
*We prefer that the letters of recommendation are included in the candidate's application. However, if a recommender wishes to submit their recommendation separately, they may email it to fellowship@friedfrank.com.
Applicant Essay
Select one or two civil rights issues of interest to you. Explain briefly why these issues are important to you and how you feel the Fellowship can serve as a vehicle to effect change in those areas, including how your experiences and/or skills may contribute to such change.
Please contact the following with any questions about The Fried Frank Civil Rights Fellowships program:
Diversity & Inclusion
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
1.212.859.800
fellowship@friedfrank.com
Application Deadline: October 15, 2021
Justice in Aging Paid Summer Fellowships 2022
Justice in Aging is now accepting applications for two summer 2022 fellowships: the fifth annual Racial Justice Fellowship and the Colin Alexander Health Law Fellowship. Given the continued uncertainties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the fellow may work remotely or may work in any of our three offices in Oakland, Los Angeles, or Washington D.C. These are full-time, paid fellowships.
The Positions:
For the Racial Justice Fellowship, Justice in Aging seeks a rising 3L (current 2L) with a passion for public interest law and a commitment to communities of color for a 10-week summer fellowship focused on the intersection of poverty, aging, and racial justice.
For the Colin Alexander Health Law Fellowship, Justice in Aging seeks a rising 3L (current 2L) with a passion for public interest law and a commitment to health and aging for a 10-week summer fellowship focused on the intersection of poverty, aging, and health.
Click here for additional information
Application Deadline: October 8, 2021.
Reminders
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel is happy to announce that we are recruiting for the 2022-2023 Legal Honors Program. The Office of General Counsel’s 2022-2023 Legal Honors Program Application will be available thru USAJobs.gov, Announcement # 21-HUD-1981-X and will be posted to open September 17, 2021 and closes October 25, 2021.
Please click here for additional information.
Application Deadline: October 25, 2021
Virtual Administrative Law Jobs Panel
You are cordially invited to attend a virtual panel on jobs in administrative law hosted by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Bar Association on October 6th, 2021, from 12p.m. to 1p.m. EST. Attorneys from federal agencies, private practice, and Capitol Hill will discuss a variety of careers in administrative law, as well as tips for pursuing internships and jobs in this area of law.
Panelists:
- Jeff Bozman currently serves as counsel to Chairman Adam Smith for the U.S. House Armed Services Committee.
- Tiffany Dawson was appointed in March 2020 by the Secretary of VA, and approved by the President of the United States, as a Veterans Law Judge for the Board of Veterans’ Appeals in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. A
- Blair Thompson was Director and Assistant Clinical Professor of the Robert W. Entenmann Veterans Law Clinic at Hofstra University School of Law from January 2019 until August 2021. U
- Mark Villapando is an associate with King & Spalding’s Special Matters and Government Investigations and Government Contracts practices.
- Charles DiNunzio (moderator) is currently a Judicial Law Clerk to the Senior Judges of the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and formerly Senior Law Clerk to Judge Mary J. Schoelen.
Date: October 6, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Click here for the zoom link
Additional Resources
ABA Directory of Law School Pro Bono and Public Interest Programs
Did you know that the ABA Center for Pro Bono maintains a directory with information on the pro bono and public interest programs at all ABA-accredited law schools? The Directory of Law School Pro Bono and Public Interest Programs is available to both prospective and current law students, law school pro bono professionals, and other pro bono and public service community partners. The Center for Pro Bono needs your help to ensure the accuracy of information in the directory. If you have not submitted updates in the last year, this summer is the perfect time to do so.
ABA Antitrust Mentorship Program
Connection experience practitioners with junior lawyers, economists and students with an interest in antitrust, consumer protection, or privacy law.
Click here to fill out an application to be a mentor mentee.
AttorneyJobsinUSA.com
AttorneyJobsinUSA.com is a website that the Iowa Law Career Services Office has subscribed to so our students and recent graduates can use the site at no cost to you! AttorneyJobsinUSA.com provides attorney jobs, in house counsel jobs and law student jobs around the US. In the daily or weekly email, you will see a snippet of the positions and the number of years’ experience required; look for 0-3 years if you are a graduating 3L, or law student jobs if you are a 1L or 2L. We would also appreciate your feedback since this is a new service for Iowa Law, and want to provide you the best options!
Click Here to access this job site. If you have questions on how to register for the site, please contact Tami Diebel.
BradTraverse Job Board
Username: LawHawks
Password: IowaLaw2021
The Brad Traverse Group listserv publishes internship and post-graduate job opportunities on Capitol Hill and the Washington, DC area.
Click here to access the job board.
Fall 2021 Virtual Drop-In Hours
The Career Services virtual Drop-In will be open Monday-Thursday, from 3:00-5:00 pm and Friday from 9:00-11:00am Central Time. You can access the virtual drop-in hours by clicking here.
Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance Job Portal
The Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (“GIPA”) has launched a new IP Career Portal to help law students, PhD students, science-based students, and IP associates find new positions in the intellectual property practice.Building on our success with the Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair, GIPA seeks to leverage our network of employers and higher education contacts to create a job board and portal that facilitates easy lateral movement among attorneys and patent agents.
Likewise, many job posts will be entry level positions for attorneys and patent agents.
Click here to access the Career Portal.
Intercollegiate Job Bank
The University of Iowa College of Law Office of Career Services participates in the online Intercollegiate Job Bank with over 130 other law schools from across the country. Participating law schools upload newsletters with job listings to this job bank.
The following is the login information with the new password:
https://jobbank.law.byu.edu/
Password: LawJobs2021
Law Crossing
Are you searching for jobs, great articles, and career advice? Make sure to check out LawCrossing FREE for current law school students until April 29, 2022. How To get started:
1. Use this Promotion Code Password from Career Services: law.uiowa.edu_2021
2. Go to https://www.lawcrossing.com/lcoffer.php.
3. Scroll down and enter your law school e-mail address (the one ending in “.edu”) and the Promotion Code Password in the box.
4. You will then receive an e-mail at your law school e-mail address from LawCrossing with an address to copy and paste in your browser to activate your account—just follow the instructions there concerning choosing your user name and password.
5. At that point you will be signed-up and able to use all the features of the site. If you do not receive that e-mail with the link, you may have to check your security settings and make sure that the e-mail is not being treated as SPAM. If you have difficulty signing up or viewing jobs, contact LawCrossing Customer Service by phone at 800-973-1177, M-F between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm PST.
Opportunities in Public Affairs
The latest issue of Opportunities in Public Affairs, with hundreds of sought-after jobs in the Washington, DC area all focused on Jobs in Government Affairs & Policy, Public Relations & Advocacy, Media & Journalism, and Entry Level Jobs & Internships. These jobs are on Capitol Hill, in non-profits, think tanks, institutions, the government and in corporations and professional firms.
Click here to login to the OPA website.
User Id: Finch7772
Password: Finch
The University of Iowa College of Law Resume and Cover Letter Tools
This comprehensive guide contains instructions on resumes, cover letter, writing samples, transcripts, and references.
Please click here to download.
Vermont Law Judicial Clerkship Guide
You may access the guide online at http://www.vermontlaw.edu/careers/judicial-clerkship-guide.
The Username is: Sugar and the Password is: Maple.
Many thanks,
AJ Finch
The University of Iowa College of Law
