2019-2020 PSJD Pro Bono Publico Award Winner & Merit Distinction Finalist...
We are pleased to announce that the 2019-2020 PSJD Pro Bono Publico Award Winner is Leslie Alvarez, a 3L at St. Mary’s University School of Law. NALP confers this honor each year to a law student whose...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – May 15, 2020
Hello there, interested public! The news continues to pour in, shaking the windows and rattling the walls. Major stories this week include student loans, in which the Democratic caucus released a debt...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – May 29, 2020
Interested public. No words today, Sam In Geneva, “UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet…condemned the killing of George Floyd, an African American man whose death in police custody...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – June 5, 2020
Interested public. I compile this digest each week (well, most weeks) to bring you public interest law news. This week, the news is that public protests and the forces of the law are in perilous...
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The Organization A Better Balance is a national legal advocacy organization promoting fairness in the workplace to help workers take care of themselves and their families without sacrificing their...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – June 12, 2020
Interested public. Major stories this week follow on the heels of last week’s events–many of which are ongoing. In particular, Public Defenders across the United States marched for racial justice this...
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The Organization Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a national organization that advocates for the rights of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children. Employees and partners of KIND recognize that the...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – June 19, 2020
Interested public. Hope today goes well for you, wherever you are. Big stories this week include two decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court: the 1964 civil rights act protects gay, lesbian, and...
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Project-Based Fellowships The summer is the best time to begin searching for project-based fellowship opportunities. Project-based fellowships provide recent graduates with the chance to design a...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – July 2, 2020
Interested public. The digest is back this week with another bursting edition; thanks for bearing with me. Chicago Law published a new study on human rights violations in use-of-force regulations for...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – July 10, 2020
Interested public. Interesting times continue to lay news on thickly–especially concerning criminal justice reform. Other blockbuster stories this week include new rules from the Trump Administration...
View ArticleJobs’o’th’Week (Internship Edition)
From now on, we’re changing things up with this series! In an effort to highlight more opportunities, we will be briefly mentioning several new opportunities on PSJD. Each week, the positions...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – July 17, 2020
Interested public. The news continues to lie thickly around us, particularly in the areas of justice reform and the debate around how to responsibly reopen physical courts. There’s a lot of material...
View ArticleJobs’o’th’Week (COVID-19 Edition)
As a result of COVID-19, there is an increased need for services related to health, public benefits, and housing. To address these needs, this week’s edition highlights attorney positions with civil...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – July 31, 2020
Interested public. No time for a summary this week; apologies. Major stories are summarized below. Hope this message finds you well. Take care of one another, Sam Editor’s Choice(s) At the annual...
View ArticleJobs’o’th’Week (Fellowship Edition)
Hello jobseekers! This week we’re featuring post-grad fellowship opportunities focusing on racial justice issues in various legal areas including education, employer, civil rights, prisoners’ rights,...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – August 7, 2020
Interested public. Another behemoth digest this week. Major stories include the growing chorus of concern about a coming wave of evictions, weighty deliberations at the ABA (see Editor’s Choices). Take...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – August 14, 2020
Interested public. Another behemoth digest this week. Major stories include new research from the Center for American Progress & the American Bar Association and a new executive order extending the...
View ArticleJob’o’th’Week (Internship Edition)
Yesterday, we revealed a new section of our Resource Center titled “Fighting Racism” to help jobseekers more easily locate jobs, internships, and pro bono opportunities to support the work of civil...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – August 21, 2020
Interested public. Much news again this week, a pattern that seems unlikely to slacken anytime soon. Dozens of nonprofits weighed in on the debate about diploma privilege, while the Bexar County DA...
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