Please join the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center for a brown bag presentation with Tom Wornom ('83) from the New York County District Attorney's Office on September 24, 2010, 12:00-1:00PM in SL258.
Tom Wornom is Chief of Special Prosecutions and will discuss the day-to-day work of Manhattan district attorneys and will offer advice on how students should apply and prepare for internship and permanent positions in Manhattan and with other boroughs in NYC.
Please join the Office of Judicial Clerkships and the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center for a brown bag presentation featuring James Ridgway '97 of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on September 6, at 5:00 - 6:00pm in SL258. Mr. Ridgway will introduce students to the field of veterans law and offer extensive information on internships and careers with major veterans service organizations, including the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Mr. Ridgway is Chief of Staff to Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. of the veterans claims court. He graduated Order of the Coif from the Law School and prior to his appointment clerked for then-associate Judge Kenneth B. Kramer of the CAVC from 1997 to 1999. Between his two periods of service with the court, Mr. Ridgway was an Assistant State's Attorney in Chicago where he was a trial attorney in Child Abuse and Neglect and Juvenile Delinquency courtrooms. While in Chicago, he also taught Appellate Advocacy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
This session is open to ALL students. Pizza provided to those who confirm by September 3 at publicservicelaw@virginia.edu (simply indicate "veterans affairs confirm" in subject line) [deadline passed].
Please join the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center for a brown bag presentation with the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday, August 24, at 12:30 PM in SL 298. Our guest is alumna Susan Sawtelle '81, Managing Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel (OGC).
The GAO, an independent, non-ideological, and non-partisan organization, conducts fact-based investigation on how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. OGC attorneys assist Congress, federal agencies, and GAO analysts in interpreting laws that govern the expenditure of public funds and the myriad programs and activities. See here for a collection of reports and testimonies in selected topics. For a brief introduction to the mission and work of the agency, please see the video below.
Students interested in learning about summer internship and entry-level legal honors programs at the OGC are encouraged to attend. Pizza will be provided.
It's always a pleasure to welcome Susan to North Grounds and we look forward to her presentation next week.
The EJW Conference and Career Fair, the largest annual gathering of public interest and government employers in the nation, will be held this year Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23, in Bethesda, Maryland. More than 150 public service/interest employers will be available to conduct prescheduled interviews for hundreds of internship and permanent positions throughout the country.
The conference sessions will provide a venue where participants can learn about various careers in the public interest. Table Talk sessions provide an informal opportunity for law students to introduce themselves to participating employers and possibly to conduct impromptu interviews. For additional information about the conference and career fair, please see the 2009 program book and the list of employers who participated here.
After the jump: (1) information for Virginia Law students on how to participate in the Conference and Career Fair; (2) information on how 1Ls (Class of 2013) may participate in this event.
The General Counsel (OGC) Honors Program is the cornerstone for entry-level attorney hiring by the Department of Homeland Security. The office also offers a Summer Law Intern Program for positions in the office's headquarters. OGC attorneys play major roles in crafting, developing, and defending policies relating to many important issues facing the nation today, including counterterrorism, immigration, border security, emergency response and recovery, and countless other matters.
On September 2, 2010, 5:00-6:00PM in SL258, the OGC will offer a presentation on the Honors and Summer Law Intern Programs. Information on how to apply to both programs is available on Symplicity. The application window for both is between August 16 - October 15, 2010 (updated deadline. For assistance with your application, please contact the PSC.
The latest edition of UVA Lawyer-- Guarding the Gates - features some of our alumni (click on images to the right) at the DHS (view UVA Lawyer in magazine format; in PDF). To learn about careers at the DHS, go here. I once attempted a survey on legal careers in national security law. Good luck with your application.
Equal Justice Works just announced an upcoming webinar that will address important aspects of public service loan forgiveness including: (1) how to qualify for public service loan forgiveness, (2) how the new Income-Based Repayment plan works, and (3) how to determine how much you can benefit.
Wednesday, August 18, 12:00 -1:30PM - Getting your student loans forgiven: How government and nonprofit employees can earn public service loan forgiveness. Space is limited - participants are required to register here.
The presenter is Heather Jarvis, Senior Program Manager at EJW. An attorney, Jarvis is a leading national expert on public service loan forgiveness.
Information on the Virginia Loan Forgiveness Program is available here (Office of Financial Aid).
PLEASE NOTE: The posting below on the PMF nomination process is tailored specifically to Virginia Law students. The Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center will only nominate students of the Law School.
The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program is a prestigious federal government fellowship sponsored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for graduate students from various academic disciplines, including law, who expect to graduate during in the 2010-2011 academic year, and who seek a two-year paid fellowship with one or more federal government agencies. The application period will open on October 1 and ends on October 15, 2010. Students who apply to this program should read this posting in its entirety after the jump to learn about the Law School's nomination process. I also encourage potential applicants to read program details and overview of the application process on the PMF site here.
I hope the calendar we posted last week for 3Ls and 2Ls on the Center's Employment Resources page is helpful and allows a bird's eye view of upcoming application timelines/deadlines for numerous opportunities in the public interest. You may have noted that some of the dates we provided include application periods for 2009. As I indicated, to the extent employers provide information for the 2010-11 hiring cycle, we will include this information in an updated calendar next month.
Until then, for government honors and internship positions, please continue to independently check the Government Honors & Internship Guide. Here's another excellent research tool: Google's search engine for federal government jobs - www.google.com/unclesam. Once you get there, a keyword search by "Attorney Honors Programs" (without quotes) will return numerous entry-level honors programs for attorneys across a wide range of federal agencies. Please take advantage of this helpful resource.
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