Public Works

Careers in Administrative Law

By YARED GETACHEW

Please join the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Career Services Office, and the Public Service Center for a program on Careers in Administrative Law. The event will feature representatives (see below) from federal and state agencies and law firms, who will give an overview of career paths and opportunities available within administrative law. At the conclusion of the program, time will be allotted for students to speak individually with these representatives. Students considering internships or careers in administrative law are highly encouraged to attend. A light breakfast will be served for all attendees

Caplin Pavilion
Friday, April 8
8:30am-10:45am

If you are interested in attending this program, you must RSVP to publicservicelaw@virginia.edu by Tuesday, April 5. After the jump - list of confirmed speakers.

Skadden Fellowship's Susan Butler Plum with Chinh Q. Le '00

By YARED GETACHEW

Please join the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center and Professor Anne Coughlin for a presentation on the Skadden Fellowship on Thursday, March 24, at 2:00pm, in Caplin Pavilion.

The event will feature the fellowship's founding director Susan Butler Plum.  Also joining her will be former Skadden Fellow and one of the most respected civil rights leaders of his generation, Chinh Q. Le '00.  Mr. Le is currently Director of the New Jersey Civil Rights Division and will be addressing Professor Coughlin's Law & Public Service class immediately before this event.

Described as "a legal Peace Corps" by the Los Angeles Times, the Skadden Fellowship program was established by the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom in 1988 in recognition of the need for greater funding for graduating law students who wish to devote their professional lives to providing legal services to the poor (including the working poor), the elderly, the homeless and the disabled, as well as those deprived of their civil or human rights. The aim of the foundation is to give Fellows the freedom to pursue public interest work; thus, the Fellows create their own projects at public interest organizations with at least two lawyers on staff.

Over the last 20 years, the Skadden Fellowship program has funded more than 600 outstanding law school graduates and judicial clerks to work full-time for legal and advocacy organizations. Since the program’s inception, almost 90 percent of the Fellows have remained in public interest or public sector work after finishing their fellowships.

Skadden Fellowships are awarded for two years. Skadden provides each Fellow with a salary and pays all fringe benefits to which an employee of the sponsoring organization would be entitled. For those Fellows not covered by a law school low income protection plan, the firm will pay a Fellow's law school debt service for the tuition part of the loan for the duration of the fellowship.

The Skadden Fellowship Program is one of the most competitive and prestigious public interest fellowship programs in the country. In December, 3L Jeree Harris's profound public interest and academic accomplishments were recognized with the award of a Skadden Fellowship, and numerous Virginia Law alumni have participated in the program.  (For additional information on a few of our current and former fellows, please follow the following links: Amy Saltzman, Rebecca Vallas, Matt Van Wormer, Dania Davy, Michael Hollander.

All classes are invited to the presentation. However, 2Ls and 3Ls (who will be clerking for judges next year) and considering applying for project-based fellowships are highly encouraged to attend.