Job Title: Summer 2008 Legal Internship
Job Type:
Date Posted: 05/13/2008
Organization: ASPCA
URL: www.aspca.org
Contact: Legal Department
424 East 92nd Street
New York, NY, 10128
Fax: (212) 860-3560
Email: legal@aspca.org
Job Description:
The Legal Department of the ASPCA serves as in-house counsel for the organization, dealing with a variety of areas of law and the enforcement of animal cruelty laws by facilitating the prosecution of abuse and neglect cases locally through the ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement Division and nationally by supporting prosecutors and judges in other jurisdictions.
Legal Internships are unpaid; however, students can receive credits toward graduation or work study pay from their law schools and are encouraged to work this out with their schools. The activities and responsibilities of the legal intern will include, but will not be limited to, state and federal research, drafting memos, due diligence, intellectual property policing of the ASPCA’s trademarks, and working directly with internal business clients.
Qualifications:
The hours for the Summer internship are full-time. Candidates should be first or second year law school students, and must have access to Westlaw and/or LexisNexis.
To Apply:
Please send by mail, fax or email a cover letter, resume and writing sample to: ASPCA, 424 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128, Attn: Legal Department, Fax No. (212) 860-3560, Email: legal@aspca.org. Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.
Job Title: Legal Internship at The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
Job Type:
Date Posted: 04/08/2008
Organization: Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
Job Description:
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently released the report “Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and A Strategy.” (A prepublication version of that report is attached to this email.) The report states that EPA should transition from its animal-based toxicity testing to a testing strategy that uses in-vitro, computational and other non-animal techniques. The report thus lays out a bold but achievable challenge for transforming toxicity testing at EPA. We believe that it also demonstrates that in-vitro (alternatives) science is the science of the future.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (JHU CAAT) is interested in advancing the implementation of this bold vision. To best understand (and confront) any gaps or roadblocks, we believe that the federal legal and policy institutions that influence humane science need to be examined. In particular, the federal laws, regulations and policies that impact toxicity testing require a thoughtful review and analysis. These include, but are not limited to, the Animal Welfare Act, the ICCVAM Act of 2000, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and the Food Quality Protection Act.
PROJECT: JHU CAAT would like to hire a law student intern to research issues associated with the implementation of the NAS report. I am in the process of preparing a law review article on this topic, and the research would contribute to this article. It is very possible that a student could write a note based on this work. In addition, JHU CAAT is organizing a series of visits to Capitol Hill to educate policy makers about the NAS report and its findings. It is possible that a student intern could assist us in research related to such visits.
TIMING & LOGISTICS: Ideally, Dr. Locke would like to begin working with a law student sometime between May 15th and June 1st and finish the research by the second week in August. While there are office space and facilities for an on-site student intern, it is not necessary for the student to physically be in Baltimore this entire time. It is possible that some research could be conducted off-site. Students will have to have full access to LEXIS and WESTLAW legal database services (which we cannot provide).
Please direct questions about this position to:
Paul A. Locke, JD, DrPH
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 North Wolfe Street, W7032G
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
(410) 502-2525 (office)
(410) 955-0617 (fax)
plocke@jhsph.edu
To apply for this position, email (preferred method), mail, or fax a cover letter, copy of your current resume, current academic transcript (unofficial is okay), and two letters of recommendation to:
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Attn: Nicole Pallotta
170 E. Cotati Ave.
Cotati, CA 94931
(707) 795-7280 (fax)
npallotta@aldf.org
Job Title: Fall 2008 Law Clerk
Job Type:
Date Posted: 03/19/2008
Organization: Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal
URL: http://www.meyerglitz.com/jobopportunities.html
Contact: Delcianna Winders
1601 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, DC, 20009-1035
Job Description:
Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal is a Washington, D.C.-based public interest law firm dedicated to providing high quality legal services and advocacy for non-profit organizations at below-market rates or on a statutory fee basis. We specialize in federal and state court litigation on a wide range of public interest issues, including: Wildlife and Animal Protection; Environment and Safe Energy; and Open Government Laws (FOIA).
We are currently seeking 2L or 3L Law Clerks for the 2008 fall semester, either full- or parttime. Law Clerks assist with all aspects of litigation and, depending on the firm’s case load, will likely have the opportunity to work on a range of issues, including animal welfare, environmental protection, and open government.
Law Clerks typically arrange for public interest funding, or alternatively, class credit. Those Law Clerks with only partial or no funding may be compensated on a public interest pay scale commensurate with the nature of our practice.
Excellent research, writing, and analytical skills are required. Environmental and/or animal law background is preferable, although not required.
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, transcript, three references, and a short writing sample to: Delcianna Winders, Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, 1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20009-1035. If you would like confirmation that your application has been received, please include a self-addressed stamped post card. Please do not submit applications via email.
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