Monthly Archives: January 2016

Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 – Employment opportunities update:

This entry was posted in Employment, fellowship, and internship opportunities IP law on January 29, 2016 by lwcareeradmin

For more information and to apply to the opportunities below, please visit Symplicity.

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JANET D. STEIGER FELLOWSHIP [DEADLINE EXTENDED: FEB. 5, 2016]

*FIU LAW – NOTE: Professor Travis has offered to write recommendations for his students applying for this fellowship. You may contact him at travish@fiu.edu.

Who: 1Ls and 2Ls

The Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project provides law students the extraordinary opportunity to work in the in the consumer protection and antitrust departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General throughout the United States, as well as the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs, and the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Protection.

The eight-week paid Fellowships were initiated in 2004 by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, in cooperation with the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), as a consumer protection outreach initiative to introduce law students to the rewards of legal careers in public service.

Each selected student will receive a $6,000 stipend for the summer (administered through the offices of the state/territory attorneys general and subject to certain federal taxes). In the event that a Steiger Fellow is not living at home during their fellowship, there is a possibility that a limited optional travel/housing stipend allowance in an amount yet to be determined may be available.

Complete details and Application: Available @

americanbar.org/groups/antitrust_law/awards_fellowships/steiger_fellowship_project.html

[For full information, check Nov. 19 Blog Post and view at Symplicity Job ID# 5310]

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WRITING COMPETITION update:

This entry was posted in Writing competitions on January 29, 2016 by lwcareeradmin

“GERRYMANDER STANDARD” WRITING COMPETITION [DEADLINE: MAR. 27, 2016]

Topic: Papers that will identify partisan gerrymanders and distinguish them from districts drawn using neutral redistricting principles while developing legal theories or arguments that could be used by courts to declare partisan gerrymanders unconstitutional. This year, we are asking authors to focus specifically on the First Amendment issue in Shapiro v. McManus and Whitford v. Nichol to demonstrate why the drawing of Maryland’s congressional districts or Wisconsin’s Assembly districts is a partisan gerrymander that should be condemned under the First Amendment.

Awards: All will be eligible for publication in an academic journal.