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JANET D. STEIGER FELLOWSHIP – OFFICE OF THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION [DEADLINE: OCT. 25, 2019]
The American Bar Association’s Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project provides law students the extraordinary opportunity to work in the consumer protection departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General and other consumer protection agencies throughout the United States. The Florida Attorney General’s Office, Department of Legal Affairs, Consumer Protection Division, (“Attorney General’s Office”), has been selected to host a Steiger fellow Summer 2020. The Steiger fellowship, in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office, offers an eight to ten-week paid fellowship with Attorney General’s Office, whose focus is consumer protection.
Since the Program’s inception, 355 law students have served as Steiger Fellows and more than 40 percent of them have continued to devote part of their career to public service. A significant number of Steiger Fellows were hired as assistant attorneys general in the very offices at which they interned as Steiger Fellows.
Additional Information about the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division:
The Florida Attorney General’s Office, Department of Legal Affairs, Consumer Protection Division provides law students who have achieved academic success in law school with strong research skills the opportunity to work collaboratively with a team of attorneys and investigators to prosecute consumer fraud and deceptive/unfair business practices through agency investigations and civil litigation in both state and federal court. Examples of investigations and cases brought by the Division include matters related to tech scams, mortgage relief and foreclosure prevention services, student loan services, charities, education services, contracting services, travel/vacation services, and debt and credit services.
Where: The South Florida Bureau consists of three offices in West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. Candidates will be considered for the Attorney General’s Fort Lauderdale Office.
When: Summer 2020
Requirements:
Submission components: See Job ID# 10276 @ Symplicity
- Send to: ABASteigerFellowship@americanbar.org
Application: Form available @ americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/antitrust_law/awards/steiger/2020-steiger-application-2.pdf
Complete details: Available @
americanbar.org/groups/antitrust_law/awards_fellowships/steiger_fellowship_project/
STATE OF THE NET FELLOWSHIP
Every year the State of the Net Conference happens in late January. Leading up to the conference involves an intense period of time requiring extra hands skilled in policy analysis, event planning and marketing/communications. If you are free to help organize and execute this conference during the months of November, December and/or January, please apply to be a State of the Net Fellow.
SOTN Fellows will have immediate responsibilities including event planning, website and database management, email marketing, content creation, and policy research. Policy interns will communicate directly with key people at the highest levels of Internet policy. It’s a networking-intensive, and rewarding, job. This is a paid position! Responsibilities may include:
- Coordinating with conference speakers on panel topics and themes.
Manage email marketing (iContact/Mailchimp) and organizational database (Salesforce) - Maintain and create content for organizational websites (WordPress)
- Contribute to social media marketing (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, podcasts)
- Outreach to tech policy experts for panels and briefings
- Manage multimedia for events including live-streaming, live-tweeting and photography
- Contribute to communications strategy and media outreach/relations, monitoring press coverage
- Conduct research and brief Executive Director on current tech policy issues and trends
Requirements:
- Prior experience with WordPress, email marketing, and social media marketing is helpful but not required
- Bonus Skills: Salesforce, Adobe Creative Suite, and HTML/CSS
- Quick learning and a sense of humor
Submission components: See Job ID# 10252 @ Symplicity
- Send to: tlordan@neted.org
Complete details: Available @ ilpfoundry.us/job/state-of-the-net-fellowship/
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