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PEGGY BROWNING FUND 2016 SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS + 2016-2017 SCHOOL-YEAR FELLOWSHIP [DEADLINE: JAN. 15, 2016]
In 2016, the Peggy Browning Fund plans to support approximately 70 funded Summer Fellowships in labor-related organizations throughout the United States. In 2016-2017, we will support one part-time funded School-Year Fellowship (at the Chicago Newspaper Guild).
Summer Fellowship stipends are a minimum of $5,000 per student for a ten-week employment period. In many cases Mentor Organizations will supplement the stipend. See each individual fellowship description for details. For the part-time 2016-2017 School-Year Fellowship, the total stipend will be $5,000 (based on 15 hours/week, 11 weeks/semester).
Who:
- 2016 Summer Fellowships: Applicant must be a 1L or 2L student in good standing at one of the law schools on our List of Participating Law Schools
- 2016-2017 Chicago School-Year Fellowship: Applicant must be a student in good standing at a participating law school in proximity to the fellowship location and must have completed at least 1 year of law school before the start of the fellowship
Requirements: peggybrowningfund.org/fellowships/for-law-students/application-requirements
Application: Available @ peggybrowningfund.org/fellowships/for-law-students/fellowship-application-form
Complete details: Available @ peggybrowningfund.org/fellowships/for-law-students
Contact: Mary Anne Moffa @ 267.273.7992 or @ mmoffa@peggybrowningfund.org
AFL-CIO LAW STUDENT UNION SUMMER [DEADLINE: JAN. 15, 2016]
Law Student Union Summer (LSUS) is a unique and exciting 10-week internship for law students that combines front-line, labor-related public interest legal work with grassroots organizing in ongoing campaigns by AFL-CIO-affiliated unions throughout the country.
In addition to legal research and writing, LSUS interns are involved in community outreach, member mobilization, corporate and other non-legal research, legislative campaigns and general litigation.
Responsibilities may include interviewing workers and drafting memoranda with factual and legal analysis in connection with presenting evidence to the National Labor Relations Board in unfair labor practice investigations and administrative hearings or to similar state public sector agencies. Labor-related public interest work may be performed in connection with issues that may arise during organizing or contract campaigns, such as: wage and hour violations, discrimination claims, immigration issues, environmental regulatory actions, whistle-blower protections and/or others. Organizing activities, including canvassing, planning and implementing solidarity-building activities and participating in meetings and home visits, are another primary component of the program. Travel may be required; work will vary from placement to placement; students may be based in an organizing office, local union, national union headquarters or law firm.
Who: 1Ls
When: May 31, 2016 – Aug. 5, 2016
Application: Available @ aflcio.org/Get-Involved/Law-Student-Union-Summer/Submit-an-Application
Complete details: Available @ aflcio.org/Get-Involved/Law-Student-Union-Summer
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