The Career Development and Alumni Services Office is committed
to helping our students and graduates achieve their public
interest employment goals through externships, summer jobs
and permanent employment. To meet this commitment, CDAS
has numerous binders and reference resources devoted to
public interest opportunities, including fellowship and
grant opportunities. Those interested in public interest
employment should also contact the officers of the Association
of Public Interest Law ("APIL") at the School
of Law and take advantage of materials and events offered
by Equal Justice Works ("EJW"), formerly known
as the National Association for Public Interest Law ("NAPIL").
In addition to APIL, EJW, and the resources contained in
the CDAS office, the following websites may assist you in
finding public interest opportunities that meet your individual
commitments:
University
of Michigan Law School:
Michigan Law School's Public Service JobNet On-line Database.
You can search by location, practice area, job eligibility,
or job type.
The Equal Justice
Network:
This is the website of the Project for the Future of Equal
Justice. It lists jobs related to providing civil legal
assistance to low-income clients.
PSLawNet:
This is an on-line database that contains comprehensive
information on summer, part-time, and post-graduate employment
opportunities and popular fellowship programs. This
site is password protected. George Mason students
may obtain access to the site by contacting CDAS.
National
and Federal Legal Employment Report:
This site is entitled "Legal Career Center"
and is maintained by West Group. It contains selected
listings of permanent job openings by state, including
clerkship information. This site also contains numerous
publications with informative information about employers.
Equal Justice Works:
Lists public interest job opportunities, internships and
fellowships.
Good Works:
This site is based on Good Works: A Guide to Social Change
Careers, a directory of U.S.-based social change organizations.
Within the site is a collection of current openings within
such organizations (legal and non-legal), searchable by
state.
United Nations:
Links to most of the constituent UN organizations. Many
organizations list their own vacancies, while still others
are listed under the international civil service.
Fedworld
& OPM:
Federal government job listings and library databases.
Note that some agencies (such as the Department of Justice,
use their own website to post jobs. Fedworld provides
some links to these agencies' websites.
U.S. Department of State:
Listing of jobs with the Foreign Service, information
about taking the Foreign Service Written Examination,
Internships, and the Presidential Management Intern Program.
Hieros
Gamos:
Billed as a "comprehensive guide to the legal profession,"
Hieros Gamos provides links to numerous sources of legal
employment through the Internet, including legal recruiters
and graduate study outside of the United States.
Careerbuilder
& Lawyers Weekly
Classified:
These sites, and many others, host classified ads for
local and national jobs. Access to classified ads from
major metropolitan newspapers including the New York Times,
the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Some positions
offered are for public interest legal assistance.
Harvard
University Office of Public Interest Advising:
This site has specialty career guides online for practice
areas such as Public Defender's programs, service opportunities
in Gay Rights, Women's Rights, etc., which are helpful
general guides for someone beginning a job search.
National Fair Housing
Advocate:
This page lists positions for housing advocates and attorneys
with organizations nationwide.
