The Program is a paid educational and practical experience in governmental departments and agencies, and with the Governor s cabinet, trains future leaders for public service careers. The Office of the General Counsel of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development seeks applications from qualified third year students and graduating students from its 2000-2001 Legal Honors Intern Program. Interns work for a year at one of HUD s many Washington divisions or at one of its field offices as paid professionals dealing with the legal and policy aspects of the nation s housing programs. Qualified second year students should submit resumes to Career Services by January 21, 2000. Third year students and graduates are encouraged to apply for these salaried two year public interest fellowship conducted out of Bet Tzedek s San Fernando Valley based Valley Rights Project.
Fellows receive training in civil law affecting the elderly, the disabled and the indigent.
Applications are due Jan. 10, 2000. Details in Career Services. The ABA Section on Business Law seeks submissions from law students for the 1999-2000 Mendes Hershman Writing Contest. First place also receives a paid trip to the ABA Annual Meeting in New York. Deadline is February 1, 2000.