While the financial benefits are modest, the professional and personal rewards of working for equal justice in America are enormous. Many attorneys who have begun their careers in national service have described it as the most crucial experience in their career path, both in terms of strengthening their commitment to public interest law and in leading them to exciting opportunities after completing their service. Take a moment to think about the tremendous impact you could have on one of the nation's many communities in need. The following are national programs providing summer and post-graduate opportunities for law students and attorneys to gain valuable public interest law experience while serving communities in need. The NSLC, the largest national legal program of its kind in the AmeriCorps network, puts new attorneys into service alongside community educators, social workers and paralegals at legal services offices nationwide.
Members focus their service on the issue areas of domestic violence and housing and homelessness.
The members expand legal services for vulnerable populations, promote community economic development, as well as prepare for careers in public interest law. The NSLC program includes 11 legal services project sites with 52 year-round members. The Summer Corps joins 150 law students at public interest organizations across the country in a common purpose - to expand service delivery to those who need it most. Summer Corps members serve during the summer at the public interest organization of their choice, providing direct services in a broad range of issue areas to low-income clients. Legal Corps Program Focus Participants provide direct legal services and outreach and education to low-income individuals and communities.