Useful Public Interest Links


Law students who want to pursue careers with public interest organizations will need to conduct comprehensive research in order to find the right job. This section provides a list of useful websites for students searching for public interest jobs.


Law Schools

American University Washington College of Law
http://www.wcl.american.edu/ocs/publicinterest.cfm
 
Boston College Law School
http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/services/career/public/

Columbia University Law School
http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/public_interest

http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/public_interest/career

Duke University School of Law
http://www.law.duke.edu/publicinterest

http://www.law.duke.edu/publicinterest/employment.html

George Washington University Law School
http://www.law.gwu.edu/Resources/Public+Interest
+and+Pro+Bono/Public+Interest+Related+Links.htm

Georgetown University Law Center
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/opics

Harvard Law School
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/public_service.php

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/opia/ details.php?id=home

Santa Clara University School of Law
http://www.scu.edu/law/careers/pirc_links_2.html

Stanford Law School
http://www.law.stanford.edu/programs/pip/

University of Arizona College of Law
http://www.law.arizona.edu/Career/NewWeb/elinks/ publicinterest.htm

University of Michigan Law School
http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/ PublicService/index.htm                           

University of Tennessee College of Law
http://www.law.utk.edu/students/pbpihome.htm

University of Virginia School of Law
http://www.law.virginia.edu/home2002/html/publicserv/publicservice.htm

Villanova University School of Law
http://www.law.villanova.edu/studentservices/ careerstrategy/publicinterest.asp

http://www.law.villanova.edu/experientiallearning/publicinterestprobono/

Yale Law School
http://www.law.yale.edu/outside/html/PI/pi-index.htm

http://www.law.yale.edu/outside/html/PI/ pi-careerservices.htm
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Domestic Organizations

Advancement Project
http://www.advancementproject.org

Alliance for Conflict Transformation
https://www.conflicttransformation.org/

American Bar Association Career Network
http://www.abanet.org/careercounsel/

Clinical Legal Education Association
http://www.cleaweb.org

Coalition on Human Needs
http://www.chn.org

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
http://www.elaw.org

Equal Justice Works
http://www.equaljusticeworks.org

Guidestar
http://www.guidestar.org/classifieds/

Human Rights Resource Center
http://www.hrusa.org

Idealist
http://www.idealist.org

Jobs on the Hill
http://hillzoo.com/?s=offjobs

Just Advocates 
http://www.just-advocates.com

NALP
http://www.nalp.org

NALP Directory of Legal Employers
http://www.nalpdirectory.com

National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/public/joblegis.htm
National Fair Housing Advocate Online
http://www.fairhousing.com

National Legal Aid and Defender Association
http://www.nlada.org

Native American Employment Resource
http://www.law.asu.edu/programs/indian/jobs

Nonprofit Career Network
http://www.nonprofitcareer.com

Opportunity Knocks
http://www.opportunitynocs.org/

Poverty and Race Research Action Council
http://www.prrac.org/index.php

Pro Bono Institute
http://www.probonoinst.org

Pro Bono Net
http://www.probono.net

PSLawNet
http://pslawnet.org

Public Interest Clearinghouse
http://www.pic.org

Roll Call Jobs
http://www.rcjobs.com

Society of American Law Teachers
http://www.saltlaw.org/jobs.htm

United States Department of State
http://www.state.gov/employment

USA Jobs - Government
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov

Vault
http://www.vault.com/cb/careerlib/ careerlib_main.jsp?parrefer=2027



International Organizations

Amnesty International
http://web.amnesty.org/web/links.nsf

Derechos Human Rights
http://www.derechos.org
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Human Rights Internet
http://www.hri.ca

International and Comparative Disability Law Resources
http://www.law.syr.edu/lawlibrary/electronic/ humanrights.asp

International Career Employment Center
http://www.internationaljobs.org

Lawyers Without Borders
http://www.lawyerswithoutborders.org/

Respondanet Worldwide Anti-Corruption
http://www.respondanet.com/english/index.htm

United Nations
http://www.unsystem.org

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
http://www.unctad.org/

Victim Services
http://www.dvsheltertour.org/links.html























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