Pre-Approved Externship Directory Government & Public Service Placements PDF
Preview Pre-Approved Externship Directory Government & Public Service Placements
Pre-Approved Externship Directory Government & Public Service Placements The information contained in this Directory is compiled in an effort to provide USC Law students with assistance in applying for clinical externships. To the extent this directory is inaccurate or incomplete, your comments and/or suggestions are encouraged and should be sent to [email protected]. List of Approved Placements Government California Attorney General - Civil Law And Public Rights Division ........................................... 7 California Attorney General - Land Law Section ........................................................................ 7 California Attorney General - Criminal Division .......................................................................... 8 California Department of Fair Employment & Housing – Legal Section ..................................... 9 City Attorney, Glendale ............................................................................................................. 10 City Attorney - Los Angeles – All Civil Units ............................................................................. 11 City Attorney - Los Angeles – Gang Unit .................................................................................. 12 City Attorney - San Francisco ................................................................................................... 13 City of Los Angeles Ethics Commission ................................................................................... 14 District Attorney's Office - Los Angeles County ........................................................................ 15 District Attorney’s Office – Los Angeles County – Hard Gang Division .................................... 16 District Attorney’s Office – Los Angeles County - Major Crimes Division ................................. 17 District Attorney's Office ---Orange County .............................................................................. 18 EPA Region III Office of Regional Counsel .............................................................................. 20 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Federal Section .............................................. 20 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Legal Unit ........................................................ 21 Federal Aviation Administration ................................................................................................ 22 Federal Trade Commission ...................................................................................................... 23 General Counsel, Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District .................................................. 23 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yogoslavia (ICTY) ............................................. 26 Los Angeles County Office of Independent Review ................................................................. 26 National Labor Relations Board, Region 21 ............................................................................. 27 Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, Associate Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions & Products) .... 29 Public Defender – Alternate (Orange County) .......................................................................... 29 Public Defender's Office - Federal ............................................................................................ 30 Public Defender's Office - Los Angeles County ........................................................................ 31 Public Employment Relations Board ........................................................................................ 32 Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) ........................................................... 34 Thousand Oaks City Attorney’s Office ...................................................................................... 34 U.S. Attorney's Office, Department of Justice – Civil Division .................................................. 35 U.S. Attorney's Office - Criminal Division ................................................................................. 36 U.S. Attorney's Office, Santa Ana Branch ................................................................................ 37 U.S. Attorney's Office –Tax Division ........................................................................................ 39 U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration .................................... 39 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ............................................................................. 40 U.S. Small Business Administration ......................................................................................... 41 ii List of Approved Placements Public Service ACLU Foundation of Southern California ................................................................................. 43 ACLU of Nevada ....................................................................................................................... 44 Alliance for Children's Rights .................................................................................................... 45 Anti-Defamation League ........................................................................................................... 42 Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles ................................................................. 46 Bet Tzedek Legal Services ....................................................................................................... 48 California Women's Law Center ............................................................................................... 49 Center for Individual Rights ...................................................................................................... 50 Central American Resource Center / Carecen ......................................................................... 51 Childrens Hospital - Los Angeles - Office Of General Counsel ................................................ 52 Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles ...................................................................................... 53 Coalition to Abolish Slavery And Trafficking ............................................................................. 54 Communities for a Better Environment ..................................................................................... 55 Constitutional Rights Foundation .............................................................................................. 56 Directors Guild Of America ....................................................................................................... 57 Disability Rights California ........................................................................................................ 58 Disability Rights Legal Center ................................................................................................... 59 El Rescate Legal Services ........................................................................................................ 60 Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Catholic Charities Of Los Angeles ................................ 61 Harriett Buhai Center For Family Law ...................................................................................... 62 Housing Rights Center .............................................................................................................. 63 Inner City Law Center ............................................................................................................... 64 It Gets Better Project ................................................................................................................. 65 Lambda Legal Defense And Education Fund, Inc. ................................................................... 66 Learning Rights Law Center ..................................................................................................... 67 Legal Aid Foundation Of Los Angeles ...................................................................................... 68 Legal Aid Foundation Foundation Los Angeles Self-Help Legal Access Center ..................... 69 Legal Aid Society Of Orange County ........................................................................................ 70 Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice .................................................................................. 71 Los Angeles County Bar Assocation – AIDS Legal Services Project ....................................... 72 Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center .......................................................................................... 73 Mental Health Advocacy Services ............................................................................................ 74 Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) ...................................... 75 National Health Law Program ................................................................................................... 76 National Immigration Law Center ............................................................................................. 77 Natural Resources Defense Council ......................................................................................... 78 Neighborhood Legal Services Self-Help Access Centers ........................................................ 79 iii Producer’s Guild Of America (PGA) ......................................................................................... 80 Public Counsel - Public Interest Law Firm (Nonprofit) .............................................................. 81 Public Counsel - Children’s Rights Project ............................................................................... 82 Public Counsel – Community Development Project ................................................................. 82 Public Counsel – Consumer Law Project ................................................................................. 82 Public Counsel – Early Care & Education Law Project ............................................................ 83 Public Counsel – Homelessness Prevention Law Project ........................................................ 83 Public Counsel – Immigrant’s Rights Project ............................................................................ 84 Public Counsel – Appellate Law Program ................................................................................ 84 Public Law Center ..................................................................................................................... 85 Screen Actors Guild .................................................................................................................. 86 SEIU Local 721 ......................................................................................................................... 87 Surfrider Foundation ................................................................................................................. 88 UNITE HERE Local 11 .............................................................................................................. 89 USC Stevens Center for Innovation – Judy Genovese ............................................................ 90 USC Stevens Center for Innovation – Keith Johnson ............................................................... 91 Wage Justice Center ................................................................................................................. 92 Western Center on Law And Poverty ....................................................................................... 93 iv PRE-APPROVED GOVERNMENT PLACEMENTS 5 CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL CIVIL LAW and PUBLIC RIGHTS DIVISION 1300 I Street, Suite 720, Sacramento, CA 95814 CONTACT: To apply, submit a cover letter and resume to the address below. Resumes will be forwarded to the hiring managers, who will contact you directly if they have openings and want to schedule an interview with you. Specify (a) year of school (e.g., 1L, 2L, 3L), (b) area(s) of interest, and (c) city or cities in which you are willing to work. Include a writing sample, e.g., legal brief or law school paper. Recruitment and Retention Unit Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice 1300 I Street, Suite 720 Sacramento, CA 95814 PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Law Division: Tort and Condemnation; Business and Tax; Government; Employment Regulation and Administration; Licensing; Health Quality Enforcement; Health, Education and Welfare; False Claims. Criminal Law Division: Appeals, Writs and Trials; Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse; Correctional Law; Spousal Abuser Prosecution; Special Crimes. Public Rights Division: Natural Resources, Environment, Land, Antitrust, Consumer, Charitable Trusts, Civil Rights Enforcement, Indian and Gaming, Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement, Energy Task Force. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Duties may include research and writing, and vary among divisions and sections. Responsibilities may include drafting briefs, preparing pleadings for trial teams, pleading for federal court, drafting concise synopses of facts and holdings. Legal externs may provide office support to the Deputy Attorneys General and assist them with their workload. CONDITIONS/COMMENTS Minimum Hours: Criminal Law Division: 2 to 3 full days during the Spring/Fall; 40 hours per week during the summer Other Divisions: Flexible, but prefer 2 to 3 days per week. Course Prerequisites: None Open to: Preference for second and third year students Application Deadlines: Apply ASAP for both fall and spring 6 CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL LAND LAW SECTION 300 South Spring Street, Suite #1702, Los Angeles, CA 90013 SUPERVISING ATTORNEY: Laurie Pearlman Phone: (213) 897-2610 Fax: (213) 897-2801 Email: [email protected] PRACTICE AREAS: Environmental and land use law. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: General litigation and administrative practice; preparation of memoranda, briefs, pleadings, discovery; attendance at court hearings, meetings; negotiations. CONDITIONS/COMMENTS: Minimum Hours: 16 hours per week during school year; full-time summer Course Prerequisites: None; but course in environmental law preferred Open to: Second and third year students Application Deadlines: None Application Procedures: Send resume, transcript (unofficial OK), and writing sample to Laurie Pearlman at the above address. 7 CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL CRIMINAL DIVISION - Los Angeles 300 South Spring Street, Suite #1702, Los Angeles, CA 90013 SUPERVISING ATTORNEY: Marc Kohm Phone: 213-897-2056 Fax: 213-897-6496 E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://oag.ca.gov/ PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal appeals. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Description of work: All clerks will draft appellate briefs focusing on criminal law, constitutional law, and evidentiary issues. Certified clerks will also appear at oral argument in the California Court of Appeal. CONDITIONS/COMMENTS: Minimum Hours: Two (2) days per week for Fall and Spring; Full- time for summer. Course Prerequisites: Require Criminal Law and Evidence; Prefer Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Legal Research and Writing to also have been taken. Open to: Second and third year students. Application Deadlines: For fall and spring semesters no formal deadlines, However, students should apply as early as possible, and at least four weeks before the academic semester desired for credit. For full-time summer positions deadline is usually 1st week of February. Application Procedures: Applicants should send a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and grade point information. Applications should be emailed to Marc Kohm. Other: Preference for strong skills in legal writing and analysis. 8 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT & HOUSING (DFEH) LEGAL SECTION 611 West Sixth Street, Ste. 2850, Los Angeles, CA 90071 CONTACT: Lilian Y. Tabe Phone: (213) 439-6751 Fax: (213) 439-6754 Website: www.dfeh.ca.gov PRACTICE AREAS: Employment and housing discrimination; civil rights enforcement DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Case investigation; research and writing; assisting in administrative hearings; and preparing cases for Superior Court proceedings. CONDITIONS/COMMENTS Minimum Hours: 16 hours/week Course Prerequisites: Constitutional Law and Evidence Open to: Preference for second and third year students Application Deadlines: None Application Procedures: Send or fax resume and cover letter to contact listed above. 9 CITY ATTORNEY, GLENDALE 613 East Broadway, Suite 220, Glendale, CA 91206 SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY: Lucy Vartetran Phone: (818) 548-2080 Email: [email protected] WEBSITE: http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/city-attorney/default.aspx PRACTICE AREAS: Municipal code enforcement, eminent domain, municipal law, transactional work, tort and civil rights defense DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Assist attorneys in performing transactional work such as providing legal advice and drafting and reviewing legal documents. Research and draft pleadings; opinion memoranda and ordinances; handle code enforcement court; provide advice on municipal affairs; and accompany lawyers to court and/or depositions. CONDITIONS/COMMENTS: Minimum Hours: Varies with student schedule; consistent with University requirements Course Prerequisites: State Bar certification is recommended Open to: All students who have completed their first year. Application Deadlines: Year round Application Procedures: Send cover letter and resume to: Office of City Attorney 613 East Broadway, Suite 220 Glendale, CA 91206-4394 10
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