Due to the devastating effects of the May 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes, Equal Justice Works will be reopening its 2013 Summer Corps class for law students working specifically to assist for the disaster recovery efforts in Oklahoma within a qualifying organization.  Please notify Katrina Mason at kmason@equaljusticeworks.org no later than June 10, 2013 to submit your initial interest. The application process will be expedited and Equal Justice Works expects applicants to start their internship on or before July 1, 2013.   As a reminder,  Summer Corps members will receive a $1,175 education award upon completing 300 hours of service by August 30, 2013 and the necessary criminal background checks.

Please find application details here: http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/law-school/summercorps

Public Interest Law Award
The Iowa Law School Classes of 1987 and 1988 established the Public Interest Law Award to honor and support Iowa Law School graduates who choose to enter the field of public interest law. The award provides annual grants of $500 or more, which will be used to reduce student loans that recipients of the award have accumulated during their legal education.

Public Interest Law Foundation Grant
Up to twenty thousand dollars in grants will be available to be awarded to Iowa Law School seniors (from three to five students) to facilitate their engaging in public interest legal work. The funds for these grants have been made available from private donations through the Iowa Law School Foundation.

If you are interested in immigrants’ rights or looking for a legal pro bono opportunity over the summer, then apply now to work for the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights!  If you would like to apply, please email Dean Linda McGuire at linda-mcguire@uiowa.edu with a statement of interest and your availability (which dates for the summer and how many hours per week). The deadline to apply is May 17, and the chosen candidate will be notified the week of May 21.  Also, students enrolled full time in summer school may count these summer volunteer hours for the Boyd Service Award.

This summer, one law student will be chosen to support the UICHR’s advocacy of immigrants’ rights by working on the Know Your Rights Manual project.  UICHR is developing this manual for detained immigrants so that they will be more informed about and be prepared for the immigration adjudication system, which most go through without the help of an attorney.  The student work will consist of researching fine points of state and federal immigration procedure and editing the final draft of the manual for publication.  The student will also assist with the process of distributing the manual and presenting the information from the manual to immigrants in detention facilities across Iowa.  The student will develop a Know Your Rights presentation that synthesizes key points from the manual in an accessible format.

Qualifications:

• UICHR seeks a student who generally supports UICHR’s mission, has experience or training in immigration law, and possesses strong research and writing skills.
• Spanish language proficiency preferred, but not required.
• The student’s work schedule is flexible, but the fellow will be required to spend at least ten hours a week on this project and to work out of the UICHR office (located in the Old Capitol Mall) for at least six hours per week.
• The student must be available to work a minimum of eight weeks, though not necessarily the whole summer.
• This position is unpaid.