{"id":417,"date":"2016-05-10T18:38:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T18:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/?p=417"},"modified":"2016-06-07T20:04:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T20:04:13","slug":"public-sector-corner-may2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/richmondlawcdo\/2016\/05\/10\/public-sector-corner-may2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Sector Corner &#8211; May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Equal JusticeWorks AmeriCorps JD Segal Education Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Equal Justice Works is still accepting applications for students working with\u00a0veterans\u00a0this summer. If you are providing legal services to\u00a0<strong>veterans\u00a0<\/strong>through your summer internship, apply by June 10 for a $1,222 Segal Education Award! You can learn more on the EJW\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/equaljusticeworks.org\/law-school\/americorpsjd?_cldee=dmFsZXJpZS5saGVycm91QHJpY2htb25kLmVkdQ%3d%3d\">website<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/info.equaljusticeworks.org\/summercorps\/login.asp?_cldee=dmFsZXJpZS5saGVycm91QHJpY2htb25kLmVkdQ%3d%3d\">apply<\/a>\u00a0today!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-graduate Fellowships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beginning in the fall, Valerie L\u2019Herrou will hold one or two sessions on applying for post-graduate fellowships for 2Ls and 3Ls.The\u00a0first fellowship deadline for 3Ls will be the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Equal Justice Works 2017 Post-graduate Fellowship, <\/strong>the application for which will open on July 6 and close on September 16, 2016.\u00a0Others, such as the <strong>Presidential Management Fellowship,<\/strong> will be due in October. If you are a 3L planning to apply for a post-graduate fellowship, make an appointment to meet with <a href=\"mailto:valerie.lherrou@richmond.edu\">Valerie L\u2019Herrou<\/a> sometime in May, as project-based fellowships must be secured over the summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disability Rights Advocates Seeks Candidates for Wolinsky Fellowship<\/strong> (September 2017 to September 2019)<\/p>\n<p>With offices in California and New York, Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) is one of the leading nonprofit disability rights legal centers in the nation. DRA provides free legal representation to people with the full spectrum of disabilities in complex, system-change class-action cases. Founded in 1993, DRA has taken on and won hundreds of cases\u2014achieving dramatic improvements for people with disabilities seeking health care, employment, transportation, education, disaster preparedness planning, voting and housing. DRA is seeking a Wolinsky Fellow, whose two-year fellowship would begin in September 2017, who shares the\u00a0vision of creating a society that strives towards justice and fairness for all. For more information on DRA&#8217;s mission and impact visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dralegal.org\">www.dralegal.org<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idealist.org\/view\/job\/8gmMxp8DCJ74\">Click here<\/a> for the job posting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equal JusticeWorks AmeriCorps JD Segal Education Award Equal Justice Works is still accepting applications for students working with\u00a0veterans\u00a0this summer. If you are providing legal services to\u00a0veterans\u00a0through your summer internship, apply by June 10 for a $1,222 Segal Education Award! You can learn more on the EJW\u00a0website\u00a0and\u00a0apply\u00a0today! 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