Sentences with phrase «public interest careers»

The high cost of education and the burden of student debt prevents many from pursuing and remaining in public interest careers.

Over 1,400 students from over 150 law schools attend for interviews, workshops on public interest careers, networking, resume review, mock interviews, and more.

This event serves as the nation's largest public interest career fair with over 180 nonprofit organizations, government agencies and public interest law firms participating.

Our experts are available for in - person visits to explain how everyone can overcome the burden of student debt and commit to a long - term public interest career.

Encourage students to consider public interest careers, and generally emphasize the value of public service.

Third, law students receive valuable exposure to clients and actual legal problems that prepares many of them for full time public interest careers or other pro bono opportunities during their legal careers.

The high cost of education and the burden of student debt prevents many from pursuing and remaining in public interest careers.

Following up on yesterday's post about whether the cost of law school should prevent people from pursuing public interest careers, Andrew Raff points to an ongoing debate at the Legal Affairs Debate Club over the oddly - phrased question: Abolish the third year of law school?

The Program has two goals: (1) to lessen the degree to which financing the cost of a legal education limits career options, and (2) to encourage graduates to choose public interest careers.

PICD offers pre-scheduled formal interviews for summer and post-graduate positions, informal «table - talk» with representatives of various organizations and panel discussions on public interest career topics.

Every fall, some of the best nonprofit and government employers in the nation convene in Washington, DC for the Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair, the largest public interest career fair in the country.

Saving students lots of money would reduce barriers for them to enter public interest careers, and it could theoretically reduce the cost of legal services for everyone, so it would be good public policy.

Vanderbilt offers students seeking public interest careers — whether in government service, indigent defense, legal aid offices, advocacy organizations, or their own brand of social justice entrepreneurship — expert advice.

Equal Justice Works mobilizes the next generation of lawyers committed to equal justice by breaking down barriers that prevent talented attorneys from pursuing public interest careers.

For more on public interest careers, including pros, cons, salaries, skills, and resources, see this Guide to Public Service Careers.

October 13, 2014 — Public interest career counselors, pro bono program managers, and other public - service career professionals from the law school and employer communities are invited to attend the 2014 NALP / PSJD Public Service Mini-Conference on Thursday, October 23rd at the Washington, DC office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP with additional programming for newcomers and a welcome reception on Wednesday, October 22nd.

Brooklyn Law School was one of the first law schools to enable its graduates to pursue a public interest career by assisting with the burden of their educational debt.

Over 1,200 students from nearly 200 law schools attend for interviews, workshops on public interest careers, job search advice, networking, resume and cover letter review, mock interviews, and more.

NASFAA's proposal to limit the forgiveness graduate and professional students can earn in return for 10 years of dedicated work would erode the law's core purpose of encouraging a wide range of public interest careers.

The path to a public interest career is less defined than more traditional career options and the second edition of Public Interest Legal Careers Guide provides information, advice and resources tailored to helping students develop a public interest career in one complete package.

«The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation has played a critical role in launching the public interest careers of more than 40 young attorneys,» said David Stern, Executive Director of Equal Justice Works.