2008 Summer Law Clerk Positions - MPLP
Job Type: Law StudentMichigan Poverty Law Program
2008 Summer Law Clerk Positions
The Michigan Poverty Law Program (MPLP) has openings for summer law clerks.
MPLP is a joint project of Legal Services of South Central Michigan (LSSCM) and the University of Michigan Law School (UMLS). MPLP provides state support services to legal services programs and other poverty law advocates throughout Michigan. These services include case consultation and other case assistance, staffing the state substantive law task forces, planning and managing statewide trainings, etc. For more information on the Michigan Poverty Law Program, visit our website at: http://www.mplp.org/
Job Description: Legal research and writing, legislative tracking and analysis and some individual case practice in poverty law (housing, public benefits, consumer, elder and family law).
Qualifications: Law students, preferably with one year of law school completed. It is helpful if the student has experience working with low-income persons. All applicants are encouraged to apply, especially minorities, women and disabled persons. All applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for stipends at their schools and/or fellowships such as Student Funded Fellowships and Equal Justice America Legal Services Fellowships. Please note that the application deadline for the Equal Justice America Fellowship is March 24.
If interested in a summer law clerk position with MPLP, please send (via regular mail or e-mail) a cover letter and resume to:
Lorray Brown, Managing Attorney
Michigan Poverty Law Program
611 Church Street, Suite 4A
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 998-6100 ext. 32
(734) 998-9125 (fax)
lorrayb@umich.edu
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URL: Date Posted: 2008/02/13
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