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Public Interest/Public Sector Day Public Interest Law Certificate Develop a Public Interest Career Finance a Public Interest Career
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"In engaging in public service, law students are awakened to the sense of personal --Justice Sandra Day O'Connor |
PI/PS DAY What it is: The Northern California Consortium of Law Schools' policy requires that employers use Formal Interviews as a formal step in their hiring processes and that informational or optional interviews be reserved for the Meet the Advocates portion of PI/PS Day. Participating employers at PI/PS Day must have at least one paid, licensed attorney on staff who is willing and able to supervise the students.
Additionally, the bulk of the work performed by law students and entry level attorneys must be of a substantive legal nature. When: Why: PI/PS Day consists of: 1. Formal Interviews: Organizations conduct formal, pre-screened interviews at PI/PS Day for paid, work-study or volunteer positions. These interviews are open only to students at the nine sponsoring schools. 2. Meet the Advocates: During Meet the Advocates, representatives from various organizations and agencies sit at tables and students circulate and speak with them informally. Students do not need to make any advance arrangements with individual organizations for these sessions. Meet the Advocates is an excellent chance to learn about the work done by a large number of organizations and to explore opportunities with them. Each year, many students attending the MTA sessions are offered interviews after PI/PS Day – and these often result in jobs. MTA is from 9:30am - 1pm. Students Click here to download general instructions for using the online system. If you have not received a username and password via e-mail, please contact pipsday[at]pic.org or your school's career services department. To log into the online system, click here. Employers Click here to access full instructions for registering organizations. For more information, please email PIPSDay [at] pic.org. Click here to submit a request to become a participating organization at the 2009 event.
Employers scheduled to attend the 2009 event: Formal Interviews AIDS Legal Referral Panel* ( San Francisco)
Asian Law Alliance ( San Jose, CA) Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach* ( San Francisco and Oakland, CA) Asylum Access ( San Francisco, Quito, Bangkok, Kigoma) Bay Area Legal Aid* ( Oakland, California) Bet Tzedek Legal Services* ( Los Angeles, CA) Brayton Purcell LLP ( Novato, California) California Appellate Project* ( San Francisco, California) California Coastal Commission* ( San Francisco, CA) California Franchise Tax Board* ( Sacramento, CA) Capital Appeals Project* ( New Orleans, LA) Center for Biological Diversity* ( San Francisco, CA) Center for Food Safety ( San Francisco, CA) Center for WorkLife Law ( San Francisco, CA) Child Care Law Center ( San Francisco) Children's Law Center of Los Angeles ( Monterey Park, CA) City & County of San Francisco Human Rights Commission* ( San Francisco, CA) Communities for a Better Environment ( Oakland, CA) Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto ( East Palo Alto, CA) Consumers Union* ( San Francisco, CA) Contra Costa County Office of Public Defender* ( Martinez and Richmond) Disability Rights California ( Oakland, California) Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc. (Berkeley, Ca) Disability Rights Legal Center* ( Los Angeles, California) DNA People's Legal Services, Inc.* (Window Rock, ARIZONA) Drug Policy Alliance, Office of Legal Affairs ( Berkeley, CA) East Bay Community Law Center* ( Berkeley, CA) Environmental Law Foundation* ( Oakland, CA) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission* ( San Francisco, CA) Equal Rights Advocates* ( San Francisco, CA) Eviction Defense Collaborative* ( San Francisco, CA) Fair Housing Law Project (Law Foundation of Silicon Valley) ( San Jose, CA) Family Law Facilitator/ Self-Help Center, San Mateo Superior Court* ( SAN MATEO COUNTY) Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.* ( San Diego, CA) Federal Trade Commission ( Washington, DC) Greenlining Institute* ( Berkeley, CA) HomeBase ( San Francisco, CA) Homeless Action Center* (Berkeley and Oakland, CA) Justice Now* ( Oakland, CA) Kazan, McClain, Lyons, Greenwood & Harley ( Oakland, CA) La Raza Centro Legal* ( San Francisco, CA) Law Foundation of Silicon Valley ( San Jose, CA) Legal Advocates for Children and Youth ( San Jose, CA) Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles* ( Los Angeles, CA) Legal Aid of Marin* ( San Rafael) Legal Aid Society- Employment Law Center* ( San Francisco, CA) Legal Assistance for Seniors* ( Oakland, California) Legal Community Against Violence ( San Francisco, CA) Legal Services for Children* ( San Francisco) Legal Services for Prisoners with Children* ( San Francisco, CA) Legal Services of Northern California* ( Sacramento, California) Los Angeles Public Defender's Office* National Center for Lesbian Rights ( San Francisco, CA) National Center for Youth Law ( Oakland, CA) National Housing Law Project* ( Oakland, CA) National Labor Relations Board Region 20* ( San Francisco, CA) National Labor Relations Board, Region 32 ( Oakland, California) Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County ( Pacoima, California) Office of the General Counsel - Department of Health & Human Services* ( san francisco) Office of the State Public Defender* ( San Francisco CA) Prison Law Office* ( Berkeley, CA) Public Advocates* ( San Francisco, CA) Public Counsel Law Center ( Los Angeles) Public Health Law & Policy ( Oakland, CA) Public Interest Law Firm* ( San Jose, CA) Public Interest Law Project* ( Oakland, CA) Sacramento County Public Defender's Office* ( Sacramento, California) San Mateo County, County Counsel ( Redwood City, CA) Santa Clara District Attorney's Office* ( San Jose) Ssn Diego County Office of the Public Defender ( San Diego CA) State Bar of California/Office of the Chief Trial Counsel ( San Francisco) Superior Court of California, Alameda County* ( Oakland, CA) The Watsonville Law Center ( Watsonville, California) Tri-Valley CAREs ( Livermore, CA) U.S. Department of Justice - Environment & Natural Resources Div ( San Francisco, CA) U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges ( San Francisco, CA) U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges ( San Francisco, CA) UC San Francisco, Industry Contracts* ( 185 Berry Street, San Francisco, CA) United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps* (Worldwide) United States Department of Labor ( San Francisco, California) US Department of Justice Environmental Enforcement Section ( Washington, D.C.) USDA Office of the General Counsel* ( San Francisco, CA) Volunteer Legal Services Program's Homeless Advocacy Project* ( San Francisco, CA) Youth Law Center* ( San Francisco, CA)
Meet the Advocates (*) ACCESS Center* ( San Francisco) AFL - CIO* AIDS Legal Referral Panel* ( San Francisco) Alameda County Public Defender's Office ( Oakland CA) * Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach* ( San Francisco and Oakland, CA) Bay Area Legal Aid* ( Oakland, California) Bet Tzedek Legal Services* ( Los Angeles, CA) California Appellate Project* ( San Francisco, California) California Department of Justice; Office of the Attorney General* ( Sacramento, CA) California Employment Lawyers Association* (Encino) California Franchise Tax Board* ( Sacramento, CA) California Public Utilities Commission* ( San Francisco, CA) California Rural Legal Assistance Inc.* ( San Francisco, CA) Capital Appeals Project* ( New Orleans, LA) Center for Biological Diversity* ( San Francisco, CA) Centro Legal de la Raza* ( Oakland, CA) City & County of San Francisco Human Rights Commission* ( San Francisco, CA) Consumers Union* ( San Francisco, CA) Contra Costa County Office of Public Defender* ( Martinez and Richmond) Davis , Cowell & Bowe LLP* ( San Francisco) Disability Rights Legal Center* ( Los Angeles, California) DNA People's Legal Services, Inc.* (Window Rock, ARIZONA) East Bay Community Law Center* ( Berkeley, CA) Environmental Law Foundation* ( Oakland, CA) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission* ( San Francisco, CA) Equal Rights Advocates* ( San Francisco, CA) Eviction Defense Collaborative* ( San Francisco, CA) Family Law Facilitator/ Self-Help Center, San Mateo Superior Court* ( SAN MATEO COUNTY) Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.* ( San Diego, CA) Federal Public Defender's Office* (Sacramento, CA) Goldfarb & Lipman LLP* (San Francisco, CA) Habeas Corpus Resource Center* ( San Francisco, CA) Homeless Action Center (East Bay, CA) International Institute of the Bay Area-Oakland office* ( Oakland, CA) Justice Now* ( Oakland, CA) La Raza Centro Legal* ( San Francisco, CA) Law Offices of Ellyn Moscowitz* ( Oakland, CA) Legal Aid Association of California ( San Francisco, CA)* Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles* ( Los Angeles, CA) Legal Aid of Marin* ( San Rafael) Legal Aid Society- Employment Law Center* ( San Francisco, CA) Legal Assistance for Seniors* ( Oakland, California) Legal Services for Children* ( San Francisco) Legal Services for Prisoners with Children* ( San Francisco, CA) Legal Services of Northern California* ( Sacramento, California) McDonough Holland & Allen PC* ( Oakland, California) National Housing Law Project* ( Oakland, CA) National Labor Relations Board Region 20* ( San Francisco, CA) National Senior Citizens Law Center* ( Oakland) Office of Legislative Counsel* ( Sacramento, CA) Office of the Attorney General - California Department of Justice* ( Sacramento, CA) Office of the District Attorney - Stanislaus County* ( Modesto, CA) Office of the General Counsel - Department of Health & Human Services* ( san francisco) Prison Law Office* ( Berkeley, CA) Prisoner Legal Services* ( SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley* ( San Jose) Public Advocates ( San Francisco, CA) * Public Advocates* ( San Francisco, CA) Public Interest Law Firm* ( San Jose, CA) Public Interest Law Project* ( Oakland, CA) Public Justice P.C.* Public Law Center* ( Santa Ana, California) Santa Clara District Attorney's Office* ( San Jose) SCC, Office of the Public Defender* ( San Jose, CA) Stanislaus County Public Defender's Office* ( Modesto, CA) Superior Court of California, Alameda County* ( Oakland, CA) Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.* ( El Paso, Texas) The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy* ( San Francisco, CA) Transgender Law Center* ( San Francisco, CA) U.S. Coast Guard* ( Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA) UC San Francisco, ANSIRH* (San Francisco, CA) UC San Francisco, Industry Contracts* ( 185 Berry Street, San Francisco, CA) United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps* (Worldwide) US Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration* ( San Francisco) USDA Office of the General Counsel* ( San Francisco, CA) Volunteer Legal Services Program's Homeless Advocacy Project* ( San Francisco, CA) Youth Law Center* ( San Francisco, CA) PIC Statement on Military Recruitment at PI/PS Day The Public Interest Clearinghouse (PIC) is a proud member of the national and statewide access to justice and civil rights movements. We are committed to the principle that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people should not be barred from seeking any form of employment, public interest/public sector or otherwise. One of PIC’s stated organizational values is a commitment to diversity in all its richest forms. We are proud of PIC’s role in the annual PI/PS Day and the fact that employers are required to certify that they do not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local ordinance or regulation. We are deeply saddened that, out of respect for the potential loss of funding to our Consortium member schools and their University affiliates, we have no other choice but to allow one employer to participate that is unable to sign this certification – the U.S. Military. PIC staff will be wearing rainbow ribbon stickers throughout PI/PS Day to demonstrate our commitment to diversity, and we encourage students and employers to do the same. We recognize and value the LGBT movement as a part of the larger civil rights movement, and we look forward to, and believe in, a day when all discrimination will not only be unjust, but also illegal.
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