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October 1999 -- Vol. 28, No. 2

The internship is a unique program for law students to engage in an individualized public-interest legal research and writing project over a 10-week summer period. In concert with the ABA’s Public Services Division, lawyers, and a law school faculty reviewer, a student will develop and complete a substantive legal monograph.

The areas of attention are:

• Bioethics and the Law

• Disability Law

• Election Law

• Environmental Law

• Homelessness and Poverty

• Immigration Law

• Law Library of Congress and Access to Legal Resources

• National Security Law

• Substance Abuse

• Public Interest in Law School and as a Career

Applicants must (1) be entering their second or third year at an ABA-accredited law school, (2) be a member of, or have applied for membership in, the ABA Law Student Division by Jan. 31, 2000, (3) identify a law school faculty member knowledgeable in the subject who will help review the work in progress, (4) demonstrate exceptional research and writing skills, and (5) submit an application package that includes a cover letter, résumé, two references, and a 3- to 5-page essay describing the project the student proposes to undertake.

Proposal applications are judged for clarity and focus, organization, methodology, feasibility of execution within a 10-week period, strength of writing, value of the written product as a contribution to the field, and relevance to the Division’s concerns.

The internship is an unpaid program. We encourage law students to incorporate the internship into an externship/internship program at their law school or to seek supportive alternative funding sources.

For an application package, contact Carrie Coleman, American Bar Association, 740 15th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20005, Phone: 202-662-8608 x3004, ccoleman@staff.abanet.org..