The Division offers two Clerkship opportunities:

The first is a ten-week Spring/Summer Clerkship open by competition, reviewed on a rolling basis and offering students entering into their second or third year at an ABA-accredited law school the opportunity to design and complete a legal research and writing project in substantive areas of Division concern. If of acceptable quality, the Division may publish the resultant monograph. Applicants must be members of the ABA Law Student Division and may join at http://www.abanet.org/lsd/home.html.

The second is a Fall/Winter Clerkship and typically involves conducting project research and writing; developing information for directories and other databases; coordinating survey development, distribution and results; or editing manuscripts for publication. Applicants may be undergraduate or law school students depending on project need.

• NEW!! 2009-2010 Clerkship Flyer
  
  
• Shanda Moyers, a 3L at Stetson University School of Law, was the winner of the 2007-2008 PSD Clerkship. Shanda's research focused on the small segment of the long-term homeless population with the most pronounced barriers to self-sufficiency, primarily mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Her research evaluated the effectiveness of legislation and the use of the criminal justice system in combating street homelessness in comparison with the effectiveness of measures employing outreach and the Housing First model.
  
  
• 2005 Winner of the PSD Summer Internship
  
  
• Article by 2005 Winner, Dr. Andrea Blau, Mental & Physical Disability Reporter, Vol. 30, Issue 1
  
  
• Criminal Responsibility and Multiple Personality Defendants, a monograph produced by our 1997 Internship winner,
  Ms. Sabra Owens.
  
  

For information about the Clerkships and how to apply, please call 202/662-1691or email cccoleman@staff.abanet.org.

Also, see our article in the September issue of the ABA Law Student Division's Student Lawyer magazine. Visit the ABA Law Student Division at http://www.abanet.org/lsd/home.html.

Now Available! Webinar Podcasts

• RENEWABLE ENERGY: LEGAL CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY PART I
  October 28, 2009
  
  Power Point Presentations
  > A FERC Perspective on Federal Renewable Energy
     Initiatives and the Green Economy
     Sudeen G. Kelly, Commissioner, Federal Energy
     Regulatory Commission
  > Renewable Energy and Growing the Green Economy
     Howard Learner, Executive Director, Environmental Law
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  > Advancing the Availability of Transmission for
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     Warren Belmar, Managing Director, Capitol Counsel
     Group LLC
  > Blueprint for Securing America's Energy Future
     Christopher Guith, Vice President, Institute for 21st Century
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• RENEWABLE ENERGY: LEGAL CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY PART II
  November 20, 2009
  
  Power Point Presentations
  > Pushing the Renewable Energy Policy Envelope
     Matt Futch, Utilities Program Manager, Colorado Governor's
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  > The Western Renewable Energy Zone Initiative: Phase I
     David Hurlbut, Senior Analyst, National Renewable
     Energy Laboratory
  > Building Public/Private Partnerships in Energy:
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     John Herrick, Senior Counsel, Brownstein Hyatt Farber
     Schreck, LLP
  > Renewable Energy: Legal and Policy Issues
     Frank Prager, Vice President, Environmental Policy,
     Xcel Energy

• CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for the 2010 American Bar Association AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY. For a nomination form click here.

• The Standing Committee is pleased to welcome its new members: Edith Brown Weiss, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; Rebecca M. Bratspies, CUNY School of Law, Flushing, NY; Fred Cheever, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO; and Sara K. Orr, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC.
  
  
• Annual Meeting Environmental Law Activities - 2009
  
  
• American Bar Association Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy
  We are pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of this Award: Dinah Bear, Washington, DC (Individual) and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (Institution). Join us in Chicago on August 2 as we celebrate their distinguished accomplishments.