The Clerkship is a unique program designed for law students to engage in an individualized public interest legal research and writing project in Washington, DC. In concert with Division attorneys and a law school faculty reviewer, a student will develop and complete a substantive legal monograph that may be published, if of a quality acceptable by the ABA. The Clerkship is unpaid. We encourage law students to incorporate the Clerkship into an externship/internship program at their law school and/or to seek supportive law school funding where needed.

• 2008-2009 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
• Criminal Responsibility and Multiple Personality Defendants, a monograph produced by our 1997 Internship winner,
  Ms. Sabra Owens.
• Article by 2005 Winner, Dr. Andrea Blau, Mental & Physical Disability Reporter, Vol. 30, Issue 1

For information about the Clerkship, please call 202/662-1691 or email cccoleman@staff.abanet.org.

Also, see our ad in the September issue of the Student Lawyer magazine.

• ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security 2008 National Security Law Student Writing Competition
  
  
• Lawyers Working to End Homelessness is a newly published book produced by the ABA's Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. For more information, please click here.
  
  
• The ABA Commission on Immigration is pleased to offer Standards for the Custody, Placement and Care; Legal Representation; and Adjudication of Unaccompanied Alien Children in the United States. To order a copy, click here. For more information, visit the Commision's website.

The Standing Committee on Environmental Law and the Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources seek to recognize individuals or organizations who have distinguished themselves in environmental law and policy, contributing significant leadership in improving the substance, process or understanding of environmental protection and sustainable development.

• ABA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy
• Past Winners of the ABA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy