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23rd Annual Southern California Public Interest Career Day

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2008
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008 (INTERVIEWS ONLY)
9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW

OVERVIEW

UCLA School of Law is pleased to host the 23rd Annual Southern California Public Interest Career Day.  While held at UCLA School of Law, the Career Day is cosponsored by the Southern California-area law schools, including California Western, Chapman, La Verne, Loyola, Pepperdine, Southwestern, Thomas Jefferson, University of San Diego, University of Southern California, Western State and Whittier. The annual Career Day is designed to expose law students to the practice of law in the public interest and to encourage students to consider a public interest career path.  More than 120 nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and private firms are participating in Career Day activities. 

Public Interest Career Day is comprised of a number of different activities:

• Prescheduled, formal interviews for summer and/or postgraduate positions  [Friday, February 1st and Saturday, February 2nd] .
  
  
• An afternoon panel discussion, "Criminal Law:  Prosecution and Defense"  [Saturday, February 2nd].
  
  
• A series of informal lunchtime discussions, each focusing on a different substantive area of public interest practice (e.g., children and youth, environmental law, labor law)  [Saturday, February 2nd].
  
  
• Informal "table-talk," with representatives of more than 95 of the participating organizations, agencies and firms  [Saturday, February 2nd, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.].

REGISTRATION

For Students:

Attendance on Saturday, February 2nd is open to all law students from the cosponsoring law schools, as well as to law students from law schools outside Southern California.   Please note, however, that only law students from the cosponsoring schools are eligible to participate in the prescheduled, formal interviews.  There is no need to preregister and there is no registration fee.

For Organizations, Agencies and Firms:

If you would like to participate in this year's Career Day, please contact: 

Rochelle Adelman
Assistant Director, Public Interest Programs
UCLA School of Law
(310) 794-5355
adelman@law.ucla.edu

Organizations, agencies and firms must preregister, although there is no registration fee.  As of January 13, registration for the interviewing component is closed.  Registration for informal "table-talk," as well as the panel and lunchtime discussions, remains open until January 25.  To register, please contact Rochelle Adelman at (310) 794-5355 or adelman@law.ucla.edu.

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES AND FIRMS

Entities Participating in Table-Talk:

Alliance for Children's Rights
Anti-Defamation League, Civil Rights Division
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
California Appellate Project
California Army National Guard
California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Various Divisions
California Indian Legal Services
California Public Employment Relations Board
California Public Utilities Commission, ALJ Division
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
California State Personnel Board
California Teachers Association
California Women's Law Center
Capital Fellows Programs
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
Center for Juvenile Law and Policy
Central American Resource Center  (CARECEN)
Children's Law Center of Los Angeles
Community Legal Services
Disability Rights Legal Center
El Rescate Legal Services
Eviction Defense Network
Federal Public Defender's Office
Federal Trade Commission
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
Franchise Tax Board
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP [MALDEF/NAACP LDF Fried Frank Fellowship Program]
Gilbert & Sackman
Goldfarb & Lipman
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc.
Hadsell & Stormer, Inc.
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA)
Housing Rights Center
Immigration Center for Women and Children
Inner City Law Center
Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy
Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Learning Rights Law Center
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Legal Services of Northern California
Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center
Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice
Los Angeles City Attorney's Office
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission
Los Angeles County Office of Independent Review
Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office 
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Juvenile Division
Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc.
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
National Coalition of Free Men, Los Angeles Chapter
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
National Labor Relations Board, Region 31
National Lawyers Guild
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County
Orange County Superior Court
Peace Over Violence (formerly Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women)
Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
Public Advocates, Inc. 
Public Counsel Law Center
Public Law Center
Rainbow Services, Ltd.
Riverside County Public Defender
Roberts & Adams
Rothner, Segall & Greenstone
San Bernardino County Public Defender
San Diego Coastkeeper
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
South Asian Network
Stop Prisoner Rape
U.S Army Reserve JAG Corp
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
U.S. Department of Labor and Employee Benefits Security Administration
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Alternate Dispute Resolution Division
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Hearings Unit
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Legal Unit
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
UCLA Labor Center
UNITE HERE, Local 11
Washoe County Public Defender's Office
Western Center on Law & Poverty
Western Justice Center Foundation
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
Working Peoples Law Center

Entities Participating in Formal Interviews:

Alliance for Children's Rights
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Bay Area Legal Aid
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Brayton Purcell
Cal OSHA - Legal Unit
California Appellate Project
California Army National Guard
California Indian Legal Services
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc.
California Women's Law Center
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)
Center for Juvenile Law and Policy
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (CRPE)
Children's Law Center of Los Angeles
Coalition To Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST)
Disability Rights Legal Center
East Bay Community Law Center
El Rescate Legal Services
Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Federal Public Defender
Federal Trade Commission
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
Franchise Tax Board
Greenlining Institute
Hadsell & Stormer, Inc.
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA)
Holguin, Garfield & Martinez
Housing Rights Center
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Western Regional Office
Lawyers for Clean Water, Inc.
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Learning Rights Law Center
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Legal Services of Northern California
Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice
Los Angeles County Office of Independent Review
Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc.
Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund [MALDEF]
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Health Law Program
National Immigration Law Center
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County
Peace Over Violence (formerly Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women)
Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
Public Advocates, Inc.
Public Counsel Law Center
Rainbow Services, Ltd.
Roberts & Adams
San Diego Coastkeeper - Environmental Law & Policy Clinic
San Diego County Public Defender
South Asian Network
State Bar of California (Los Angeles) - Office of the Chief Trial Counsel
U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corp
U.S. Attorney's Office - Eastern District of California
U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Department of Justice - Environment & Natural Resources Division (ENRD)
U.S. Department of Justice - Environmental Enforcement Section
U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review [U.S. Immigration Court]
U.S. Department of Justice - Office of the U.S. Trustee
U.S. Department of Labor and Employee Benefits Security Administration
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Hearings Unit
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -  Legal Unit
Western Center on Law & Poverty

DIRECTIONS TO UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW AND PARKING INFORMATION

Parking on the UCLA campus is $8.  For parking please go to the parking kiosk at the Westholme and Hilgard Avenue entrance to the UCLA campus and ask to park in Lot 2, the parking lot to the south of the parking kiosk.  The School of Law is due north of Lot 2 and the parking kiosk.

Note:  Participating organizations, agencies and firms will receive parking in Lot 2 at no charge.

UCLA School of Law
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90095

For additional map and directions to UCLA and the School of Law, see:  http://www.ucla.edu/map

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For additional information on the 23rd Annual Southern California Public Interest Career Day contact:

Rochelle Adelman
Assistant Director, Public Interest Programs
UCLA School of Law
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90095
(310) 794-5355
adelman@law.ucla.edu