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24th Annual Southern California Public Interest Career Day

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009 (INTERVIEWS ONLY)
9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW

OVERVIEW

UCLA School of Law is pleased to host the 24th 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 6th and Saturday, February 7th].
• An afternoon panel discussion, "Criminal Law:  Prosecution and Defense"  [Saturday, February 7th].
• 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 7th].
• Informal "table-talk," with representatives of the participating organizations, agencies and firms  [Saturday, February 7th].
  

REGISTRATION

For Students:
Attendance on Saturday, February 7th 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 mustpreregister, although there is no registration fee.  Registration for the interviewing component is now closed.  Registration for informal "table-talk," as well as the panel and lunchtime discussions, remains open until January 30. 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 (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.):

AFL-CIO, Office of the General Counsel
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 Coastal Commission
California Department of Conservation
California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Various Divisions
California Indian Legal Services
California Lawyers for the Arts
California Public Employment Relations Board
California Public Utilities Commission, ALJ Division
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
California Teachers Association
California Women's Law Center
Center for Governmental Studies
Center for Juvenile Law and Policy at Loyola Law School
Central American Resource Center  (CARECEN)
Children's Law Center of Los Angeles
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST)
Community Lawyers, Inc.
Community Legal Services
Disability Rights California
Disability Rights Legal Center
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
Eviction Defense Network
Federal Public Defender's Office
Federal Trade Commission
Georgia Legal Services Program, Farmworker Division
Gilbert & Sackman
Goldfarb & Lipman
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
Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel
Just Detention International
Justice Now
Law Offices of Ellyn Moscowitz
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Learning Rights Law Center
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Legal Services of Northern California
Legislative Counsel Bureau
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 Office of Independent Review
Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office 
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Juvenile Division
Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc.
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, Legal Services Department
Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
National Immigration Law Center
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)
Public Counsel Law Center
Public Law Center
Rainbow Services, Ltd.
Rothner, Segall & Greenstone
San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office
San Bernardino County Public Defender's Office
San Diego Coastkeeper
Santa Monica Baykeeper
Santa Clara Office of the County Counsel
South Asian Network
U.S Air Force Reserve JAG Corp
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District
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, Environment & Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Hearings Unit
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Legal Unit
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
UCLA Labor Center
Washoe County Public Defender's Office
Western Center on Law & Poverty
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
Working Peoples Law Center

Lunchtime Discussions - Topics and Participants (12:35 - 1:25 p.m.):

CHILDREN AND YOUTH
 Alliance for Children's Rights
 Children's Law Center of Los Angeles
 Learning Rights Law Center
 Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc.
 Santa Clara County Office of the County
 Counsel, Impact Litigation and Social
 Justice Section  
 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
 Goldfarb & Lipman
 Greenlining Institute

EMPLOYMENT LAW  
 Bet Tzedek Legal Services
 Georgia Legal Services Program, Farmworker
  Division
 Hadsell, Stormer, Keeny, Richardson & Renick
 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
  Commission, Hearings Unit and Legal Unit
 Wage Justice Center

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW  
 California Coastal Commission
 California Attorney General's Office, Natural
  Resources Section
 U.S. Department of Justice, Environment
 & Natural Resources Division -
 Washington, D.C.
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
  Regional Counsel, Region 9
 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law
  Enforcement
 Waterkeeper Alliance

EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS FELLOWSHIP -
INFORMATION SESSION
 Diane T. Chin, Director, Equal Justice
  Works/West

HEALTH LAW
 HIV & Aids Legal Services Alliance
 National Health Law Program
 National Senior Citizens Law Center
 Western Center on Law & Poverty

IMMIGRATION LAW  
 Central American Resource Center [CARECEN]
 Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
 MALDEF
 National Day Laborer Organizing Network
 National Immigration Law Center
 
LABOR LAW  
 California Public Employment Relations Board
 California Rural Legal Assistance
 Gilbert & Sackman
 Law Offices of Ellyn Moscowitz
 National Labor Relations Board, Region 31
 Rothner, Segall & Greenstone
 UCLA Labor Center

Entities Participating in Formal Interviews:

Alliance for Children's Rights
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Brayton Purcell
California Appellate Project
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
California Indian Legal Services
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc.
California Women's Law Center
Center for Governmental Studies
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (CRPE)
Children's Law Center of Los Angeles
Coalition To Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST)
Community Lawyers, Inc.
Consumer Watchdog
Disability Rights California
Disability Rights Legal Center
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
Eviction Defense Network
Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Georgia Legal Services Program
Greenlining Institute
Hadsell, Stormer, Keeny, Richardson & Renick
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA)
Housing Rights Center
Justice Now
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Western Regional Office
Law Offices of Ellyn Moscowitz
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
Orange County Superior Court
Peace Over Violence
Public Counsel Law Center
Rainbow Services, Ltd.
San Diego Coastkeeper - Environmental Law & Policy Clinic
San Diego County Department of the Public Defender
Santa Clara County Office of the County Counsel
South Asian Network
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 - Office of the U.S. Trustee
U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Hearings Unit
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -  Legal Unit
Wage Justice Center
Western Center on Law & Poverty

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For additional information on the 24th 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 

DIRECTIONS TO UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW AND PARKING INFORMATION

Parking on the UCLA campus is $9.  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.  [Please disregard Lot 3 in the map below.]

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