Ohio Legislative Service Commission Post-Graduate Fellowship

Columbus, OH – LSC Legislative Fellowship Program – Ohio Legislative Service Commission

AkronLawJobs No. 7190 Overview: The Ohio General Assembly, through the Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC), has sponsored a legislative fellowship program for over 50 years. They sponsor 23-24 paid 13 month legislative fellowship positions designed to provide college graduates with practical experience in the legislative process.

Duties: May be assigned to work with the majority or minority party caucus in either the House or the Senate with additional fellows being placed with the LSC research and fiscal staff. Fellows assigned to a caucus normally engage in research, constituent services, writing speeches and news releases, and related administrative work. Fellows that work directly with the LSC staff draft legislation, perform legal or fiscal research, monitor sessions of the General Assembly, and attend committee meetings. The fellowship program begins the first week in December of each year and continues through December 31 of the following year.

Qualifications:  Have a BS or BA. Questions? FAQs may be found HERE

How to apply:  Application form found HERE. Please print and MAIL with your Resume, Official sealed transcript(s) from each college or university attended (for more than one quarter or semester), Two (2) sealed letters of recommendations, and a two to four page typewritten personal statement.

Mail to:            Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Attn:  Fellowship Program Coordinators

Vern Riffe Center

77 South High Street, Ninth Floor

Columbus, OH  43215-6136

Deadline:  MUST BE POSTMARKED BY APRIL 1, 2016

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Summit Legal Defender JDAI Coordinator position – great experience!

Akron, OH – JDAI Student Coordinator – The Summit County Legal Defender’s Office
AkronLawJobs No. 7026 Overview: The Summit County Legal Defender is looking to hire an intern to perform client intake and act as student volunteer coordinator for the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative Program. This is a PAID position.
Qualifications: 1L, 2L, 3L; the position requires you to be at Summit County Juvenile Court certain mornings for the Legal Defender’s detention hearing intake process.
How to apply: Please send a cover letter, two references, and your resume (should only be 1 Page) to Attorney Jennifer Lin: summit.ldo@gmail.com. If you have already applied and have not been contacted, please submit your application materials again.
Deadline: March 21, 2016