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Cleveland, OH – Summer 2013 Law Clerks – Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio – http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ohn

AkronLawJobs Job No. 4067 –  The Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio will be accepting applications for the 2013 Summer Law Clerk Program from November 26, 2012 through January 7, 2013.   If you have any questions about the 2013 Summer Law Clerk Program, please feel free to contact either Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip J. Tripi at (216) 622-3769 or First Assistant U.S. Attorney Carole Rendon at (216) 622-3656.

The Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio is responsible for the prosecution of all federal crimes in northern Ohio.  The office also represents the United States and its departments and agencies in civil proceedings filed in federal court and in the Sixth Circuit.  Volunteer law clerks assist in the prosecution and defense of both criminal and civil cases in the District Court, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Bankruptcy Court.

Projected No. of Volunteers:  14-15 (Students entering their third year are preferred.

Application Materials:  Resume and cover letter indicating dates when available, and telephone number(s) where student can be reached both during the day and in the evening.  Application by e-mail is the exclusive method of providing the resume and cover letter. Applications should be submitted to USAOHN.SummerLaw@usdoj.gov.  Cover letter should be addressed to:  United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio, United States Courthouse, Suite 400; 801 West Superior Avenue; Cleveland, OH 44113; Attn: Carole S. Rendon, First Assistant United States Attorney

Qualifications: First-year (second semester) and second-year law students.  Must be a U.S. citizen.  Will be subject to a background investigation due to the sensitive nature of the work performed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Required:  10 weeks minimum (at least 32 hours per week) (full time strongly preferred)

Salary: Volunteer (without compensation)

Assignments:  Law clerks can expect to research and write motions in pending cases; to research legal issues for indictments and investigations; to assemble exhibits for trial; to observe hearings and trials of cases on which they are working or in which they are interested.

Contact: If you have any questions about the 2013 Summer Law Clerk Program, please feel free to contact Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip J. Tripi at (216) 622-3769.

Web Site:   http://www.justice.gov/usao/ohn/index.html

The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity Reasonable Accommodation Employer.

 

Tucker Ellis LLP – Cleveland, OH seeks first year law student for 2013 summer associate position

1L Students – top 20%.  Please submit a cover letter, resume and transcript (when transcripts are released, no later than 1/31/13) to:  Marla Murphy, Recruiting Coordinator; Tucker Ellis LLP; 925 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1150; Cleveland, OH  44115-1414

The application for the 2013 Summer Corps program will open on Tuesday, December 18, 2012, and we will be accepting students into the program on a rolling basis until the application closes on Monday, March 18, 2013. 

Summer Corps is an AmeriCorps-funded program that will provide 1L and 2L students with the opportunity to earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award for dedicating their summer to a qualifying legal project at a nonprofit public interest organization.

 For more information on the Summer Corps program and application process, review our FAQs for law school professionals, and pass along to your students our FAQs for applicants.

 Also, be sure to attend and inform your students about our upcoming webinars. Members of our Federal Programs team will discuss in detail the Summer Corps program and how to create a successful application. Viewers will be able to ask questions during the webinar.

 Summer Corps Program Overview and Successful Application Tips webinars:

Tuesday, January 8 at 2 p.m. EST

Wednesday, February 13 at 3 p.m. EST

 In the meantime, please direct questions to summercorps@equaljusticeworks.org.

 

Legal Aid is looking for dedicated, hard-working, and public-interest minded students for its Summer Program. Legal Aid has opportunities available for 2L’s (with or without intern certificate) and 1L’s.  Law Students who are applying to participate in the Summer Intern Program are expected to work unpaid for at least 10 weeks and may work up to 13 weeks.

Applicants must list their top two project preferences in their cover letter (see 2013 Summer Program position descriptions) and describe why they are interested and what they hope to experience. Cover letters which do not indicate preferences may not receive full consideration.

Law Students will work in different areas of the law and have different experiences. Generally, Law Students may expect to interview clients, draft client letters, draft court pleadings, research relevant legal issues, attend and assist with court hearings, assist with discovery and analyze evidence, and complete various other tasks as assigned.

All Law Students will receive training in substantive areas of poverty law, meet with judges involved and may observe court hearings. There will also be brown bag lunches with current Legal Aid lawyers and community members. Past participants have included judges, a civil rights attorney, and leaders of local non-profit agencies.

For further information and application instructions go to: http://www.communitylegalaid.org/intern-positions. Apply ASAP as positions are filled on a rolling basis.