Category: Career Planning: Job Postings/Symplicity

Medley, Behrens & Lewis LLC Summer Associate Program – Cleveland
Qualifications: 2L, Technical Background preferred; Top 50% rank preferred.
Must apply on Symplicity under “OCI” tab.

Youngstown/Boardman, OH – Law Clerk – Lynn Maro, Esq.
AkronLawJobs No. 7586 Overview: Seeking a part-time law clerk.
Duties: Looking for law clerk for 3 attorneys who practice primarily in Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull Counties. Our practices are primarily criminal defense and family law with some civil litigation. Law clerk will assist in all aspect of cases from death penalty cases to traffic offenses; from custody and divorce to juvenile court proceedings.
Qualifications: Top third of class preferred 2L, 3L or recent grad
How to apply: Send your resume and cover letter to Lynn Maro @ schoejlka@aol.com
Deadline: September 23, 2016

Applications sought for Education Fellowship in Central Northeast Ohio through Equal Justice Works
The Equal Justice Work Fellowship program provides recent law school graduates with opportunities to create projects in their communities. Community Legal Aid is inviting applications from rising third-year law students and recent graduates to collaborate on an Equal Justice Works Fellowship application. If successful, the Fellow will begin a two-year fellowship in September 2017. Community Legal Aid will consider proposals that further its medical-legal partnership collaboration with Akron Children’s Hospital by addressing the education needs of patients at Akron Children’s outpatient pediatric practices. The project, which Community Legal Aid will help the applicant to develop, will incorporate individual representation, legal research, policy research, and systemic change. In our eight-county service area, which encompasses over 100 school districts, we see education issues related to
 newly arrived refugees,
 English Language Learners,
 laws applicable to charter schools,
 trauma-informed education,
 process for evaluating children for special education services,
 schools’ ability to manage students with underlying mental health issues, and
 use of school discipline.
For more information about the Equal Justice Work Fellowship, see: http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/post-grad/equal-justice-works-fellowships/apply
For more information about Community Legal Aid, see: http://www.communitylegalaid.org/
Applications will be processed on a rolling basis. The successful applicant will work with Community Legal Aid to develop a project and submit a completed Equal Justice Works application by September 15, 2016.
To apply, please provide a detailed cover letter and attach your resume, list of three references, a writing sample no longer than five pages, and a law school transcript. Submit application materials via email to zpowell@communitylegalaid.org with the subject line “2017-2019 Equal Justice Works Fellowship Application”. For questions, please call Zoeann Powell at (330) 983-2551.

Akron, OH – Intern Student Coordinator – Summit County Legal Defender
AkronLawJobs No. 7442 Overview: Seeking an Intern Student Coordinator for the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative Program.
Duties: Hands-on experience with clients and the court. Will be responsible for the coordination of student volunteers who want to help conduct interviews for pro bono hours. Will be required to interview juvenile clients and obtain information that will help prepare the supervising attorney for morning preliminary detention hearings.
Qualifications: 2L, 3L
Please note: If you have already applied and have not been contacted, please submit your application materials again.
How to apply: Send your Resume, Cover Letter and two References with contact information to Attorney Jennifer Lin at SummitLDO@gmail.com
Deadline: August 31, 2016

Independence, OH – Legal Intern / Law Clerk – ReliabilityFirst
AkronLawJobs No. 7572 Overview: Will support attorneys in the Enforcement Department of our corporation. You will create work product related to regulatory compliance enforcement of NERC and in-house matters such as nondisclosure agreements, vendor contract review, or employment law questions.
Duties: Drafting and review of legal documents, including formal notice documents to the Registered Entities regarding enforcement actions, settlement agreements, internal legal memorandums and policy documents. Support Compliance Staff in reviews / audits / investigations of ReliabilityFirst entities where legal consult or intervention may be appropriate. Prepare documents at all stages of the enforcement process. Gather facts and evidence related to compliance enforcement cases. Synthesize technical documents and legal concepts to develop a case and identify the appropriate penalty / sanctions relative to enforcement actions. Ensure enforcement actions adhere to and respect all due process protections of the registered entity from violation identification to final violation resolution. Support effective representation at regional hearing proceedings. Research relevant FERC Orders and NERC Bulletins. Provide legal assessment and analysis in support of the Enforcement decision making process, including, but not limited to, providing sound recommendations. Provide legal research and analysis into legal issues, including matters of first impression and internal legal questions, confronting ReliabilityFirst.
Qualifications: 3L
How to apply: Send your resume, cover letter and writing sample to wendy.weaver@rfirst.org
Deadline: October 1, 2016