Public Interest Law Program \u2013 Summer 2015: Each semester (spring, summer and fall), the Law School awards a\u00a0stipend to a number of students who have secured a public interest internship. Applications for funding for the Summer\u00a02015 Public Interest Law (PIL) Program are currently being accepted.
\nStudents interested in applying for a Summer 2015 Public Interest Law award should begin thinking now about securing\u00a0a placement for their spring PIL work experience. The Public Interest Law Program supports and encourages those\u00a0students who would like to gain experience in public interest areas. Recent local placements have included:
\nCleveland Homeless Legal Assistance Program
\nCommunity Legal Aid Services of Akron
\nCity of Canton, Public Safety and Service Departments
\nCouncil of International Programs USA Mahoning County Prosecutor
\nNational Labor Relations Board Ninth District Court of Appeals Ohio
\nCivil Rights Commission U.S. Attorney’s Office
\nStark County Public Defender’s Office
\nStow Law Department Summit County Prosecutor
\nUniversity of Akron Legal Clinic\/Appellate Review Office
\nU.S. Attorney’s Office
\nU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
\nIf you think you would like to obtain a public interest internship, but have no idea how to line up a placement, please\u00a0feel free to call upon Career Planning Director, Alisa Benedict O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n
The deadline to submit your application for Summer 2015 PIL funding is Monday, April 13th at 12:00 Noon. You must secure a public interest placement before submitting your application. Visit https:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/law\/career\/students\/public-interest-law-program—stipendapplication.dot?previewPage=2&host_id=1 for application materials and more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Public Interest Law Program \u2013 Summer 2015: Each semester (spring, summer and fall), the Law School awards a\u00a0stipend to a number of students who have secured a public interest internship. Applications for funding for the Summer\u00a02015 Public Interest Law (PIL) Program are currently being accepted. Students interested in applying for a Summer 2015 Public Interest … Continue reading “Applications for Summer Public Interest Fellowships currently being accepted!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1254,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-planning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25482,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25478\/revisions\/25482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}