Administrative Law
A Guide to Careers in Administrative Law Written by: Isabel Salovaara 2011 Summer Fellow Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising Adam Augusiak-Boro Harvard Law School 2010 Summer Fellow Pound 329 Cambridge, MA 02138 Edited by: Tel: (617) 495-3108 Fax: (617) 496-4944 Catherine Pattanayak, Esq. Assistant Director, OPIA © 2011 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College 1 Table of Contents Acknowledgments 2 Chapter 1: Overview of Administrative Law 3 Chapter 2: Career Opportunities in Federal Government 12 Chapter 3: Career Opportunities in State Government 21 Chapter 4: Career Opportunities in Local Government 27 Chapter 5: Non-governmental Career Opportunities 30 Chapter 6: Non-legal Career Opportunities 33 Chapter 7: Preparing for a Career in Administrative Law 35 Chapter 8: Landing a Job 49 Chapter 9: Narratives 55 Chapter 10: Organizations 64 Chapter 11: Resources 68 Acknowledgements Many thanks to all of the students, alumni, faculty, Wasserstein Fellows, and others working in the administrative law field who shared their thoughts, experiences, and expertise with the authors: Angela Brooks, Danny Chou, Abigail Elias, Mark Freeman, Janeen Hayat, Brandon Hofmeister, Evan Hochberg, Blan Holman, Michael Kirkpatrick, Ross Kirschner, Kamaria Kruckenberg, John Lavinsky, Rebecca Leventhal, Craig Levine, Shawne McGibbon, Stephanie Martin, Quentin Palfrey, Sabeel Rahman, Todd Rakoff, Nate Sabel, Marilynn Sager, Glen Shor, Judith Starr, Janice Steinschneider, Julie Straus, Karen Timberlake, Karen Tseng, and Joseph Wender. We could not have written this guide without your valuable input. We are especially grateful to Judith Starr, Karen Tseng, Mark Freeman, Brandon Hofmeister, and Michael Kirkpatrick, who contributed personal narratives. Finally, the authors would like to thank Catherine Pattanayak for providing advice, support, resources, and feedback during the writing of this guide.
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