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The Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law and Ethics Fordham The Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law and Ethics Fordham Law | New York City A Community of Public Interest–Minded Lawyers Fordham Law Stein Scholars, January 2013 LEADERSHIP STEIN SCHOLARS PROGRAM Our nationally recognized award-winning program provides students with a comprehensive three-year educational curriculum and abundant extracurricular opportunities that combine academic training with practical experience in public interest law in a supportive and well-networked student/faculty/alumni community. All admitted students are eligible to apply, and 20 are selected before fall classes begin. e broadly define public interest law Some Stein Scholars have entered private to include both nonprofit and govern- practice, where they perform pro bono ment legal work. Through funded work, participate in bar association activi- Wsummer internships, specialized ties, and work with nonprofit organizations. coursework, and interaction with practitio- Stein Scholars have also received many ners, academics, and diverse students with a nationally prestigious awards to support shared commitment to service, the Program postgraduate work in public interest law. prepares students to be lawyers who practice Fellowships and honors have been awarded law as a public calling. by the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, Equal Justice Works, the Fulbright Beginning with the first graduating class in Association, the American Civil Liberties 1995, Stein Scholars have gone on to work Union, and many other prominent in a variety of public interest settings, in- organizations. cluding poverty law, family law, and criminal prosecution and defense. Other graduates have gone on to represent government agencies or have taken positions as policy analysts for advocacy groups, government agencies, and research institutes. 1 GOVERNMENT OFFICES LEGAL AID/LEGAL SERVICES Paid Summer C-Plan, The Office of the Public Bronx Legal Services Advocate (New York, NY) Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation “A” Equal Employment Opportunity Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation Commission (New York, NY) “B,” Government Benefits Unit Kings County District Attorney Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation INTERNSHIPS (Brooklyn, NY) “B,” HIV Unit New York City Department of Housing Brooklyn Legal Services, Corporation Preservation and Development “B” Catholic Legal Immigration Spending a summer working full time in public interest law (New York, NY) Network (CLINIC) (Brooklyn, NY) New York City Housing Authority Community Legal Services after the first year of law school is an integral part of the Stein (New York, NY) (Philadelphia, PA) Scholars experience. Stein Scholars receive funding for this New York City Law Department, Farmworker Legal Services public interest work, which allows them to pursue opportunities Corporation Counsel (New York, NY) (New Paltz, NY) New York County District Attorney’s Gay Men’s Health Crisis (New York, NY) in New York, across the country, and around the world. Office Witness Program (New York, NY) Harlem Legal Services (New York, NY) The breadth of placements reflects both the diverse interests of New York County District Attorney’s Kentucky Farmworkers Legal Services Office (New York, NY) (Lexington, KY) the Stein Scholars and the Program’s ability to assist students New York Governor Pataki’s General Legal Aid Society, Civil Appeals and Law in securing a broad range of opportunities. Counsel Office (Albany, NY) Reform Unit (New York, NY) New York State Attorney General’s Office Legal Aid Society, Harlem Neighborhood FIRST SUMMER INTERNSHIP (New York, NY) Office (New York, NY) The Office of White House Counsel Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights $4,000 stipend to support work in approved public interest legal settings and (Washington, DC) Division (Bronx, NY) up to 3 academic credits for participation in an externship seminar in which Pro Se Office, U.S. District Court, Legal Aid Society, Lower Manhattan professors and students discuss issues that arise in the area of the students’ Southern District of New York Neighborhood Office (New York, NY) public interest employment. (New York, NY) Legal Aid Society, Prisoners Rights San Francisco District Attorney Project (New York, NY) (San Francisco, CA) Legal Aid Society, Staten Island SECOND SUMMER INTERNSHIP Senator Murray’s Office (D-WA) Neighborhood Office $5,000 stipend to support work in approved public interest legal settings. (Washington, DC) (Staten Island, NY) U.S. Attorneys’ Office, EDNY Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (Brooklyn, NY) (White Plains, NY) Student Internships U.S. Attorneys’ Office, EDNY, Mental Hygiene Legal Services Organized Crime Unit (Brooklyn, NY) (New York, NY) Following are some places, arranged by topic, where Stein U.S. Attorneys’ Office, SDNY Nassau-Suffolk Legal Services Scholars have worked during the summer in New York City, (New York, NY) (Long Island, NY) nationally, and around the world. U.S. Attorneys’ Office (Newark, NJ) Northern Manhattan Improvement U.S. Department of Justice, Special Corporation (New York, NY) Investigations Unit (Washington, DC) Northwest Justice Workers Project CHILDREN Puerto Rican Legal Defense and (Vancouver, WA) Advocates for Children (New York, NY) Education Fund (New York, NY) INTERNATIONAL Queens Legal Services for the Elderly The Family Court Mediation Project Association of Civil Rights (Queens, NY) (New York, NY) CRIMINAL DEFENSE (Jerusalem, Israel) Children’s Rights, Inc. (New York, NY) Bronx Defenders Office (Bronx, NY) Center for the Study of Violence & POVERTY LAW Lawyers for Children (New York, NY) Federal Defender Program, Northern Reconciliation, Criminal Justice Policy Center for Social Policy and Welfare Law New York Society for the Prevention of District of Illinois (Chicago, IL) Unit (Johannesburg, South Africa) (New York, NY) Cruelty to Children (New York, NY) Georgia Capital Defenders Office Committee for the Administration of Southern Poverty Law Center, (Atlanta, GA) Justice (Belfast, Northern Ireland) (Montgomery, AL) CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Human Rights Watch (New York, NY) Welfare Law Center (New York, NY) American Indian Law Alliance Division, Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) International Human Rights Rescue (New York, NY) Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Committee (New York, NY) REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Amnesty International, Stop Violence Division, New York County Lawyers Committee for Human Rights The Center for Reproductive Law Against Women (New York, NY) (New York, NY) (Rome, Italy) and Policy, International Office American Civil Liberties Union, Louisiana Capital Assistance Unit Palestine Peace Project (New York, NY) National Legal Dept. (New York, NY) (New Orleans, LA) Penal Reform Project of Lawyers for The Center for Reproductive Law and Center for Constitutional Rights Office of the Appellate Defender Human Rights (Pretoria, South Africa) Policy (New York, NY) (New York, NY) (New York, NY) Special Court for Sierra Leone United Texas Capital Defender’s (Houston, TX) Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama Nations High Commissioner on WOMEN’S RIGHTS (Alabama) Refugees (UNHCR) (Monrovia, Liberia; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW West Africa; New York, NY) Sanctuary For Families (New York, NY) Georgia Justice Project (Atlanta, GA) Safe Horizon (New York, NY) LAMBDA Legal Defense and Natural Resources Defense Counsel United Nations (New York, NY) United Nations, The Conference of Victim Services, Domestic Violence Law Education Fund (New York, NY) (Washington, DC) Project (New York, NY) Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights New York City Environmental Defense NGOs (New York, NY) Under Law (Washington, DC) Fund (New York, NY) Witness Program, Lawyers Committee New York Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Human Rights (West Bank, Bill of Rights Defense Campaign (Washington, DC) Palestine and Jerusalem, Israel) (New York, NY) World Organization Against Torture (Geneva, Switzerland) 2 2L SPRING A Focus on Advanced Seminar in Public Interest Lawyering—The seminar examines issues of law, practice, and theory relating to the work of lawyers in public interest settings. Students work in small groups on projects in conjunction with public interest organizations, with supervision from the seminar faculty and from attorneys at those organizations. Course requirements include ongo- ETHICS and PRACTICE ing presentations regarding the project and a final product for the organiza- tion that may take any of various forms, such as a training manual, report, or know-your-rights guide. In working on their projects, students build on their To promote critical thinking about difficult issues, Stein earlier training to address real-world problems. Scholars produce events on Wednesday afternoons during the academic year that focus on important and timely issues in Student-Initiated and Sponsored Discussions public interest law and ethics. In these discussions, practic- On Wednesday afternoons, Stein Scholars gather with ing lawyers and academics present divergent opinions on the practicing lawyers and academics to focus on important and issues at hand. Throughout the process, students grapple with timely issues of public policy, public interest law, and ethics. difficult and controversial issues of ethics and public policy. Stein Scholars choose the topics, recruit the panelists, and moderate the discussions. Here are some recent topics: As a result of the Program’s emphasis on promoting the ethical dimensions of public interest lawyering, Stein Scholars 90 Miles from Cuba—A
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