SJI Monday: Careers in Human Rights

March 7, 12:10-1:10 p.m.
Zoom
Registration

Law students contemplating a career in human rights often ask what a career in human rights actually looks like. Also, how do you launch a career in human rights? Join human rights practitioners from Accountability Counsel, EarthRights International, Human Rights Watch, and OutRight Action International for an online conversation about their careers and career paths. Moderated by Kerry McLean, Assistant Director for Human Rights and Public International Law at SJI. Cosponsor: Rightslink

Public Defender Panel on Hiring

March 10, 12:10-1:10 p.m.
In Person in WJW 309 and on Zoom
In-Person Registration, Zoom Registration

Register by March 7 to attend in person!

Are you interested in working as a public defender after you graduate? Join us for a panel discussion on public defender hiring (which typically starts in the early fall of 3L year), featuring attorneys from various public defender offices, including the New Hampshire Public Defender, Legal Aid Society, Mecklenburg County Public Defenders, Alameda County Public Defender, and Colorado State Public Defender. Students are welcome to attend via Zoom or in person, where a grab-and-go lunch will be provided. If you have any dietary restrictions, please email ev2494@columbia.edu at least three days prior to the event. Cosponsor: Public Defender Students of Columbia Law School

Columbia Summer Funding (CSF) Reminder

Missed the CSF Payment Session? Please watch the video and complete the accompanying quiz by April 1 to remain registered for CSF.

Hiring paperwork was sent out to all CSF-registered students on Monday, February 21. Make sure you complete the hiring paperwork by March 14. You should complete the paperwork even if you have not yet secured a CSF-eligible placement.

View the CSF Roadmap to keep track of deadlines.

Postgraduate Fellowships

March 14: LL.M. Pathways
May 2: J.D. Pathways

Summer Funding

March 14: Complete the hiring paperwork
April 1: Watch video and complete quiz if you missed the CSF Payment Session

Other

May 13: 3L Bridge Loan

Postgraduate Fellowship Corner

Select Deadlines

LL.M. Pathways: 3/14
Ten to 52 weeks in public interest, government, or human rights in the U.S. or abroad

J.D. Pathways: 5/2
Public interest, government, or human rights work in the U.S. or abroad, one-year term

Resources

Introduction to Postgraduate Fellowships (Video)

Organization-Based Fellowship Tracker

Also at Columbia (and Beyond)

Parole Justice is Gender Justice Virtual Advocacy Day
3/9, 9:30 a.m.

Careers in Law Teaching Workshop: Becoming a Clinical Professor
3/9, 12:10 p.m.

Lawyering with Community Movements
3/9, 12:10 p.m.

Abolition Advocacy Fair
3/23, 12-2 p.m. on the Columbia School for Social Work 3rd Floor Terrace

Connect with the Public Interest/Public Service Council

The council is a large group of senior alumni who are experts and leaders (past and present) in the public interest and government sectors, both in the U.S. and abroad. Students interested in connecting with a council member should email SJI Dean Erica Smock.