Start Date: July 1, 2016

UCLA School of Law is seeking applications for a two-year administrative position as a Public Interest Fellow. The Fellow will work with UCLA School of Law’s Office of Public Interest Programs (OPIP) to expand OPIP’s programmatic work, including by engaging in career counseling and teaching a course for first-year law students enrolled in the School of Law’s David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy (Epstein Program).

Major responsibilities over the two-year fellowship term include:

1) Counseling students seeking summer and/or postgraduate public interest employment.

2) Reviewing student application materials, including, e.g., resumes, cover letters, and postgraduate fellowship applications.

3) Conducting mock job interviews.

4) Writing and editing job search guides on specific public interest career practice areas and developing other job search materials for students seeking public interest opportunities and careers.

5) Teaching the First-Year Epstein Program Workshop, a for-credit course offered exclusively for firstyear students enrolled in the Epstein Program.

6) Helping plan and provide logistical support for OPIP and Epstein Program programming and events, including, e.g., the Epstein Program annual speaker series, job search-related programming, visiting public interest lawyers, panels discussions, community-focused trainings and convenings, and conferences.

Qualifications:

Candidates should have at least five years of professional experience as an attorney in public interest practice (more preferred); advanced knowledge of public interest practice, including diverse forms of public interest modes of advocacy and public interest practice settings, career paths in public interest practice, and funding sources; excellent writing and analytical skills, as well as interpersonal and oral communication skills; and experience counseling, supervising, and/or mentoring law students working in a public interest capacity. 

UCLA School of Law seeks candidates committed to the highest standards of professional activities and to a campus climate that supports equality and diversity.

Salary and Benefits:

Competitive fellowship salary (depending on experience level) plus benefits package.

Application Instructions and Deadline:

Applicants should apply online at https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=68065

beginning May 11, 2016 by submitting a cover letter discussing their qualifications, a CV or resume, and contact information for three references. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by June 09, 2016.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy.