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Throughout its history, one of the goals of the American Bar Association has been to apply the knowledge and experience of the legal profession to promotion of the public good. This is the overriding mission of the ABA's Division for Public Services, an Association program division providing staff support and expertise for attorney-sponsored programs and activities that lend focus, voice and visibility to the Association's public services role.
Through their programs, the Association studies important legal issues affecting society and formulates remedial responses ranging from policy positions to demonstration projects, model legislation, technical assistance, videotapes, clearinghouses, public education initiatives, working conferences and numerous publications. These activities are advanced with an annual budget of over $3 million, much of which is derived from gifts and grants to the Association's Fund for Justice and Education. The members who direct these endeavors are primarily, but not exclusively, lawyer members of the ABA. They include distinguished legal scholars, legislators, judges, lawyers in the public interest community, private firm practitioners, corporate and government analysts, health and social work professionals, scientists, and economists.
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The Division offers two Clerkship opportunities:
I. Spring/Summer Clerkship open by competition, reviewed on a rolling basis and offering students entering into their second or third year at an ABA-accredited law school the opportunity to design and complete a legal research and writing project in substantive areas of Division concern. If of acceptable quality, the Division may publish the resultant monograph. Applicants must be members of the ABA Law Student Division and may join at http://www.abanet.org/lsd/home.html.
II. Fall/Winter Clerkship and typically involves conducting project research and writing; developing information for directories and other databases; coordinating survey development, distribution and results; or editing manuscripts for publication. Applicants may be undergraduate or law school students depending on project need.
 2009-2010 Clerkship Flyer - Shanda Moyers, a 3L at Stetson University School of Law, was the winner of the 2007-2008 PSD Clerkship. Shanda's research focused on the small segment of the long-term homeless population with the most pronounced barriers to self-sufficiency, primarily mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Her research evaluated the effectiveness of legislation and the use of the criminal justice system in combating street homelessness in comparison with the effectiveness of measures employing outreach and the Housing First model.
For information about the Clerkships and how to apply, please call 202/662-1691 or email cccoleman@staff.abanet.org.
Also, see our article in the September issue of the ABA Law Student Division's Student Lawyer magazine. Visit the ABA Law Student Division at http://www.abanet.org/lsd/home.html. |
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