Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago is a cross disability organization governed and staffed by a majority of people with disabilities.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipAlliance for the Great Lakes
The Alliance for the Great Lakes works to conserve and restore the world’s largest freshwater resource through policy, education and local efforts aimed at preserving the Great Lakes region as a national treasure. To that end, we draw on many resources, working with teachers, scientists, economists, legal specialists, government representatives, communities and individuals.
Program: Graduate FellowshipAsian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago
http://www.advancingjustice-chicago.org/
Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Chicago (“Advancing Justice—Chicago”) is a pan-Asian, non-partisan, non-profit organization located in Chicago, Illinois, whose mission is to empower the Asian American community through advocacy, coalition-building, education, and research. Advancing Justice—Chicago is part of a national affiliation with affiliates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Advancing Justice—Chicago’s programs include legal and policy advocacy, community organizing, and leadership development.
Program: Graduate FellowshipBluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/clinic/
The Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic is the legal clinic of the Northwestern University School of Law. The Clinic serves low-income persons with civil, juvenile and criminal legal problems. PILI Fellows work under the supervision of Clinic faculty on a variety of matters, including juvenile justice, immigration, civil matters, entrepreneurship/economic development issues, and death penalty and criminal cases.
Program: Graduate FellowshipBusiness and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI)
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) is a public interest law and policy center that focuses on transforming segregated public housing, increasing the supply of affordable housing, addressing the foreclosure crisis, improving public education, and helping restore open, honest, responsible, and accountable government in Illinois.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipCabrini Green Legal Aid
Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) provides high-impact, free legal services to low-income Chicagoans in four areas of law: family, housing, criminal records, and criminal defense. We actively integrate legal and social services in order to improve our legal outcomes and extend our impact beyond crisis support.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipCARPLS
CARPLS is a legal aid hotline that provides advice, information, and referrals to low-income residents of Cook County. Our mission is to increase access to the legal system for low-income people through our hotline work, as well as through Self-Help Projects, which include written and web-based pro se and client education materials, and our court-based advice desks, which prepare clients to represent themselves on pro se matters.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipCatholic Charities Legal Assistance
http://catholiccharities.net/ccla
The mission of Catholic Charities Legal Assistance (CCLA) is to provide access to compassionate and competent legal assistance to the economically disadvantaged in the Chicago area. CCLA has four full-time staff attorneys and numerous volunteer attorneys and paralegals who receive requests for assistance in a variety of areas of the law including, but not limited to, family law, housing, consumer and immigration.
Program: Graduate FellowshipCenter for Conflict Resolution
The Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) is a Chicago-based organization founded in 1979. In the past three decades, CCR has grown to become one of the nation’s premier not-for-profit providers of mediation services and training.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipCenter for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL)
The Center for Disability & Elder Law (CDEL) is a not-for-profit, pro bono Chicago law firm, serving low-income elderly and disabled persons since 1984. With 1,100 volunteer attorneys from throughout Chicago’s distinguished legal community, CDEL handles cases in many practice areas, including estate planning, housing, consumer claims and dissolution of marriage.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipCenter for Economic Progress
http://www.economicprogress.org
The Center for Economic Progress (CEP) helps hard-working, low-income families move from financial uncertainty to financial security. Through our Tax Clinic, we provide free legal representation to low-wage taxpayers facing tax disputes with the IRS and the Illinois Department of Revenue, if associated with an IRS dispute.
Program: Graduate FellowshipChicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE)
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) envisions our community free from all forms of sexual exploitation and seeks to achieve that by addressing the culture, institutions, and individuals that perpetrate, profit from, or support sexual violence. Our work includes prevention, policy reform, community engagement, and legal services. CAASE is the primary legal referral for all […]
Program: Graduate FellowshipChicago Appleseed Fund for Justice
http://www.chicagoappleseed.org
Chicago Appleseed is a social impact research and advocacy organization which uses multidisciplinary research to identify community injustices, and to develop and advocate for practical solutions. We focus on the areas of Criminal Justice Reform, Judicial and Lawyer Ethics, Immigration Court Reform, and Family Law.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipChicago Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.chicagohomeless.org
All applicants should submit a detailed cover letter explaining why he or she is interested in serving the legal needs of people experiencing homelessness. Also, CCH is interested in any personal experience of the candidate with poverty or injustice.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipChicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.
The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law is a non-profit law and advocacy organization, whose mission is to promote and protect the civil rights of poor, minority, and disadvantaged people in order to facilitate their participation in the social, economic, and political systems of our community and nation.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipChicago Legal Clinic, Inc.
Founded in 1981, the Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc. provides low-cost and free legal services to disadvantaged individuals in the Chicago region. The Clinic’s four offices are located in the communities of South Chicago, Downtown, Pilsen, and Austin.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipChicago Medical-Legal Partnership for Children
http://legalcouncil.org/what-we-do/new-programs/
The Chicago Medical-Legal Partnership for Children is a legal partnership with medical providers serving pediatric patients with significant health challenges with the ultimate goal of improving children’s access to a full-range of social, educational, developmental, medical and legal services and supports and removing systemic barriers.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipChicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
With more than 44 years of experience, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS) is the first and pre-eminent pro bono civil legal aid provider in Chicago. With its pool of nearly 2,500 volunteer attorneys, CVLS is unique in its ability to offer a wide range of totally free civil legal aid to the poor and working poor on an individual basis.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipCitizen Advocacy Center
http://www.citizenadvocacycenter.org
The Citizen Advocacy Center builds democracy for the 21st century by strengthening public participation in community affairs. The Center believes in developing self-government.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipCook County Office of the Public Guardian -
Adult Guardianship Division
http://www.publicguardian.org/
The Adult Guardianship Division serves as guardian for approximately 800 adults with disabilities who need a guardian but who have no appropriate family or significant others to act as guardian. As guardian, the office is responsible for making decisions on behalf of the people we serve in all areas of their life including medical care, end-of-life issues, placement, and financial and legal decisions.
Program: Graduate FellowshipCook County Office of the Public Guardian-
Juvenile Division
Attorneys in the Office of the Public Guardian’s Juvenile Division represent nearly 6,000 children, from birth to age 21, alleged to have been abused or neglected by their parent or guardian. The Division has over 130 attorneys, child interviewers, investigators, and support staff. Attorneys in the Juvenile Division are assigned to a child protection courtroom and represent a caseload of children with cases pending in that courtroom.
Program: Graduate FellowshipCouncil on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Chicago
CAIR-Chicago is a local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization and was established to promote an accurate image of Islam and Muslims in America.
Program: Graduate FellowshipDePaul University College of Law Clinical Programs
http://www.law.depaul.edu/academics/experiential_learning/clinical_programs/default.asp
The DePaul University College of Law Clinical Programs provide legal services to low-income persons and groups working in low-income communities in the Chicago area.
Program: Graduate FellowshipDomestic Violence Legal Clinic (DVLC)
The Domestic Violence Legal Clinic (DVLC) is a civil legal services clinic designed to provide assistance in obtaining orders of protection. We also represent married clients in divorce cases. We serve low-income residents of Cook County who have been subjected to domestic abuse and are seeking protection from the abuser.
Program: Graduate FellowshipEdwin F. Mandel Legal Clinic
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/clinics/mandel
The Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic is the clinical program of the University of Chicago Law School. The Clinic specializes in the areas of criminal justice, civil rights, employment discrimination, the rights of the mentally ill, and low-income housing development.
Program: Graduate FellowshipElder Law & Miscellaneous Remedies (ELMR) Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
http://www.cookcountycourt.org/ABOUTTHECOURT/CountyDepartment/ElderLawMiscellaneousRemediesDivision
The Elder Law & Miscellaneous Remedies (ELMR) Division, Circuit Court of Cook County hears matters that involve litigants age 60 and older pertaining to the Adult Protective Services Act; the Illinois Power of Attorney Act; Domestic Violence offenses and certain criminal offenses in which the victim is age 60 or older.
Program: Graduate FellowshipEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest
The Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC), the Midwest’s leading public interest environmental advocacy and eco-business innovation organization, seeks to hire PILI Fellows. Our Fellows support ELPC’s state and federal litigation and policy work throughout the Midwest.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipEquip for Equality Graduate Fellows – Various Locations
http://www.equipforequality.org
Equip for Equality, Inc. is a private nonprofit, statewide organization whose mission is to advance the human and civil rights of people with disabilities by promoting the principles of equality, self-determination, and dignity. The five substantive priority areas of Equip for Equality are discrimination, community integration, safety from abuse and neglect, special education and self-determination.
Program: Graduate FellowshipEquip for Equality Law Student Intern – Chicago
http://www.equipforequality.org
Equip for Equality, Inc. is a private nonprofit, statewide organization whose mission is to advance the human and civil rights of people with disabilities by promoting the principles of equality, self-determination, and dignity. The five substantive priority areas of Equip for Equality are discrimination, community integration, safety from abuse and neglect, special education and self-determination.
Program: Law Student InternshipFamily Defense Center
http://www.familydefensecenter.net
The Family Defense Center (“FDC “) is a first-of-its-kind legal advocacy organization focused on reform of child protection systems (e.g., the Department of Children and Family Services, juvenile court). Its mission is to advocate justice for families in the child welfare system.
Program: Graduate FellowshipFarmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP)
FLAP’s mission is to improve working conditions for immigrants, migrant, and seasonal workers in the agricultural and landscaping industries in Illinois; including low-income farmworkers, landscapers, snow plow workers, packinghouse workers, cannery workers, and meat and poultry workers. FLAP carries out this mission through outreach, community education, community legal education, litigation, and referrals.
Program: Graduate FellowshipFederal Defender Program
The Federal Defender Program is a not-for-profit private corporation which provides free legal representation to all persons accused of committing federal crimes who cannot afford to hire private counsel.
Program: Graduate FellowshipFirst Defense Legal Aid (FDLA)
https://www.first-defense.org/
First Defense Legal Aid (FDLA) provides free, 24-hour, legal representation to people in Chicago Police Department custody and educates Chicagoans about how to protect their constitutional rights. FDLA undertake these activities to promote fairness and accountability in the justice system. FDLA also provides educational outreach, participates in community organizing, and engages in systemic reform activities.
Program: Graduate FellowshipIllinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission
The Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission protects and enforces the rights of individuals with mental illness, developmental disability, or physical disability through three separate divisions. PILI Fellows and Attorneys working through the Extended Placement Program will have the opportunity to work with the Legal Advocacy Service (LAS).
Program: Graduate FellowshipIllinois Legal Aid Online
https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/
Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO), is a non-profit organization that uses technology to help people understand their legal options, make informed decisions and represent themselves in court when a lawyer is out of reach. ILAO evens the playing field for millions of Illinois residents with legal problems by offering 24/7 access to free, reliable legal information and tools on IllinoisLegalAid.org. ILAO serves as the central nervous system for legal aid in Illinois.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipIllinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission
The Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission (TIRC) was formed by the Illinois General Assembly in 2009 to investigate claims of torture by former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge or officers under his supervision. TIRC examines claims of tortured confessions and determines whether sufficient evidence of torture exists to merit judicial review. Convicts whom the […]
Program: Graduate FellowshipInstitute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Law School, or IJ Clinic, is devoted to assisting lower income entrepreneurs with the legal intricacies of business ownership. A branch of the public interest law firm Institute for Justice, the IJ Clinic acts on the belief that legal tangles shouldn’t get in the way of inner city residents who dream of starting their own businesses
Program: Graduate FellowshipJames B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy
The James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy provides integrated legal and social work services to low-income Evanston youth (21 and younger) and their families to improve their quality of life at home, at school and within the community. Our practice focuses on juvenile delinquency, adult misdemeanor and felony, expungement and sealing and school discipline matters.
Program: Graduate FellowshipJohn Howard Association of Illinois
Founded in 1901, JHA is Illinois’ only non-partisan prison watchdog. Our mission is to achieve a fair, humane, and cost-effective criminal justice system by promoting adult and juvenile prison reform, leading to successful re-integration and enhanced community safety.
Program: Graduate FellowshipJohn Marshall Law School Fair Housing Clinic
http://www.jmls.edu/fairhousing/clinic/
The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Clinic provides legal services in cases of discrimination relating to housing, insurance, affordable housing, and lending.
Program: Graduate FellowshipJohn Marshall Law School Pro Bono Program
http://www.jmls.edu/clinics/pro-bono/
The John Marshall Law School’s Pro Bono Program is a teaching program at the law school that provides legal representation in a wide range of civil and criminal matters. The Program provides an opportunity for students to engage in law-related activities throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.
Program: Graduate FellowshipJohn Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic
The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic provides free legal assistance to veterans in VA benefit appeals following an improper denial by the VA. The Clinic also provides legal assistance to veterans seeking to have their discharge status reclassified.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLAF
LAF handles a wide spectrum of civil cases on matters of core social and economic importance. Case handlers work in one of five practice groups: Consumer, Family, Housing, Immigrant and Workers’ Rights, and Public Benefits.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipLambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil right of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV, through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipLand of Lincoln Graduate Fellows – Various Locations
Through its five regional offices (Champaign, Springfield, Alton, East St. Louis and Carbondale), Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation’s lawyers provide a full range of civil legal assistance to low-income residents of 65 counties in central and southern Illinois, including providing advice and counsel, litigation, and community education.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLand of Lincoln Law Student Intern – Alton
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation provides free civil legal services through five regional offices to low income individuals and senior citizens in 65 counties in Illinois. The Western Regional Office located in Alton, IL, provides legal services to individuals in 12 counties, ranging from rural to urban, including Madison County, IL, which is in […]
Program: Law Student InternshipLand of Lincoln Law Student Intern – Champaign
In its Eastern Regional Office, located in Champaign, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation’s lawyers provide a full range of civil legal assistance to low-income residents of 14 counties in central Illinois, including providing advice and counsel, litigation, and community education.
Program: Law Student InternshipLatino United Community Housing Association (LUCHA) Law Project
LUCHA strengthens communities and empowers Latinos and other neighborhood residents to plan, improve, own, preserve and develop safe and life enriching housing.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLawndale Christian Legal Center
The Lawndale Christian Legal Center serves North Lawndale youth, age 24 and younger, who are currently involved in the adult or juvenile criminal justice system. LCLC serves youth diverted through the Juvenile Intervention Support Center (JISC), those with pending cases, and those on probation, supervision, or parole as LCLC stays with youth through their entire duration with the criminal justice system, from the time of arrest through the end of any sentencing period.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLawyers for the Creative Arts
Lawyers for the Creative Arts (LCA) is a not-for-profit organization that provides legal assistance and education to artists and arts organizations of all kinds, the visual, performing, entertainment, and literary throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. LCA has two attorneys on staff who represent clients in-house and who manage a volunteer attorney referral program. Most matters are referred to LCA’s hundreds of volunteer attorneys, but much work is handled in-house.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
The Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH) believes that every individual and family is entitled to decent housing as a basic need and human right. LCBH promotes the rights of tenants to safe, accessible, and affordable housing on a non-discriminatory basis through education, outreach, supportive services, advocacy, and legal representation. LCBH has been providing legal services to low-income renters in Chicago for over 31 years.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipLegal Aid Society
http://www.metrofamily.org/legal-aid/
The Legal Aid Society was established in 1886 and works with its seven social service centers to bring a variety of legal services to Chicago’s most vulnerable citizens in the communities where they live. The Domestic Violence Team focuses on issues related to family law, including domestic violence, divorce, and child custody and support issues.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipLegal Council for Health Justice
Legal Council for Health Justice (formerly known as AIDS Legal Council of Chicago) is the only organization in metropolitan Chicago exclusively devoted to providing legal services and legal information/advocacy to persons affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) including: employment; insurance; discrimination; bankruptcy; HIV testing; confidentiality; immigration; estate planning; guardianship; and public benefits.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipLife Span Center for Legal Services and Advocacy
Life Span Center for Legal Services and Advocacy combines a full range of legal services with a complement of social services to survivors of domestic violence. The agency’s services are free of charge to clients who are predominately poor or of low-income.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLoyola Business Law Clinic
http://www.luc.edu/law/centers/business/clinic/index.html
The Loyola University School of Law Business Law Clinic represents entrepreneurs and small business owners who are seeking legal assistance with for profit ventures, as well as individuals who are seeking assistance with nonprofit organizations in the Chicagoland area.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLoyola Civitas ChildLaw Clinic
http://www.luc.edu/law/experiential/child_family_clinic.html
The Civitas ChildLaw Clinic represents children in child protection (abuse and neglect), child custody and visitation, and delinquency cases.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLoyola Community Law Center Clinic
http://www.luc.edu/law/experiential/community_clinic.html
The Community Law Center and its legal clinics are affiliated with the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The Community Law Center serves low-income persons with a variety of civil legal problems. PILI Fellows of the Community Law Center will represent clients in disability claims, family law litigation, elder law, and in defense of eviction and consumer debt suits.
Program: Graduate FellowshipLoyola Federal Tax Clinic
http://www.luc.edu/law/experiential/tax_clinic/index.html
The Federal Tax Clinic represents low-income individuals who are seeking legal assistance concerning a dispute or potential dispute with the Internal Revenue Service
Program: Graduate FellowshipMacArthur Justice Center
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/macarthur/
The MacArthur Justice Center is a non-profit public interest law firm established in 1985 to litigate for human rights and social justice. The Center concentrates on cases raising significant criminal justice issues, such as opposing the government’s use of unjustified detentions in the war on terror; improving the quality of representation for indigent defendants; promoting acceptable conditions of incarceration and alternatives to incarceration; compensating the wrongfully convicted; and limiting the availability of firearms to unauthorized persons.
Program: Graduate FellowshipMexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is a national Latino civil rights advocacy organization dedicated to preserving and expanding civil rights of Latinos in the areas of immigrant rights, education, political access, employment and public resource equity.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipNational Immigrant Justice Center
http://www.immigrantjustice.org
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), formerly known as Midwest & Immigrant Human Rights, is a program of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipPrairie State Legal Services Graduate Fellows – Various Locations
Prairie State Legal Services is the civil legal services provider in 36 counties in northern and central Illinois. In almost all of those counties, Prairie State is the only source of civil legal aid for low-income, elderly and disabled residents. Prairie State provides excellent opportunities for fellows to perform meaningful work and gain valuable experience by assisting clients who need legal help to address basic needs issues. Prairie State has 12 local offices, all of which are possible locations for a Fellowship.
Program: Graduate FellowshipPrairie State Legal Services Law Student Intern – Peoria Office
Prairie State Legal Services is a not-for-profit law firm that provides civil legal services at no fee to the poor, elderly, and people with disabilities in 36 counties in northern and central Illinois. In almost all of those counties, Prairie State is the only source of civil legal aid for low-income, elderly and disabled residents. This summer Internship position is available in our Peoria service office, which assists clients in 10 counties in central and western Illinois.
Program: Law Student InternshipPrairie State Legal Services Law Student Intern – Rock Island Office
Prairie State Legal Services is a not-for-profit law firm that provides civil legal services at no fee to the poor, elderly, and people with disabilities in 36 counties in northern and central Illinois outside of Cook County. In almost all of those counties, Prairie State is the only source of civil legal aid for low-income, […]
Program: Law Student InternshipResolution Systems Institute
The mission of RSI is to strengthen justice by enhancing court alternative dispute resolution (ADR) systems. Our unique organization advances this mission through research and evaluation of court ADR programs, dispute system design and program administration, and the curation and dissemination of resources.
Program: Graduate FellowshipRoger Baldwin Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Inc.
The ACLU is devoted to protecting and expanding the civil liberties and civil rights of all Americans. The Roger Baldwin Foundation is the litigation arm of the ACLU of Illinois.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipSargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law provides free legal representation to low-income persons and groups in Illinois on a wide range of public policy issues. The Shriver Center represents clients before legislative bodies and administrative agencies, in class actions, and in individual cases with broader policy implications. Some of our main public policy areas include public benefits, health care, employment, housing, asset opportunity, criminal background, budget and tax, domestic violence and child support.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipSSI Homeless Outreach Project
http://legalcouncil.org/what-we-do/new-programs/
The SSI Homeless Outreach Project is a project of The Legal Council for Health Justice. The Project specializes in providing trauma-informed advocacy to persons who are homeless, disabled and who are survivors of significant “adverse childhood experiences” (“ACE”).
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipThe Community Law Project
https://www.clccrul.org/community-law-project
The Community Law Project (formerly known as the Law Project) is a long-standing project of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Since 1985, it has provided transactional pro bono legal assistance to community-based organizations involved in economic and affordable housing development.
Program: Graduate Fellowship, Law Student InternshipThe Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights
The mission of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is to promote consideration of best interests in all decisions affecting unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States.
Program: Graduate FellowshipU.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), promotes and ensures that people have equal access to, and opportunity to participate in, and receive services from all HHS programs without facing unlawful discrimination. OCR also ensures that the privacy and security of individuals’ health information is protected while ensuring access to care. Through prevention and elimination of unlawful discrimination, and by protecting the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information, OCR helps HHS carry out its overall mission of improving the health and well-being of all people affected by its many programs.
Program: Law Student InternshipU.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of General Counsel
With over 400 attorneys nationwide located in nine headquarters offices and ten regional offices, the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) provides a full range of legal services to HHS, the federal government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. Our work presents complex and challenging social, economic, scientific, ethical and legal issues, issues that affect the lives of virtually all Americans
Program: Law Student InternshipU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
The mission of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) is to eliminate housing discrimination, promote economic opportunity, and achieve diverse, inclusive communities by leading the nation in the enforcement, administration, development, and public understanding of federal fair housing policies and laws.
Program: Graduate Fellowship