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Employment | Community Service | Public Service Law Program | Career Home
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NYU Fair NYU Job Fair Orientation 2008 Hear students who have successfully negotiated the NYU Fair talk about techniques for making connections and getting jobs. Learn how it works, what to expect and how to handle multiple interviews and no interviews, informational tables, and follow-up (as well as practical tips on what to wear, where to go, and what to do once you get there). Financial Resources & Information Your Debt and the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) Your options, your career, even your life could be changed by the new federal debt reduction act. The CCRAA allows you to make drastically lowered payments on your educational debt after law school and, for those in any government or public service positions, forgives remaining debt after 120 payments. View who and what debt is covered and when this will become effective. Heather Jarvis, a national expert on the CCRAA, provides you with all the basics. Become an expert on your own situation. Financially Savvy: Debt Management Tips This program is for those who want to know how to deal with existing and avoid future consumer debt and protect their credit. If you are or could become behind on your credit card or have other consumer debt, hear Claudia Wilner from Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (www.nedap.org ) talk about the "life of a debt" and what you need to do to protect yourself. Post Graduate Fellowship Post Graduate Fellowships: An Overview 2008 This first of two presentations on Fellowships provided an overview of the types of fellowships, how they work, and what's in it for you. The panelists are Susan Butler Plum from the Skadden Foundation (civil legal projects), former Equal Justice Works Fellow (civil legal projects) and current Echoing Green Fellow (launching a public interest organization) Laurie Parise (BLS '04), Adam Culbreath from the Soros Foundation (criminal justice), and Katie Kendall (BLS '04) current Menapace Fellow (urban planning). See the Overview 2007 below for exposure to other Fellowships. Post Graduate Fellowship: A Proposal Practicum 08 The second panel provides the nitty gritty of how to get a fellowship-how to identify a project, find a host, draft your proposal and survive the interview process. BLS alumnae and current Fellows Camille Zentner and Carmen Maria Rey, a Skadden Fellow and Equal Justice Works Fellow respectively take you through this process. Post Graduate Fellowship: An Overview 07 On this overview panel from the 2007 presentation is Imoni Washington, director of Fellowships for Equal Justice Works, Nancy Cantalupo, discussing the Georgetown Clinical Teaching Fellowships, and Ray Brescia formerly director of the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center discussing Fellowships both from his perspective as a host organization and a former Skadden Fellow. Susan Butler Plum and Laurie Parise also participated. Learn about these Fellowships and how they can launch your career in public interest. Post Graduate Fellowships: Secrets of Successful Applications 07 Practicum on how to develop a successful proposal presented by BLS Skadden Fellow Jason Cade (BLS '05) working at The Door with immigrant youth, Equal Justice Works Fellow Carmen Maria Rey (BLS '06) working at Sanctuary for Families with immigrant victims of domestic violence, and Camille Zentner, Skadden Fellow working at New York Legal Assistance Group with those with issues of mental illness requiring help accessing appropriate public benefits. Learn their secrets to conceiving a project, drafting a successful proposal and surviving the interview process. Career Opportunities Can You Get There From Here: Job Mobility between Private & Public Sectors How easily can you move from public interest to a firm or vice versa? Is it different for entry level and lateral jobs? Hear hiring attorneys from both firms and non-profits talk about their requirements-or tolerance-for public interest work when hiring. Hear from a BLS alum who's been there and done that, and how she did it. Events Public Service Awards Ceremony, 2008 Public Service Awards are presented to 45 students graduating in June 2008 by Professor Claire Kelly. The awards included 9 Brooklyn Law School & 13 Silver, 17 Gold and 6 Platinum Brooklyn Law School Public Service awards. The faculty awards were presented to Brian Barbour and Josie Beets by Professors Serkin and Kaplan, respectively, and Brian and Josie (in absentia) accepted the awards with brief comments. Camille Chin-Kee-Fatt emceed the event, students having completed public interest summer fellowships and having served as officers in public interest identified student groups were acknowledged, and a short film on the International Criminal Court was screened.
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