2016 SUMMER EXTERNSHIPS THE LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT The Los Angeles Superior Court is now accepting applications for 2016 summer externships. The Court offers full-time externships in the following areas: civil, criminal, probate, family, and juvenile. Externs work directly with the Superior Court's Judicial Officers, researching and writing legal memoranda for scheduled motions, as well as observing trials and daily law and motion hearings. Externs may also be assigned special court-related projects. Interested students should submit a resume, transcript (if available) and writing sample via email to Extern@LACourt.org. In the text of the email, if there is a preferred area of law, it should be highlighted. For more i information regarding the application process, including deadlines, please go to LACourt.org and click on Volunteer, Interns and Externs and then click on Externship Program. Please email any questions to Managing Research Attorney Theresa R. McGonigle or Supervising Research Attorney Charisse Brimmer at Extem@LACourt.org. Deadline date 2/26/16 Your application materials (i.e., resume and cover letter) must be reviewed before sending them out. Both the Externship Department and Career Development Department are available to conduct those reviews. In addition, if you are interested in earning units for any of these opportunities, please note that a verified Loyola GPA of 2.33 is required for a part time externship. If you apply and accept an offer, please see Ms. Camille Toomer (Camille.toomer@lls.edu) in Founders Hall 240 for enrollment assistance. If you have not confirmed an externship when registration begins for semester in which you have applied, we recommend that you enroll in a full slate of classes. When you confirm your externship, Ms. Toomer will assist you to enroll and drop AARP EXTERNSHIP (PASADENA) AARP Foundation is seeking an extern for spring 2016. The student would gain valuable appellate experience in state and federal courts. In January, the student would immediately begin work conducting research for an amicus curiae brief in the California Supreme Court. Students unfamiliar with California citation formats would be trained. This is a great opportunity for a student hoping to gain appellate experience. Additional information about AARP Foundation and samples of briefs we have filed can be found here: http://www.aarp.org/aarpfoundation/our-work/legal-advocacy The AARP Foundation is AARP s charitable arm and the Foundation s legal work encompasses areas of federal and state laws that affect older Americans day-to-day lives including: age and disability discrimination in employment
securities and other financial fraud health and long-term care including health related patent cases government and public benefits Schedule: Minimum 2 days a week Desired Class: Second or Third Year Law Student, prefer top 25%, however will consider students who have a g.p.a. above 3.0 Extern Placement: AARP Foundation Litigation (Pasadena, CA) Interested students should send a copy of their transcript, resume and writing sample to: Barbara Jones Senior Attorney AARP Foundation Litigation 200 S. Los Robles, Suite 400 Pasadena, CA 91101 (626) 585-2628 Email: bjones@aarp.org Your application materials (i.e., resume and cover letter) must be reviewed before sending them out. Both the Externship Department and Career Development Department are available to conduct those reviews. In addition, if you are interested in earning units for any of these opportunities, please note that a verified Loyola GPA of 2.33 is required for a part time externship. If you apply and accept an offer, please see Ms. Camille Toomer (Camille.toomer@lls.edu) in Founders Hall 240 for enrollment assistance. If you have not confirmed an externship when registration begins for semester in which you have applied, we recommend that you enroll in a full slate of classes. When you confirm your externship, Ms. Toomer will assist you to enroll and drop CALIFORNIA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL S OFFICE LICENSING SECTION The Licensing Litigation Section of the Civil Law Division, Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice represents the Department of Consumer Affairs and its regulatory agencies. The section protects the public by prosecuting professional licensees, including nurses, accountants, dentist, pharmacists, contractors, etc., who have committed professional misconduct. The licensing section is currently accepting resumes for its Summer legal internship/externship program in Los Angeles. The position is unpaid and open to (rising) 2L and 3L students. The students must be enrolled in or have completed Evidence and Civil Procedure courses. Only
students who are available at least three full days per week to intern for the Section will be considered. The deadline to apply is February 15, 2016. Submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample to: Nancy A. Kaiser Deputy Attorney General Licensing Section Office of the Attorney General 300 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 213/897-5794 Email: nancy.kaiser@doj.ca.gov Your application materials (i.e., resume and cover letter) must be reviewed before sending them out. Both the Externship Department and Career Development Department are available to conduct those reviews. In addition, if you are interested in earning units for any of these opportunities, please note that a verified Loyola GPA of 2.33 is required for a part time externship. If you apply and accept an offer, please see Ms. Camille Toomer (Camille.toomer@lls.edu) in Founders Hall 240 for enrollment assistance. If you have not confirmed an externship when registration begins for semester in which you have applied, we recommend that you enroll in a full slate of classes. When you confirm your externship, Ms. Toomer will assist you to enroll and drop PUBLIC COUNSEL CONSUMER LAW PROJECT Public Counsel is seeking (rising) 2L or 3L to work in its Consumer Law Project for the summer of 2016. Public Counsel is the largest pro bono law office in the nation and is the public interest law firm of the Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations, as well as the Southern California affiliate of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Public Counsel s consumer law practice addresses issues in range of areas: foreclosure, financial elder abuse, unfair business practices and more. Summer clerks split their time between fact development, case assessment, and assisting on our currently litigated cases. Interested students should send a cover letter, resume with GPA and 5-8 page writing sample in PDF format to Adelaide Anderson and Charles Evans. Their emails are aanderson@publiccounsel.org and cevans@publiccounsel.org. The deadline for priority consideration is February 15.
the classes that you wish to drop JUDGE MANUEL REAL, US DISTRICT COURT (LOS ANGELES) Honorable Manuel Real of the Central District of California is currently looking for summer externs. Judge Real is seeking candidates who enjoy civil procedure and preferably want to pursue a career in litigation. A full application should contain a short cover letter, up-to-date resume, and a writing sample. Send applications to Honorable Manuel Real, United States District Court 312 N. Spring Street Courtroom 8, and Los Angeles, CA 90012. U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGE NEIL W. BASON DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES The Hon. Neil W. Bason is looking for two to three externs to serve in his chambers at the United States Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles for summer semester 2016. Judge Bason prefers to grant externships to law school students who have completed at least the first year of law school, but does make exceptions. Judge Bason also grants externships to law school graduates, and does not require that the extern take or pass the California bar exam. Judge Bason s externs are exposed to a wide variety of opportunities both in chambers and around the courthouse. Externs are encouraged to sit in on hearings, including hearings held by any of the 10 other Bankruptcy Judges or other Federal Judges in the building. An extern begins his or her semester by reviewing basic bankruptcy concepts and the bankruptcy code and rules. Law clerks carefully review each topic with the externs and Judge Bason discusses his stance on certain unclear or controversial areas of bankruptcy law that chambers staff see on a daily basis. Externs are also encouraged to attend a day-long training conducted by Bankruptcy Judges and other highly experienced bankruptcy professionals, covering everything from jurisdictional authority to ethical limits for externs. Job Description. Judge Bason s externs are exposed to a wide variety of opportunities both in chambers and around the courthouse. Externs are encouraged to sit in on hearings,
including hearings held by any of the 10 other Bankruptcy Judges or other Federal Judges in the building. An extern begins his or her semester by reviewing basic bankruptcy concepts and the bankruptcy code and rules. Law clerks carefully review each topic with the externs and Judge Bason discusses his stance on certain unclear or controversial areas of bankruptcy law that chambers staff see on a daily basis. Externs are also encouraged to attend a day-long training conducted by Bankruptcy Judges and other highly experienced bankruptcy professionals, covering everything from jurisdictional authority to ethical limits for externs. Application. Extern applicants should submit: (1) a cover letter; (2) resume and transcript (if available); (3) writing sample; and (4) a list of three references with telephone contact information. Either email call chambers at (213) 894-6098 for an email address or mail to: Hon. Neil W. Bason 255 E. Temple St. Ste. 1552 Los Angeles, CA 90012-3332 HONORABLE STEPHEN REINHARDT (NINTH CIRCUIT) Judge Stephen Reinhardt is seeking applications for full-time judicial externs for Summer 2016. Student who will be rising second- or third-year students during the summer are eligible. Externs provide assistance to the Judge s law clerks and to other staff. They conduct legal research and help to prepare bench memoranda and court documents, among other duties. Strong writing skills are required. Experience in public service or public-interest law is preferred. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, transcript, short writing sample, and list of references to the following address (e-mail applications preferred): Attn: Andrew Kushner, Law Clerk Chambers of Hon. Stephen Reinhardt 312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1747
Los Angeles, CA 90012-4701 andrew_kushner@ca9.uscourts.gov There is no application deadline, but because we consider applications on a rolling basis, we encourage students to apply as soon as possible (or, in the case of first year students, as soon as possible after December 1, 2015). Students should not wait until fall grades are available before applying; they may include in their application a list of the courses in which they are currently enrolled and submit a transcript when it becomes available. Applicants with questions may contact Andrew Kushner at (213) 894-5218 or andrew_kushner@ca9.uscourts.gov. Please note that the regulations of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts require that externs be able to document their eligibility to work in the United States. Externs are also required to follow the ethical requirements of the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees. SUMMER EXTERNSHIPS HONORABLE KAREN STEVENSON, US FEDERAL MAGISTRATE JUDGE Judge Karen Stevenson is seeking externs for the summer. Interested applicants should send a resume, cover letter, and transcript to KLS_Chambers@cacd.uscourts.gov, specifying summer term externship in the subject line of the e-mail. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, but should be submitted no later than January 20, 2016 for the Summer 2016 term. Successful applicants will be subject to a background check. Additional details for the Spring and Summer externship positions are available at http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/employment/judicial-externs-us-magistrate-judge-karen-lstevenson.
CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL-SUMMER The California Court of Appeal Summer Judicial Externship Program is seeking externs. Program participants work in justices chambers drafting opinions and writ memoranda. In addition, they are involved in an education component consisting of seminars on the appellate decision-making process and opinion writing skills. They also attend oral argument sessions in appellate courts and observe trial court proceedings in order to understand the entire judicial decision-making process. During the summer of 2015, 20 students from law schools across the country participated in the program. These students made a significant contribution to this court s ability to administer justice. Applications for the 2016 summer program will be accepted by email per the attached instructions between December 1, 2015 and February 15, 2016. We will not consider those applications received before December 1, 2015. In order to receive consideration, the applications must include a cover letter, resume, legal writing sample, and law school transcript in a single pdf formatted document. Shortly after receipt of completed applications, the applications will be electronically circulated to the 32 justices on the court for their consideration. If you have any questions concerning the program or the selection process, please do not hesitate to e-mail either of the administrators of the program at john.segal@jud.ca.gov or brian.hoffstadt@jud.ca.gov
SALES & TAX CLINIC/STATE INCOME TAX SUMMER 2016 There are current openings for summer 2016 in the Sales and Use Tax Clinic and the State Income Tax Clinic here at Loyola Law School. Students in both clinics represent clients who have tax appeals pending before the California State Board of Equalization (BOE). Students meet with the supervising attorney who offers guidance and instruction on the issues. Students work independently and will draft briefs, communicate with clients and opposing counsel, and perform legal research. Further students will occasionally have opportunities to represent clients at appeals conferences and oral hearings (like a court trial). Both clinics offer students a chance to gain real life experience representing clients in a litigation setting. Both clinics are on-campus programs, and class generally meets every other Thursday from 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Class meetings are mandatory.. The course may be taken for one or two units and automatically satisfies the Public Interest Graduation Requirement if two units are completed. Students who have completed the first year of law studies are welcome to apply. Students need not be focusing on tax law to participate. If interested, please email your resume to: Michael Larkin (michael.larkin@boe.ca.gov) Sales and Use Tax Clinic Craig Shaltes (craig.shaltes@boe.ca.gov) State Income Tax Clinic