Public Interest Fellowship: Child Advocacy & Policy

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childrens law centerNew York (NY)

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About the role

The Children’s Law Center in New York seeks rising third-year law students, judicial clerks, and recent graduates to sponsor externally funded public interest fellowships such as Equal Justice Works, the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, and other programs. The Fellow would develop projects related to CLC’s representation of children in the New York City Family Courts, conducting full factual investigations, interviews, legal research, and writing, including drafting memoranda, motions, and

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