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3 Aug 2012, 9:46 am
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6 Sep 2011, 12:12 pm
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On Campus Interviews: the holy grail of the law school job hunt. Or it’s supposed to be. Right?
For every student who enters law school the “correct” path is clear. Year one: be in the top 10% of your class and find something useful, maybe even “public interest work,” during the summer. Year two: participate in On Campus Interviews (OCIs) and land a well-paying job for the following summer. 2L Summer:… [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 7:11 am
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So now that you are (hopefully) thinking about choosing the public path, you may be wondering “what next?” The ultimate goal is to get a public sector job. However, if you’re anything like the save-the-world bleeding heart I am, it’s hard to focus on a direction because you want to help every cause. Trust me, I know that feeling.
Making a decision about what policy/social justice area to pursue for a career can… [read post]
3 Jun 2013, 6:36 pm
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“Fly fishing saved my life. It reminded me to keep casting and that I couldn’t give up. It reminded me that even though the river may be quiet today, tomorrow a trout may rise. And I’ll be there to catch it.” – testimonial from Project Healing Waters
“Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become… [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 4:31 pm
The end of September marks the close of the Third Quarter of 2011, which brings two quarterly filing obligations for broadcast stations. The first obligation is that by October 10 all radio and television stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare and place in their public inspection file Quarterly Issues Programs Lists reporting on the important issues facing the stations' communities, and the programs aired in the months of July, August, and September that dealt with those… [read post]
24 May 2010, 6:47 am
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A major drawback to public interest work is the salary. I've interviewed three public interest attorneys at different stages in their careers who live in expensive cities to see how they manage their finances and I share their tips for managing student loans and living off their salaries.
Name: Julia Wilson School: Stanford Law School, 11 years out Job: Public Interest Clearinghouse, Dir. City: San Francisco
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1 Feb 2010, 8:04 pm
In a decision just released, the FCC fined a noncommercial FM station $8000 for failing to make its public inspection file available when it was requested. The FCC made clear that past cases where a noncommercial station was given only an admonition for similar violations were no longer good law, finding that the public file was an important part of the station's obligations to the public and the failure to make it available was a serious violation. This case should serve as a warning to all… [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 4:00 am
The FCC announced an extension of the comment filing deadline in its proceeding looking at the Future of the Media (see our summary here). At the same time, the Steven Waldman, the Special Assistant to Chairman Genachowski, made a public appearance at the FCC's open meeting last week to explain what is intended by this study - and from his comments and those of the Commissioners, this will be a wide-ranging investigation looking at how FCC and other government regulations can insure diversity in… [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 4:23 am
We really need legislation to stop SLAPPs. According to the Ontario Anti-SLAPP panel report:
“Strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP) has been defined as a lawsuit initiated against one or more individuals or groups that speak out or take a position on an issue of public interest. SLAPPs use the court system to limit the effectiveness of the opposing party’s speech or conduct. SLAPPs can intimidate opponents, deplete their resources, reduce their ability to… [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 6:02 am
When the FCC last month started a new proceeding to mandate an online public file for television stations, the Commission promised to soon initiate another proceeding to look into the need for a new form to document the public interest programming that TV stations provide. The FCC today fulfilled that promise, and issued a Notice of Inquiry ("NOI") to start the process of adopting a new form for TV stations to complete to report on various categories of "public interest… [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 8:57 am
Three broadcast items are tentatively scheduled for the next FCC meeting, to be held on April 27, according to the tentative agenda released today. In one expected action, though perhaps moving more quickly than many thought possible, the FCC has indicated that it will adopt an Order in its proceeding requiring TV broadcasters to place and maintain their public files on the Internet. A second broadcast item will adopt rules for channel sharing by TV broadcasters as part of the plan for… [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 1:54 pm
The FCC today heard from its Future of Media task force, when its head, Steven Waldman presented a summary of its contents at its monthly meeting. At the same time, the task force issued its 475 page report - which spends most of its time talking about the history of media and the current media landscape, and only a handful of pages presenting specific recommendations for FCC action. The task force initially had a very broad mandate, to examine the media and how it was serving local… [read post]
23 Oct 2010, 11:02 pm
Montreal Gazette » Appointments investigated after serious flaws found in IRB hiring practices:
The Public Service Commission is investigating 13 appointments made by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, some involving its most senior officials.
The investigations were sparked by a 2009 audit that found serious flaws in the Ottawa-based IRB’s hiring practices. The PSC is probing whether the 13 appointments were based on merit and followed “guiding values” laid down in the Public… [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 10:58 am
While the FCC is entertaining comments on its proposal to move the public inspection file for broadcast television stations online (see our article here), the existing physical public files of several New York area broadcasters came under examination by the New York Times, according to an article in Sunday’s paper. The article seemed to both make fun of the contents of the required public file, while at the same time noting that the people at several stations contacted by the reporter seemed to… [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 6:56 am
A crop of comments have sprung up recently on whether regulatory analyses in rulemaking – economic, scientific, and otherwise –support a specific point of view. At the same time, questions about whether public comments inherently bias a policy decision in a specific direction have arisen. At bottom, information is the currency of the regulatory process – sticking one’s regulatory head in the sand, ostrich-like, is not an acceptable response. If good analysis and public scrutiny informs… [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 1:40 am
“The Commercial Court has resisted an application to anonymise those individuals at Barclays involved in the LIBOR scandal.”
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UK Human Rights Blog, 30th January 2013
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21 Mar 2012, 4:38 am
“Two Occupy protesters who were arrested and charged when they attempted to set up camp in Cardiff are claiming victory after a case against them was unexpectedly dropped.”
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The Guardian, 20th March 2012
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25 Jan 2013, 3:25 am
“Barclays has been forced to reveal the identities of more than 100 employees who had been attempting to keep their names out of the public domain ahead of a case involving the alleged manipulation of the Libor rate.”
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The Guardian, 24th January 2013
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9 Dec 2011, 6:48 am
The mission of the Peggy Browning Fund is to educate and inspire the next generation of advocates for workplace justice. Through fellowships, workers' rights conferences, networking and other programs, the Fund provides unique opportunities for law students to work for economic and social justice. The Peggy Browning Fellowship Program provides stipends to law students who dedicate their summer [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 7:14 am
PSLawNet is an incredible job search resource that contains a comprehensive database of over 12,000 public interest organizations, public interest law firms, and government agencies located throughout the United States and the world. Touro Law Center subscribes to the service and, as a result, Touro students and alums may access the database free of charge. Job seekers log on to the PSLawNet [read post]