Public Interest Law Resources

The Center for Law and Social Responsibility  The CLSR sponsors pro bono and public service activities through which faculty, students and alumni support socially responsible goals.  Learn About Volunteer Opportunities through the Center.

Earn the Public Service Transcript Notation.

Consider the opportunities available through the Career Services Office.

Finally, learn about opportunities for volunteer work from the student groups, who organize volunteer work. 

Bar Associations

ABA Law Student Division: Public Interest  “Law Students are increasingly making a difference in their communities.” 

ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and the Center for Pro Bono

Suffolk Lawyers for Justice Criminal Defense Services for the Indigent client

Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)

Student Competitions

Moot Court &  Mock Trials

ABA Client Counseling Competition
Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
National Child Welfare Moot Court Competition
National Black Law Students Assoc. Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition
National Black Law Students Assoc. Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition
Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
Stetson International Environmental Moot Court
UC Davis Asylum & Refugee Law National Moot Court Competition
Whittier National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition

Writing Competitions

ABA Forum on Affordable Housing & Community Development Law
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition
Comm’n on Domestic Violence Annual Writing Competition
Paralyzed Veteran’s Legal Writing Competition  (public policy issues affecting veterans)

Blogs

New England’s CLSR Blog
ABA’s list of Family Law Blawgs
ABA’s list of Juvenile Justice Blawgs
ABA’s list of Pro Bono Blawgs
ABA’s list of Blawgs for Public Defenders

LL.M. Programs

Columbia Law School LL.M. Pro Bono Fellowship
Vermont Law School LL.M. Environmental Law
Temple University LL.M. Trial Advocacy

Public Service opportunities

Clinics at New England:

Administrative Law Clinic

Lawyering Process

Public Interest Clinic

PSLawnet.org
Idealist.org
Equal Justice Works

CLE

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE)

Selected Publications

The Public Lawyer Magazine, ABA’s Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division
Boston University Public Interest Law Journal
Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal
Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest