WINTER 2005 & SPRING 2006 INTERNSHIPS
DEFENDING ASIAN AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS
for Undergraduate, Graduate, and Law Students
Voting Rights Interns work on the following:
* Reviewing election monitoring reports to advocate for election reforms and compliance with the Voting Rights Act and federal Constitution. The Voting Rights Act mandates Chinese and Korean language voting assistance and forbids anti-Asian voter discrimination. This includes legal research and writing, fact pattern development, and working with clients and witnesses for possible litigation.
* Documenting the use of bilingual ballots and reporting on Asian American voting patterns from AALDEF's multilingual survey in
* Researching the history of anti-Asian voter discrimination and helping to prepare a report to Congress on the need to reauthorize the expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
* Assess elections compliance with a voting rights settlement reached in
* Registering new voters after citizenship swearing-in ceremonies.
Description of Fall Internships:
Supervision: Interns are supervised by attorneys through regular meetings and trainings.
Compensation: These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit can be arranged.
Hours: Interns work anywhere between 12 to 25 hours per week in the office.
Duration: Winter internships are during intersession and Spring internships usually follows the spring semester, commencing with the start of classes (end of January) to the first or second week of May.
To Apply:
Bilingual ability is helpful but not required. Students with language ability in Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), Korean, Bengali, Urdu, or Punjabi are especially welcome to apply and languages (if any) should be stated in the resume. Applicants should also state the number of hours they can work per week and a possible schedule.
Send a resume and cover letter to:
Voting Rights Fall Intern Search
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
The Legal Assistance Bureau ("LAB") is reaching out to members of APALSA as registration for spring semester approaches, and hopes that clinics generally will be on APALSA 2Ls and 3Ls short list of options under serious consideration. Alexis Anderson, the Director of LAB, would be happy to speak to whoever would like to hear more about the three clinics which operate out of LAB: Homelessness (taught by Prof. Paul Tremblay), Women and the Law (taught by Prof. Carwina Weng) and Civil Litigation (taught by Prof. Leslie Espinoza-Garvey and Prof. Anderson). Past experience has shown that both the clients and the clinic are enriched when it is fortunate to have a diverse group of clinic students, so if you are interested and have any questions, please contact Prof. Anderson at andersoa@bc.edu.
INTERFAITH DINNER
Where’s the Faith in Law School?
How should faith fit into law school?
What role does faith play in your career?
More importantly, what role should it play?
Come talk with professors and fellow students about the importance of striking the balance.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
5:30 P.M.
BARAT HOUSE
As you already know, APALSA provides a number of services and resources to assist you with your law school career. One of the great resources we offer our members is the Alumni Mentoring Program. This service has proven to be an extremely valuable resource and experience for our participating students in both academic and career counseling.
As midterms approach and the job search process begins, we would like to initiate the mentoring program by asking each member interested in receiving a mentor to fill out an information sheet. As a reminder, the Alumni Mentoring Program is made possible by the generosity of BC APALSA graduates. Their time is extremely precious and as such, we encourage you to make the service worthwhile for them in addition to being worthwhile to you. A worthwhile experience for our alumni is one that includes active participation from our students.
As previously mentioned, please fill out the information form and return the sheets to either Zac Wang or Daniel Park by November 18. You can pick up an info form either at the general meeting on November 10th or by e-mailing Zac or Dan. If you have any further questions about the program, please feel free to ask either of us.
Best of luck this semester. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Daniel Park (parkdg@bc.edu)
Zac Wang (zachary.wang.1@bc.edu)
Hi again APALSA people!!!!!
We just wanted to inform you that we’re having a General Body Meeting this week!!!
When???? THURSDAY @ 12:30 PM (hopefully no one has a make-up class!!! =P)
Where??? EW 115B
What's gonna be going on??
Besides updating you on the goings-on of APALSA, we will be having a *maaaad* CHILL open forum to ask questions about fake midterms (not that you should be flippin' out about them b/c they DON'T COUNT!!!!) and a trivia contest in which one lucky team will receive five $5 Starbucks cards (good for those late night caffeine runs)!
So come on down and partake in the fun (and if you're a 1L, bask in the break between OM2 assignments).
Cya Thursday,
E
PS And as always, lunch will be served (I know you all were waiting for that).
FAIR v. Rumsfeld: Exploring the Solomon Amendment Challenge
At Boston College Law School
Friday, November 11, 2005
The Coalition for Equality, the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, and students of Boston College Law School are proud to present this day-long conference on FAIR v. Rumsfeld, the landmark case challenging the Solomon Amendment, a federal law that withholds government funding from universities that exercise their non-discrimination policies evenly with all employers, including military recruiters. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case on Dec. 6, and this conference will preview the litigation’s many dimensions and implications.
Key features of the conference:
Please join Profs. Mark Tushnet, Paula Johnson, Larry Yackle, Diane Mazur, Charles Baron, Kathleen Clark, Bruce Hay, Joseph Zengerle, Margaret Burnham, Tobias Wolff, Taylor Flynn, Michael Gerhardt, and many more for this exciting day.
Free and open to the public. Lunch provided, with reception to follow the presentations.
Spread the word to your fellow students graduating in 2008. Arent Fox has just announced a Diversity Scholarship Program for 1L law students accepted into our 2006 summer program. We will award two $15,000 scholarships in addition to the summer associate salary.
We are accepting applications beginning December 1, 2005. For more details, and to access an application, please visit the following site:
