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EQUAL
JUSTICE WORKS HOSTS LARGEST NATIONAL
PUBLIC
INTEREST LAW CONFERENCE AND CAREER FAIR
OCTOBER
6 AND 7 IN WASHINGTON,
DC
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What:
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Each October more than 1,500 public interest-minded law
students, law graduates, law school professionals and public interest
employers gather in Washington, D.C. for this two-day event. The Equal
Justice Works Conference
and Career Fair includes interviewing for permanent and summer positions,
skills building and career advising sessions with experts from around the
country, as well as workshops on effective public interest organizing
strategies. Highlights include:
- Plenary
session featuring Sister Helen Prejean,
anti-death penalty activist and author of Dead Man Walking and The
Death of Innocents.
- Awards Luncheon honoring law
school heroes who have demonstrated their commitment to justice: Dean Karen Rothenberg, University of Maryland
School of Law; Professor Ilene Seidman,
Suffolk
University
Law
School;
and Gavan Meehan, Class of 2007, University of Connecticut School of
Law.
- More than 1,000 law students
and graduates interviewing with more than 145 public interest
employers including the American Bar Association, American Civil
Liberties Union, the United States Government and numerous state and
regional legal aid organizations.
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When:
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October 6 and 7, 2007
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Where:
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The Omni Shoreham
Hotel
2500 Calvert Street, NW
(at Connecticut)
Washington,
DC
20008
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Contact:
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For additional information about
the Equal Justice Works Conference
and Career Fair, visit www.equaljusticeworks.org/events/cf/conference.
Media representatives interested in attending any of the events should
contact James Carroll
at 202-466-3686 ext 102 or jcarroll@equaljusticeworks.org
before Oct 5.
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