FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY:
LAWYERS= COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE SF BAY AREA

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights ("LCCR") is now accepting applications from candidates interested in pursuing a Skadden or Equal Justice Works fellowship beginning fall 2009. The LCCR works in the areas of immigration, poverty, and race with a special commitment to the African-American community.

We solicit your ideas for any potential projects that are consistent with the mission of the Lawyers= Committee. In particular, we are interested in projects that focus on isues related to race and/or poverty such as: education, housing, public health, or community economic development.

The project should build upon existing LCCR advocacy efforts in order to maximize the possibility that some aspect of the work could be sustained following the fellowship. Additionally, it is important that potential fellows propose projects in which they are both interested and committed.

In keeping with our special committment, we are interested in projects that address the needs of the African-American community, as either the focus of the project or as a component of a broader project. For example, an education project might combat the overuse of school disciplinary measures for African-American students, or a community economic development project might address gentrification and redevelopment in the SF Bayview neighborhood.

Examples of past successful project areas include: the rights of low-income youth to quality education, the rights of young women recently released from juvenile detention, post-9/11 discrimination issues and the rights of public benefits recipients participating in Aworkfare@ programs.

The LCCR has hosted more than a dozen EJW and Skadden fellows over the past 15-20 years. The LCCR currently sponsors three such fellows working on projects which protect: (1) the rights of homeless persons, (2) the rights of students to decent textbooks, teachers and physical facilities, and (3) the rights of domestic workers.

If you're interested in pursuing such a fellowship with us, please submit, by June 16, 2008, a resume, writing sample, and a cover letter outlining a proposed project(s) and how your qualifications are suited for such a project. We do not expect detailed, polished proposals, but rather are interested in seeing the broad contours of an innovative project that advances civil rights.

Please direct the application to Silvia Contreras at scontreras@lccr.com. Thank you.