Public Interest Summer Opportunity with $5k stipend

Equal Justice Works and the Legal Services Corporation are seeking law students in their first or second year of law school to apply for the 2017 Rural Summer Legal Corps. The Rural Summer Legal Corps program connects public interest law students with civil legal aid organizations to address pressing legal issues facing rural communities. 30 Fellowship opp…ortunities are available nationwide to provide critical legal services to rural communities in the areas of housing, domestic violence, public benefits, migrant farmworkers, Native American, and family law.
Selected students will receive a $5,000 stipend and begin the summer with intensive training from poverty law experts in Washington, DC before deploying to their host site for an 8-10 week placement. Interested students can learn more about the program and apply by February17 at https://rurallegalcorps.org/. Questions should be directed to ruralcorps@equaljusticeworks.org.