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Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil LibertiesThe Nation Institute is now accepting applications for the 2010 Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties. The fellowship competition is open to first-year law students who intend to carry out significant activities during the summer (in between their first and second year) in the areas of civil rights and/or civil liberties. Proposed activities may include a writing or research project, work with a public interest organization in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties, work on a civil rights or civil liberties law case under the supervision of a faculty member or lawyer, or any other work in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties. The fellowship recipient receives a $1,000 honorarium. Robert Masur dedicated his legal career to protecting the rights of the unemployed, minorities and the poor. A 1973 graduate of Stanford Law School, he spent six years at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago where he litigated a number of employment and consumer law cases. In 1976, he successfully argued an employment discrimination case before the Supreme Court. He entered private practice in 1981, where he focused on consumer protection law. His friends and family established the Robert Masur Fellowship Program in his memory to support the work to which he was dedicated, and to encourage young people to pursue public-interest legal careers. Applicants should send a proposal, no more than two pages, describing his or her intended summer project, along with a resume, a brief letter of recommendation, and the name of their faculty or organizational sponsor to:
Robert Masur Fellowship All applications must be postmarked by May 1, 2010. For more information, see www.nationinstitute.org or email jayati@nationinstitute.org. Due to the many worthy applications we received, in 2009 two fellowships were granted: to Ryan Townsend Rash and Brenna S. O'Connor. Mr. Rash's internship was at the Tribal Law and Policy Institute in California, where he assisted tribal nations in creating codes, specifically, laws, policies and protocols in order to adjudicate criminal activities in the Tribal Nation's land base or reservation. Ms. O'Connor worked with the New Hampshire Public Defender's office in Manchester, conducting interviews with witnesses, clients and other participants, with a special focus on indigent defense. The Institute congratulates Mr. Rash and Ms. O' Connor and wishes them success in all of their future endeavors. The Nation Institute is a non-profit organization that supports research, educational programs, seminars and other projects with an emphasis on civil rights, civil liberties, and critical, progressive journalism. |
Working In The ShadowsA Year of Doing the Jobs Americans Won't Do
What is it like to do the back-breaking work of immigrants? To find out, Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside Latino immigrants who initially thought he was either crazy or an undercover immigration agent. Combining personal narrative with investigative reporting, Thompson shines a bright light on the underside of the American economy, exposing harsh working conditions, union busting and lax government enforcement—while telling the stories of workers, undocumented immigrants and desperate U.S. citizens alike, forced to live with chronic back pain in the pursuit of $8 an hour. El Monstruo: Book TourFebruary 11 - April 13 | Across the United States
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