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      • Private public interest law firms (PPILFs) are involved in many of the same issues addressed by nonprofit public interest legal organizations and government agencies, but in a law firm setting.
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      Private Public Interest Law and Plaintiffs’ Firm Guide

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  3. hls.harvard.edu › bernard-koteen-office-of-publicPrivate Public Interest Law and Plaintiffs’ Firm Guide

    There is no official test for what establishes a firm as a private public interest law firm. It is a somewhat elastic term used to describe private, for-profit firms that dedicate at least a significant portion of their caseload to matters that have broad social, political, or economic impact.

  4. www.psjd.org › advice › private-public-interest-firmsPSJD | Private Public Interest Firms

    Oct 20, 2022 · At some public interest firms, associates receive salaries comparable to attorneys in legal services or state government offices, in the $40,000 to $50,000 range; at others, even new associates are paid closer to $80,000 a year. In contrast to not-for-profit organizations and government agencies, most public interest law firm lawyers also have ...

  5. law.yale.edu › career-pathways › public-interestPublic Interest | Yale Law School

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    Within the government there are many legal opportunities on the federal, state, and local level, in many different settings. The federal government employs attorneys in the Department of Justice, executive branch agencies (such as the Environmental Protection Agency), and in the legislature. These attorneys may work in lawyering or advisory roles. ...

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    Attorneys can work in many different public interest environments on a broad range of substantive issues including AIDS, arts, children’s rights, civil rights/civil liberties, consumer, death penalty/prisoner’s rights, disability, economic development, education, elderly, employment/union side labor, environmental, family, First Amendment, gay/lesb...

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    Many private firms provide opportunities to practice public service law through pro bono programs. These programs may allow, or require, attorneys to do a certain number of hours of court-appointed work or to collaborate on cases with a local or national public interest organization. The formats of these programs differ widely, as do the levels of ...

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    Fellowships serve as a gateway for public interest jobs and are intended to fulfill a specific purpose and provide a specified sum. Often fellowships are awarded after law school graduation for a fixed time period, usually one or two years; however fellowships may also offer alumni the opportunity to transition into public interest from private sec...

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    For a more in-depth discussion of popular public interest fellowships available to alumni, please visit the YLS Public Interest Fellowshipspage. Public Interest Careers International Public Interest Law Criminal Prosecution Working on Capitol Hill Environmental Law Public Interest Fellowships Vol. 1 Public interest Fellowships Vol. 2 – YLS version ...

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  6. www.law.berkeley.edu › wp-content › uploadsPRIVATE PUBLIC INTEREST AND PLAINTIFFS' FIRM GUIDE - Berkeley Law

    overlooked is another important segment of the public interest market: private public interest law firms. Private public interest law firms are involved in many of the same issues addressed by not-for-profit public interest legal organizations and government agencies – but in a law firm setting. A second, and overlapping, category of

  7. www.law.nyu.edu › sites › defaultPublic Interest Law Firms - New York University

    • The law firm is a predominately public interest firm (at least 51% of time is spent on public interest matters); • The student will be working solely on public interest matters; • The student’s time will not be billed and the firm will not submit the student’s time in a later application for attorney’s fees; and

  8. law.marquette.edu › pdf › Public-Interest-GuideGuide to Careers in Public Interest Law

    Oct 30, 2023 · 1. Fellowships. A fellowship involves being awarded a specified sum of money after law school graduation for a fixed time (usually 1-2 years) to fulfill a fairly specific purpose in a public interest setting. In other words —you get a cash stipend to take on a public interest -focused position.

  9. law.yale.edu › public-interest-career-settingsPublic Interest Career Settings | Yale Law School

    What is typically considered “public interest” law can be broken roughly into three types of employment settings: public interest work by law firms. Lawyers in all three settings are united in their basic goal of using the legal system to promote the public good.