The public interest sector appears to be failing to mentor young, PI attorneys and PI attorneys-to-be. It’s an arguable proposition, but jump with me to the more important question: why this failure? Are we just un-mentorable?

Your J.D. is no excuse to be waiting out the recession, volunteering your skills and hoping for the right kind of opportunity. You want a paid job? Stop being elitist and whiny and pick up a plumber’s wrench already.

Following up on last week’s post on the scary state of public interest law, TeamGG is happy to offer the viewpoint of a legal aid attorney currently looking for a new job. The funding stream supporting her salary is “evaporating.” She wishes to remain anonymous to avoid jeopardizing employment prospects in her current search.
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Word on the street is that major international human rights research NGOs are shifting management and financing strategies. Rather than hole up together in a New York or D.C. office – or even a Geneva or Brussels office – NGOs are hiring home-grown researchers to cover regional beats.
Will mega-”headquarters” or “secretariat” offices eventually will [...]