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Public Interest/Nonprofit

The nonprofit organizations listed below are ones at which one or more Michigan Law students worked in the summer of 2008, 2009, or 2010. The list demonstrates the broad range of issues and the impressive organizations with which students have worked. The list does not include employment sponsored by the University of Michigan Law School, such as the Law School clinics, the National Civil Rights Clearinghouse, the AIRE Centre, the summer Cambodian internship program, or the Detroit Center for Family Advocacy, which also have afforded wonderful summer internships for Michigan Law students.

ABA  (Section of Dispute Resolution; Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative; Commission on Domestic Violence; International Legal Resource Center)
ACLU (of Georgia, Michigan, Texas; National Security/Immigrants Rights Project; National Prison Project; Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief)
Administer Justice
AIDS Action
American Friends Service Commission
Anti-Defamation League
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Associated Counsel for the Accused
Asylum Access Ecuador
Legal Aid Society/ Legal Services Corporation (Atlanta; Arkansas; Bay Area; Brooklyn; Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Los Angeles; Marin County; Nebraska; New York; Queens; South Brooklyn; Southeastern MI; Southeastern PA; South Central MI; Texas)
Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia
California Appellate Project
California Wilderness Coalition
Campaign Legal Center
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition
Carter Center, Justice and Peace Commission
Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for HIV Law and Policy
Center for Social Development
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation
Children at Risk
Children's Law Center (DC; Massachusettes)
Christian Legal Center
Citizens Advocacy Center
City Bar Justice Center (NY)
Common Cause
Community Justice Project (PA)
Conservation Law Foundation
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Coordinated Adv & Refl Program for Leg Serv
Counceil on American-Islamic Relations
Council for Public Policy
Domestic Violence Legal Clinic (Chicago, IL)
East Bay Community Law Center
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Environmental Law Institute
Fair Housing Center
Family Violence Prevention Services
First Amendment Project
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
Freedom Now
Future of Music Coalition
Georgia Capital Defender
Habitat for Humanity
Homeless Action Center
Homeless Advocacy Project
Human Rights First, Law and Security Project
Human Rights in China
Institute for Justice
International Federation Against Copyright Theft 
Internal Develop. Law Org. Microfinance Proj
International Human Rights Initiative
International Rescue Committee
Irish Center for Human Rights
Justice and Peace Commission
Juvenile Rights Project
Lambda Legal
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Lawyers for Children
Legal Action Center
Legal Aid Justice Center
Legal Community Against Violence
Legal Services for Children
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Louisiana Capital Assistance Center
Metro Family Service Legal Aid Bureau
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service
Michigan Unemployment Insurance Advocacy Project
Michigan Unemployment Insurance Project
Michigan Universal Healthcare Access Network
Mil Mujeres Legal Services
Mississippi Center for Justice
National Wildlife Federation
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Housing Law Project
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Neighborhood Legal Services Project
New York Legal Assistance Group
Oceana
Polaris Project
Public International Law and Policy Group
Rural Development Institute
Safe Horizon
Society of Counsel Representing Accused Persons
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
SSI Outreach Project
Stanford Law Youth and Education Law Project
Sugar Law Center
Texas Civil Rights Project
The Community Health Law Project
The Florence Project
The Prison Law Office
The W. Haywood Burns Institute
Timap for Justice
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
Triangle Foundation
Vera Institute for Justice
Victim Rights Law Center
Washington Ceasefire
Western Environmental Law Center
WilmerHale Legal Services Center
Woman's Law Project
Women Legal Watch
Youth Represent

 

 
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