Lawyers and law students often seek public interest work because (1) public interest legal work provides valuable experience, (2) public interest legal jobs are often personally very satisfying because of the cause the lawyers are working to advance, and (3) the work-life balance is often much better in public interest lawyer jobs than traditional law firms.
These organizations have lists of job openings in public interest law positions and other valuable information about the types of public interest law jobs available.
Organizations with job openings and information about public interest law jobs:
- Access to Justice Network (Canadian Justice and Legal Information/Services)
- Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.
- AFL – CIO
- Alliance for Justice
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Equal Justice Works
- Essential Information (Public Interest Organization Server)
- Everett Public Interest Internship Program
- Foundation Center Online (for Grantseekers)
- Harvard University Office of Public Interest Advising
- Idealist (15,000 Organizations Under One Roof)
- IGC Internet’s Progressive Gateway
- Just Advocates
- Lawyers Without Borders
- Michigan Poverty Law Program
- Monday Lobby Group
- National Fair Housing Advocate Online
- National Organization for Women
- National Organizers Alliance
- OneWorld Online
- Political Resources on the Net
- PSLawNet
- Public Citizen
- Public Interest Law Initiative
- State PIRG
- The Peggy Browning Fund
- United Nations Systems
- United Steelworkers of America
- University of Michigan Law School, Office of Public Service Programs
- WomensNet
- Workplace Fairness