强有力的宣传的价值
Elizabeth Harrington ’23 and James Lopez Olvera ’23 awarded fellowships by the Immigrant Justice Corps for their outstanding abilities in public interest law.
我们的目标是培养公共服务领袖. 公共服务项目整合了学术, 接触BC公共服务的职业和体验机会, providing opportunities for students to discover and develop their talents for advancing the public good through their chosen legal path.
每一年, 我们的公共服务学者 成为进入1L班的核心部分, 但这种体验遍及整个学生群体, 我们秋季的公共利益法律研修课, 提供学术和体验课程, 教师指导, 与项目, 无偿服务的机会和沉浸式旅行, 还有很多学生组织的活动.
公务员服务委员会, 由院长任命, is comprised of faculty and administrators dedicated to supporting and expanding the law school's public interest initiatives and programs. Those who serve are deeply engaged in the law school's vibrant public interest community and supporting students in their related academic, 职业和课外活动. 委员会亦会甄选公共服务奖学金的得奖者, 电子游戏正规平台生公共服务法律奖学金, Drinan Family Fund Award for loan repayment and the Loan Repayment and Assistance Program for alumni pursuing careers in public interest and public service upon graduation. 如需联系委员会,请参阅此页面上的联合主席联系信息.
米歇尔Grossfield
公共服务委员会联席主席
公共利益和公益项目主管
BC Law graduates have a long history of service in government and public interest positions.
20%
参与公益项目
完成超过10,300小时的服务
“The pro bono program gave me the opportunity to learn and develop lawyering skills in the real world. It is an extremely rewarding experience to take what you have learned and use it to positively impact someone's life.”
17%+
的学生参加了PIDP
1999年开业,由最高法院大法官斯蒂芬·布雷耶主持. and Mary Daly 科廷中心 for 公共利益 Law serves as the physical home for the Law School’s initiatives supporting public interest legal work.
由前美国律师协会主席约翰. 小科廷.,公元前54年,JD '57年,中心是,用已故先生的话来说. Curtin, “a visible sign of the commitment to public service for 电子游戏软件 and its students."
除了办公室和一个正式的会议室, 该中心还提供非正式会议, 电子游戏正规平台, and common space for student organizations involved in various public service and pro bono activities. BC法律专业的学生通常完成10个以上,000 pro bono hours annually and about 20% of graduates participate in the 公共利益 指定项目. The Center allows these students to share their experiences and reflect on the educational and formative impact of their work.
Mr. 科廷坚持认为,当涉及到公益法律工作时, “精神是活的, 但必须得到滋养.科廷公共利益法中心继续支持, 鼓励, 并培养学生对公共服务的承诺.
公共利益法律基金会
Housed in the 科廷中心, PILF aims to promote public interest law-focused activities at BC Law. 有关PILF的更多信息,请参阅我们的PILF部分.
“Jack Curtin's life is a shining example of something we hold most dear at 波士顿大学法学院: a life spent in service to others in a myriad of ways.”
PILF成立于1984年,旨在促进卑诗省法律的公共利益机会和社区. PILF与教师组织活动, 社会公正培训, 一些圆桌会议, 还有一个导师项目. 该组织总部设在玛丽·戴利·科廷和约翰·J. 小科廷. 公共利益中心,是东翼三楼的一间套房. PILF成员使用科廷中心开会, 随意的谈话, 事件, 也是一个安静的学习场所. 董事会由40多名成员组成, 2L, 和3L名学生在执行, 管理者的职位, 椅子的位置, 以及学生团体中无数的普通成员. 与法学院合作, PILF also orchestrates the summer stipend program through which over a hundred students each year are awarded cost-of-living stipends for their unpaid public interest internships. PILF also awards two special stipends to 20 exceptional students: the Racial Justice Stipend and the Hillinger Fellowship, 都得到了英格丽·迈克尔森·希林格遗产基金的支持. The stipend program advances PILF’s greater mission of ensuring that public interest careers are accessible to as diverse a range of students as the communities public interest lawyers serve.
PILF收到了一笔10万美元的资助 卡明斯基金会 为在公共服务部门工作的BC省法律专业学生提供暑期津贴.
不列颠哥伦比亚省法律公共利益和公共服务社区活跃而充满活力. 除了公益法基金会, many other student organizations working in public interest areas are visible in the 科廷中心 and across 校园:
美国宪法学会
儿童权利小组
刑事法律学会
环境法律学会
大屠杀与人权项目
移民法律小组
如果/何时/如何
全国律师协会
St. 托马斯·莫尔社会
公益法律研修班
每年秋季, 我们的公益团体聚集在康纳斯中心参加一年一度的务虚会, 由公共服务学者和公共利益和公益项目主任领导. The retreat introduces 1Ls interested in pursuing careers in public interest and public service to mentors and resources within our vibrant public interest community. 你将与在这些领域工作的校友进行小组对话, 听取院长和一位鼓舞人心的主题演讲者以及该领域的领导者的意见. The goal is to highlight the importance of this work and our commitment to supporting students engaged in it. 在晚宴和招待会上, you will meet faculty with public sector practice experience who are active in the public interest community, and learn from upperclass student leaders and recent alumni about engaging in public interest work during law school and in their public interest careers.