Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach

	JOB OPPORTUNITIES API Legal Outreach does not have any open job opportunities at this time. 2013 Summer Law Clerk [pdf] Law clerks will work closely with legal staff to provide holistic legal services to clients and may assist clients with restraining orders, dissolutions, custody proceedings, immigration applications, estate planning, housing advocacy, eviction defense, elder abuse, tax controversies, and other legal issues. Assignments may include completing legal research and writing, doing client intakes by telephone and in person, conducting client interviews, assisting in our free community legal clinics, preparing pleadings and declarations, trial preparation, and giving presentations in community education and training sessions. If certified, law clerks may represent individuals in court hearings. Preference will be given to applicants who have a demonstrated and continuing commitment to social justice or public interest legal work. Law clerks are supervised by an assigned staff attorney with oversight by the Supervising Attorney or Managing Attorney in the respective office. This is a full-time position for a 10-week clerkship program starting either in the last week of May or the first week of June of 2013. Fluency in a second language is preferred. Currently, we have particular need for Tagalog, Mandarin, Cantonese, or Spanish speakers. Please send cover letter, resume, transcript, and legal writing sample to: Doris Ng, Supervising Attorney dng@apilegaloutreach.org (via E-mail Preferred) API Legal Outreach 1305 Franklin Street, Suite 410 Oakland, CA 94612 Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until May 1, 2013 or until all positions are filled. We also hire through One Justice's PI/PS Day through participating schools. Fellowship API Legal Outreach invites project proposals from third-year law students and recent law graduates for Skadden, Equal Justice Works (NAPIL), Berkeley Law Foundation, Echoing Green, New Voices, Soros, and other fellowships to begin in the fall of the next year. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES General Volunteers API Legal Outreach's Anniversary Celebration: College and law students are especially encouraged to get involved as the event is a great opportunity to meet lawyers, judges, social justice advocates and community leaders. The ticket price will be waived for volunteers in exchange for a minimum commitment of 5 hours of service on the day of the event. Areas for volunteer service include: dining setup; decorations; silent auction; children's activities; ushering; post-event duties; other assistance as needed. For more information or to sign up, please contact us at info@apilegaloutreach.org. Development and Administrative Volunteers Social Justice organizations like API Legal Outreach cannot thrive without the help of volunteers and so we are constantly looking for volunteers who have various office skills as well as a spirit of helping and giving. We highly encourage those with the time and ability to come help to please contact us as we have several areas of responsibility that we could use your help. Current areas include: Social media , Web 2.0 marketing, Event coordination, Community Building, Administrative services, fundraising, and grant research. Those with experience with or interest in Salesforce.com, Quickbooks and other database clients, as well as design software for web and print are invited to apply. Please email your CV to volunteer [at] apilegaloutreach.org. Volunteer Attorneys Are you an attorney between jobs? Want to get some solid family law, immigration, or elder law experience? Volunteer with API Legal Outreach. Our volunteers have a solid track record for finding employment in the public interest community. For more information, please contact info [at] apilegaloutreach.org. Pro Bono Attorneys from Law Firms In addition to in-house volunteer placements, we also work with private law forms on pro bono cases in a variety of areas, including domestic violence, elder abuse, and anti-trafficking. Our largest project focuses on obtaining immigration relief for immigrant domestic violence survivors through the Violence Against Women Act and other immigration laws. For more information, please contact Christine Hoang [choang@apilegaloutreach.org]. DONATIONS Amazon.com Click on this link to shop at Amazon.com and API Legal Outreach will receive up to 6% of the purchase! You need to add items to your basket and check out within the same session for API Legal Outreach to get credit for the referral. United Way Donor Option Designate API Legal Outreach (agency code 3645) as the recipient of your campaign gift. Stock Donations Get two tax breaks by donating stock: avoid capital gains plus offer a market value charitable deduction. Call for details. Cy Pres Awards Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach welcomes your nominations for cy pres awards. Cy pres awards are funds awarded in class action cases that cannot be distributed to the members of the class. Under the cy pres doctrine, the court may distribute the funds to appropriate charitable organizations. Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach has served the San Francisco Bay Area since 1975 with a broad range of public interest legal and social service programs aimed at promoting equal access to justice among low-income, immigrant, monolingual, and other underserved individuals and families. Areas of service include: Immigration Domestic Violence/Family Law Human Trafficking Senior Law & Elder Abuse Youth Leadership Development & Violence Prevention Education Housing Case Management As an established community agency, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach has the capacity, experience, and network to implement cy pres awards to immediate and broad effect. For more information about Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach and whether it might be an appropriate recipient for your case, please contact Dean Ito Taylor, executive director, at (415) 567-6255 or by e-mail at dit@apilegaloutreach.org. WISH LIST Requesting donations of: PCs P4 or better, Flat Screen/Flat Panel monitors, Wooden desks (3x5), Lateral filing cabinets.

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