Provides information on volunteer opportunities, pro bono news, events, opportunities, awards and resource library.
Alliance for Justice
A national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations. The site has information and job announcements for the Alliance under About AFJ, then Jobs.
American Civil Liberties Union
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, 275,000-member public interest organization devoted exclusively to protecting the basic civil liberties of all Americans, and extending them to groups to which they have traditionally been denied. The site has information and job announcements for the ACLU.
Equal Justice Works
Equal Justice Works website provides very useful information for anyone interested in public interest law, including information about their annual public interest career fair, loan repayment, fellowships and other job opportunities and more.
Essential Information
Links to more than 30 public interest organizations' home pages, including Equal Justice Works and Good Works.
Execsearches.com
This job board includes postings for fundraising, mid-level and executive level talent for nonprofit, education, healthcare and public interest organizations.
The Foundation Center: Philanthropy News Digest
A weekly publication from The Foundation Center, listing philanthropy-related articles and features from various media. The job postings list various positions at public interest organizations countrywide.
Foundation Grants to Individuals
Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards, and other financial support. Contact CDO for password information.
Human Rights Jobs
Lists the latest human rights jobs and vacancies.
Idealist
A large directory of nonprofit and volunteering resources on the web, with information provided by 21,000+ organizations in 150 countries. It is not focused on opportunities exclusively for lawyers or law students, but it includes many listings for someone with a legal education.
National Center for Adoption Law & Policy's Adoption Jobsite
The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy matches law students who are interested in summer assignments concerning permanence for children with private, public and nonprofit entities that can use their help. This web site offers law students the opportunity for child welfare, family advocacy or adoption-related job experience in several different states.
National Lawyers Guild
Home for lawyers interested in social justice, this site has great links to public interest organizations, NGOs and human rights organizations.
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
The NLADA site provides legislative updates, information on defender-related legislation and NLADA conferences. Jobs are searchable by region and are posted by civil legal services or defender organizations, public interest organizations and academic institutions.
National Institute for Research Advancement - Think Tanks
Site provides online access to the 2005 NIRA World Directory of Think Tanks. Organizations are listed by country and include websites.
Philanthropy.com
Provides news and information on the world of foundations and nonprofit management. Click Jobs for hundreds of job listings as well as articles on building a career in foundation work.
PSLawNet
A searchable database of jobs in public interest, including public interest organizations, private firms, fellowships, judiciary, etc. Contact information for thousands of potential job sources, as well as specific openings. Free to Yale students and alumni.
Public Justice
Public Justice (formerly Trial Lawyers for Public Justice) is a national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more just society. By clicking on Public Interest Database & Links on the left sidebar, you can access their database of public interest organizations, including think tanks and policy organizations. Each listing contains contact information, including a link to an email address and website for the organization. Also provides information about numerous lawyers' associations, including women's and minority bar associations.
United Nations System
The official website locator for searching within the United Nations, with additional links to other international organizations. Click Job Opportunities to access the UN Vacancy Announcements list.
A related site - www.un.org/depts/OHRM/indexpo.htm - is the site of the Office of Human Resources for the UN, with information on types of jobs and openings.
Yale Student Grants and Fellowships Database
Searchable database of grants and fellowships funded and/or administered by Yale. Most of these are open only to Yale students and are available from Yale's schools, departments, and programs, while others are national competitions to which Yale nominates candidates.