FCBA Foundation -- Funding of Unpaid Communications-Related Legal Internships

For the seventeenth consecutive year, the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) Foundation will award stipends to law students from its Chairman Robert E. Lee Scholarship and Internship Fund. In 2010, the Foundation will award at least five $5,000 stipends to law students employed as unpaid summer interns in positions with the FCC and other government agencies or entities with a connection to the communications industry (i.e., broadcasting, cable television, telephony, satellite, wireless, and information technology).

In addition, the Foundation will select one outstanding intern among those chosen to receive an additional stipend of $600 for the summer—the “Max Paglin Award.” Mr. Paglin was the former General Counsel and Executive Director of the FCC, and the founder of the Golden Jubilee Commission on Telecommunications, which compiled a definitive legislative history of the Communications Act.

Requirements:

Applicants will be selected on the basis of: (1) a demonstrated interest in the communications field, (2) having secured or having pending, an unpaid summer position (internship) for at least 8 weeks in communications with a government agency or entities with a connection to the communications industry, (3) dependence on financial assistance in order to accept the unpaid internship in a government agency or entity involved in communications; and, (4) community activities. To the extent a recipient receives unanticipated funding for the unpaid internship, the FCBA Foundation’s general policy is to reduce its scholarship awards by any amount that a recipient’s total funding (including all sources) for the internship would otherwise exceed $7,000.

Applications for a Lee Fund scholarship should be submitted to Kerry Loughney, FCBA Foundation, 1020 19th Street, N.W., Suite 325, Washington, D.C. 20036, by Friday, March 19, 2010. Applicants may be asked to interview with members of the Foundation Board; interviews may be conducted by telephone. Winners will be notified by Friday, April 16, 2010.

To see the application, go to: http://www.fcba.org/upload/2010internshipstipendapplication.pdf

Programs this Week

HOW I GOT MY SUMMER POSITION & MADE THE MOST OF IT
Tuesday, January 19, 12pm, HOL 345
Come hear what works in formulating a successful job strategy from a panel of 2Ls and 3Ls who have gone through this process and secured summer opportunities.

SHOULD I GET AN LLM?
Tuesday, January 19, 12pm, HOL 270.
3Ls, are you considering applying for any LLM degree? If so, come hear Law Professor and Director of the Graduate Tax Program, Michael K. Friel, speak about the benefits of an LLM degree and how to go about researching and evaluating the programs of interest to you.

SHIPS
Wednesday, January 20, 10am, HOL 360
InternSHIPS, FellowSHIPS, ClerkSHIPS… What’s with all of these SHIPS; how do I find and land them? Join the CCD for this informative program about what students can do over the summer, and how to land these great opportunities.

Interested in Practicing in Central Florida?

The UF Law Alumni Association is hosting a Gator Law Reception at the Florida Bar Mid-year Meeting at the Hilton Orlando on Destination Parkway on Thursday, January 21, 2010 from 6:00-8 p.m. Career Development will be able to invite 10 students to attend this networking event with Gator practitioners & judges. If you are interested in attending & will be able to be in Orlando on this night, email careers@law.ufl.edu by Wednesday, January 13th at 4:00 p.m. Please indicate your class year as preference is given to 3L's. You will be notified on 1/14/10 if you are selected to attend.

Jacksonville Networking Opportunities

Check out these upcoming events sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section of the Jacksonville Bar Association:

Date:Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Event: YLS Happy Hour
Location: Golftec (4372 Southside Blvd, Suite 306)
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Date:Saturday, January 16, 2010
Event: Holidays in January
Location: Family Support Services
Time: 11:00 am to 1:00pm
Volunteers Needed: Contact Fraz Ahmed at fa@kubickidraper.com

Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Event: Judicial Breakfast (County/Family/Juvenile)
Location: Duval County Courthouse, Room 505 (Old Jury Room)
Time: 8:00am to 9:00am
RSVP: To Elizabeth Howard (ehoward@rtlaw.com) by 2/24/10

Date: Saturday, April 3, 2010
Event: YLS 5K Run to Benefit the Florida Skin Cancer Foundation
Location: TBD
Time: 5:30pm

Foley Minority Scholarship Program

Foley & Lardner awards a $5,000 scholarship to a first-year minority law student at select law schools: Berkeley, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Michigan, Northwestern, UCLA, and Wisconsin. Applications and additional information are available online. Applications must be received by January 19, 2010, and winners will be notified by March 5, 2010.

Finnegan Diversity Scholarship

The The Finnegan Diversity Scholarship provides financial support to qualified minority law students who have demonstrated a commitment to pursuing a career in IP law. The scholarship award of $15,000 may be applied to costs associated with normal tuition; usual fees (such as, but not limited to, student activity fees; law school or university fees, and administrative fees); and a patent bar review course.

The scholarship recipient will also accept an offer to join the firm as a 2011 summer associate in one of their five domestic offices (Atlanta, Cambridge, Palo Alto, Reston or Washington).

Students currently completing their first year full-time (or second year part-time) are invited to apply. The award will be applied to education costs the following academic year, and may be renewed for one additional year if the scholar accepts an associate offer upon successful completion of the Finnegan summer associate program and maintains a grade point average of 3.0 or better in law school.

Additional information about the scholarship and application form are posted at www.finnegan.com. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2010.

Interested in public policy?

Check out the University of Arizona's new Public Policy Handbook at www.law.arizona.edu/career/PublicPolicy10-11/LoginForm.cfm. For log-in and password check the Announcements page in Symplicity.

Walk-in resume review this Thursday

Stop by the Center for Career Development this Thursday, January 14, 2010 between 10:00 a.m. and noon to have your resume reviewed by a CCD counselor. Counselors will be available on a walk-in basis to review resumes, make suggestions, and offer advice on highlighting your best accomplishments on paper. All you need to bring is 10 minutes of your time and a paper copy of your resume.

Don't forget: Bidding for Phase I of Spring OCI opens next Tuesday, January 12, 2010. If you can't access your OCI tab in Symplicity be sure to complete an OCI Policies and Procedures Form (http://www.law.ufl.edu/career/students/ociform.shtml) as soon as possible.