Opportunities for Students

Call for Law Students doing LGBT Scholarship

Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition

Deadline: June 1, 2009
National LGBT Bar Association

http://lgbtbar.org/competition.html
The sponsor administers a competition dedicated to encouraging and recognizing outstanding law student scholarship on the legal issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex persons. Contact: Craig Konnoth , Address: NLGLA Writing Competition, 1301 K Street, NW, Suite 1100 East Tower , Washington, DC 20005-3823 , U.S.A. , Tel: 202-637-7661, E-mail: Craig.Konnoth@LGBTbar.org

Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN)
PLEN is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preparing women for leadership in politics and public policy. PLEN hosts five week- and weekend-long seminar programs that bring young women from all parts of the country to Washington, D.C. in order to learn about the process of forming and influencing public policy. The programs are women-focused and thus highlight the unique challenges and difficulties faced by women in the public arena as well as the successes that women leaders can accomplish. During these seminar sessions, these young women meet with established women leaders in the Congress, courts, executive agencies and nongovernmental advocacy groups. They also tour important Washington organizations and agencies in an effort to understand the true ways in which public policy is formed. In addition to the seminar sessions we hold, PLEN hosts a semester-long internship program in the spring, summer and fall semesters. The PLEN staff will extensively review and edit students’ resumes and cover letters and help to place them in appropriate internships in Washington. Once the students arrive in Washington, PLEN holds weekly seminar sessions for them, introducing them to important women in Washington and instructing them on professional development issues.
Visit the website at www.PLEN.org
Contact Roxanne Stachowski intern@plen.org
Telephone 202.872.1585.

Internships and Job Opportunities at the National Organization for Women
With over 500,000 contributing members, NOW is the largest feminist organization in the United States. Since NOW was founded in 1966, we have struggled to end the injustice and inequality women face daily. As an intern with the National NOW Action Center you will be on the front lines of the women's rights movement. An important element of our program is comprehensive leadership training. We hold a series of workshops to empower young feminists and give you the tools and knowledge to become leaders on your campuses and in your communities. You will learn the organizing skills from leaders of the most prestigious feminist organization in the world. Becoming a NOW intern is a commitment to apply the skills learned during the internship and to become, or continue to be, an activist leader. Each semester NOW interns participate in a wide range of activities which distinguish us from other Washington, D.C. based programs. These are just a few of the activities provided for interns each semester: First-hand observation of how a sexist, racist, and classist political system impacts women in this country. Frequent opportunities to organize and attend Congressional and U.S. Supreme Court hearings, press conferences, demonstrations and rallies. Intern Lobby Day which includes a "how to lobby" workshop. Training in our successful, time-honored grassroots organizing including workshops on campus organizing, coalition building and networking. Weekly intern discussion groups and field trips on a wide range of feminist issues which are led by National NOW staff and officers. Please read the application and information. Your assistance in this fight is crucial. We must stop the backlash against women and regain total power and control over our bodies and our lives. Visit: http://www.now.org/organization/work.html

Internship Program
A National Internship Program in Feminism and Public Policy
www.feminist.org/intern
The Feminist Majority and Feminist Majority Foundation seek highly motivated undergraduate students who aspire to become leaders in the feminist movement to serve as interns in our Washington, DC and Los Angeles offices. The Feminist Majority Foundation, one of the nation’s leading research and advocacy organizations for women’s rights, develops creative long-term strategies and permanent solutions for the pervasive social, political, and economic obstacles facing women. Through educational and research projects the Feminist Majority Foundation seeks to transform the public debate on issues of importance to women’s lives. The Foundation also publishes Ms. Magazine in editorial offices in Los Angeles and publishing offices in the greater DC area.
Applications are processed on a rolling basis.
Full details at www.feminist.org/intern

4collegewomen.org
Members of the Brandeis Community want to help inform women everywhere of an ever-developing website that has evolved into a useful resource. The website includes links to other sites that address all aspects of women's health and features spotlight articles researched by Brandeis students. The website is created and maintained by Brandeis University students and is sponsored and overseen by the Former Assistant Surgeon General, Dr. Susan J Blumenthal. This site focuses on women's issues and beyond but specializes in college-aged women.
The website is http://www.4collegewomen.org

http://scholar.google.com/
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. http://scholar.google.com/