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Career and Specialty Guides
OPIA’s specialty guides provide an in-depth look into many fields of public interest law. In the guides below you’ll find background information on issue areas and practice settings, narratives and career advice from practicing attorneys, key hiring information, and organization and fellowship listings.
Featured Guides (.pdf)
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All Guides (.pdf)
- Administrative Law
- Children's Rights
- Citizenship Guide: Information on Hiring for Non-Citizens
- Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
- Conservative Public Interest Law
- Department of Justice SLIP and Honors Program Application Guide (Fall 2013 update)
- Department of Justice Volunteer Internship Application Guide (Fall 2013 update)
- Education Law Guide
- Environmental Law Guide (2013 update)
- Food Law Guide (written and created by staff and members of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Harvard Food Law Society. This is the 2013 update)
- Foundations
- Health Law
- How to Make the Most of Your Summer Job
- Immigration & Refugee Law
- Insider's Guide to Writing A Successful Fellowship Application
- International Development Guide
- International Resources at HLS
- Labor and Employment
- Law Firms Sponsoring Public Interest Summers and Summer Fellowships
(Split Summer, Externship, and Summer Fellowship Opportunities) - Legal Services (2013 Update)
- LGBT Rights Law
- Outstanding Lawyers in Action: A Day in the Life of Wasserstein Fellows
- Outstanding Lawyers in Action II: A Day in the Life of Wasserstein Fellows (2012 update)
- Political Campaigns
- Private Public Interest Firms(2013 update)
- Pro Bono
- A Guide to Public Defender Programs
- Sizing Up the Prosecution
- Guide to Internships & Fellowships in Reproductive Rights & Justice (This guide is published by the Law Students for Reproductive Justice)
- State and Local Government
- The Great Firm Escape
- United Nations Jobs and Internships -- Insider's Guide
- US Attorneys' Offices
- Women's Rights
Cheap Living Guides (.pdf)
Our Cheap Living Guides offer some advice on how to find affordable housing, neighborhoods to stay in, how to get around and what do for fun around some major cities, both here and abroad.
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