Public Interest Resource Center

Pennsylvania Health Law Project     

Position Announcement: Project Administrator

Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP) is an established nonprofit law firm, headquartered in Philadelphia, which works to reform and improve the public health care system.  We represent low income people unable to cut through legal, administrative or financial barriers to obtaining needed health care treatment.  PHLP also informs, trains, and supports Medicaid and Medicare consumers (and those who serve consumers) on health issues, engages in policy analysis, and promotes health care innovations focused on quality and accessibility. 

PHLP seeks qualified candidates for a newly created position in its Philadelphia office that combines a range of functions in that location with a broader set of coordination and communications responsibilities that also support staff working in PHLP’s Harrisburg and Pittsburgh locations.  The Assistant will report to PHLP’s Director, Laval Miller-Wilson.  The position will remain open until filled.    

Responsibilities

• Assists Director & other staff in developing grant proposals and reports
• Provides skilled executive assistance as needed: proofreading prepared documents for correctness, spelling, punctuation and grammar; assembling documents as necessary
• Schedules and arranges logistics for PHLP events, trainings, and conferences
• Ensures that personnel, project, and grant files and research materials are well maintained
• Maintains an inventory of office supplies and coordinates the purchase of supplies and equipment
• Shares telephone reception and greets visitors

Requirements

• College degree
• Strong interest in working collaboratively to reduce health disparities
• Attention to detail
• Excellent computer skills and knowledge of office systems and software; minimally Microsoft Office Suite—i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe document software; additional experience with software platforms (e.g., Dreamweaver) a plus
• An ability to learn about and introduce new systems to improve office productivity
• An ability to multi-task and meet daily deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal, coordination and teamwork skills
• An ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Compensation

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience.

Application Materials:  Send a cover letter & resume to HR@phlp.org or mail materials to PHLP, Attn: Human Resources, 123 Chestnut Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106. 

EOE:  People of color/bi-cultural/bi-lingual in Spanish, women and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Dear Widener Law Student,

We are delighted to invite you to judge the University of Pennsylvania’s 2009 Quaker Classic, on November 13th and 14th. Some of the best collegiate mock trial teams from across the country will be competing on campus in Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Mock Trial Team is currently looking for law students to volunteer as Presiding Judges and/or Scoring Judges for the tournament.

A brief summary of this year’s case is as follows: In 2002, three entrepreneurs joined forces to create Trifecta Entertainment, a major movie studio. After some initial growing pains, Trifecta was about to embark on its most profitable year. But one of the partners went missing. Foul play was suspected and then the police discovered the missing partner’s corpse buried at the base of Calkins Cliffs in the state of Midlands. The two remaining partners have been indicted for murder.

Each competition team will present an opening statement, direct and cross examinations, and a closing argument in trials that are limited to three hours. Students will follow an abridged version of the Federal Rules of Evidence. All judges will score the competitors on a 1-10 scale based on their performance as well as rank attorneys and witnesses for “Outstanding Attorney” and “Outstanding Witness” awards. Additional training and information will be provided during the judges’ meeting prior to each round of competition.

Here is the schedule for the tournament:

Friday, November 13th Saturday, November 14th

Judges’ Meeting: 2:15 PM Judges’ Meeting: 8:15 AM

Round 1: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Round 3: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Judges’ Meeting: 6:15 PM Judges’ Meeting: 12:15 PM

Round 2: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Round 4: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

All trials will be held on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia, PA. Food will be provided to judges between Rounds 1 and 2, before Round 3, and between Rounds 3 and 4. Tournament rules and regulations dictate that we have one presiding judge and 1-2 scoring judges for each of the eighty trials that will take place throughout the tournament. As such, we are looking for a minimum of forty judges per round.

The Public Interest Resource Center has confirmed that all law students are eligible to receive pro bono hours for volunteering as a judge at this tournament. We very much hope that you can find time in your schedule to lend us your experience in the legal field. Please email me at judges@pennmocktrial.com if you will be able to attend. I look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you at the Quaker Classic.

Sincerely,

The Public Justice Foundation is sponsoring the 2010 Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest. The topic is Can Coal Be Clean? Litigation Remedies for Coal Contamination from Mining to Combustion to Sequestration. The intent-to-enter form submission deadline is January 29, 2010 and the essay submission deadline is March 31, 2010.  Below is the link for additional information about the contest.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 202-797-8600 or cgoings@publicjustice.net.  Thank you!

http://www.publicjustice.net/What-We-Do/Awards/Law-School-Essay-Contest.aspx

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The United States Department of Agriculture is currently recruiting an entry-level attorney for its Harrisburg office. The deadline to submit an application for this position is October 27, 2009. For more information about this position, please review a copy of the job announcement that has been posted on the Office of Personnel Management’s USAJobs website, which is available by clicking on the following link:

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=83646436&JobTitle=Attorney&jbf574=AG*&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&vw=d&re=12&caller=basic.aspx&pg=1&cnme=Harrisburg%2c+PA&rad=20&rad_units=miles&rfn=1&sort=jt&AVSDM=2009-09-28+14%3a47%3a00

SAVE THE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT

On November 12, 2009

Community Legal Services, Philadelphia Legal Assistance,

Homeless Advocacy Project, Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance

Project, and Volunteers for the Indigent Program will be hosting the 

2009 Law Student Open House

Thursday November 12, 2009

4:00pm—6:00pm

Flyers for this event will be sent out on Friday October 16, 2009 to area local Law School Career Centers

$5,000 and $2,500 awards for full-time public interest attorneys to address student loan debt

***APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES BELOW***

  Deadline to apply: 5:00 pm, October 9, 2009

Please email the PIRC office at pirc@mail.widener.edu for the form.

We are located at 3000 N. Claymont Street in the northeast section of Wilmington. We serve about 400 preK to 8th grade inner-city kids. We are a Title I, high poverty school.

For the last several years our Board has been served by a Widener Law student acting as recording secretary, attending Board meetings and preparing the minutes. We are currently in need of a new volunteer to start with the Board meeting of Wednesday, September 23 at 5 pm. We meet regularly at 5 pm on the 4th Wednesday of each month. The meetings usually last about 2 hours and it probably takes a couple of hours after that to prepare the minutes. We would like to have a volunteer who would commit to work for us for at least a year and preferably two years.

Please let me know if you think you might have a student who would be interested in this volunteer experience. From a legal point of view the benefit is seeing a non-profit Board in action and learning how to properly prepare corporate minutes. It is also a great service to our community. You can reach me by email, or by phone at the number below or on my cell at 302 547 8094.

Our last 2 volunteers have been Joan-Alice Burn and Aaron Gorodetzer, who I am sure would be happy to answer any questions any prospective volunteer might have. 

If you are interested, please contact Mr. McDowell.

LAW SCHOOL OUTREACH COMMITTEE

SUMMER BROWN BAG SERIES 2009

1101 Market Street, Fridays 12pm to 1:30pm