Rutgers - School of Law, Newark
Summer Internships and Funding
Each year, the Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) holds an auction to raise money to fund students who take summer employment in the public sector. The student-run auction has become a main event at the law school, and is widely supported. Thanks to PILF’s successful fundraising efforts, 12 students received grants for summer 2012 unpaid public interest/public service jobs. Students and their placements are:
| Diego Iniquez-Lopez Alumni Association Grant | Make the Road New York |
| Marc Armas | U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York |
| Sarah Bennett | Vera Institute of Justice, Pipeline Crisis Initiative |
| Ray Baldino | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press |
| Iris Bromberg | LGBT Law Project, NYLAG |
| Chanell Johnson | National Center for Law & Economic Justice |
| Ariana Lopez | Rockland County Public Defender |
| Madelein McCormick | Transgender Law Center |
| Eileen McNamara | Southern Public Defender Training Center |
| Rachel Moody | NJ Office of Attorney General – Division of Law |
| Gwyneth O’Neill | Orleans Public Defenders |
| Michael Woodruff | Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem |
The PSLawNet website (http://www.pslawnet.org/) provides information on other funding sources. One such source is the Charles H. Revson Law Student Public Interest Fellowship Program, which awards summer grants to students attending law school in New York and New Jersey. Many public interest organizations have their own funds for summer internship positions, and administer a competitive application process of their own. The Eric Neisser Public Interest Program is available to assist students looking for those opportunities.