We are proud to announce that PILS and LSU Law’s Career Services are hosting PILS/Public Interest Week from October 23 – 26. For PILS Week, we are hosting a week of presentations and events where legal speakers and panelists during the week to talk about their work in public interest.
Below are important links & a schedule of some of the exciting events we have planned!
RSVP to Serving the Public: Fierce Advocates for Change: RSVP now to secure your spot today! Link to RSVP here.
Exciting events we have planned:
- MONDAY, Careers in Public Interest Panel by CSO – Monday, October 23 @ 12:40 PM in Room 108
- Come by and hear from legal professionals with full-time careers in the public interest sector. We are hosting a variety of panelists from different areas of the law who will talk about their work in the public sector. Lunch will be provided! RSVP with Career Services using the following form: https://law.lsu.edu/forms/public-interest/.
- The CSO will be hosting speakers from:
- The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
- Colorado Public Defenders,
- CrescentCare, and
- the Louisiana Juvenile Public Defender Board to discuss their careers in public service
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- TUESDAY, Oh the Places You’ll Geaux with a Career in Public Interest – October 24 @ 5 PM on Zoom:Zoom link
Join us on Thursday to learn about different organizations working all over the United States within the public interest sector.
Panelists:
– Sara Coyle from the Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity,
– Renae Pierre from manhattan legal services nyc
– Schwanda Roundtree from Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP
– Alexis Rickmers from Equal Justice Works
- WEDNESDAY, Serving the Public: Fierce Advocates for Change – Wednesday, October 25th @ 6 PM in the Auditorium
- This panel is geared around criminal law. This event will be catered, so please RSVP here.
- Panelists:
- Leah Watson, public defender at the 19th Judicial District Office of the Public Defender
- Lindsey Blouin, director of legal services, YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge
- Professor Robert Lancaster, Assistant Dean of Experiential Learning
- Kyla Romanach, chief/director of the 19th Judicial District Office of the Public Defender
- THURSDAY, Public Interest Employer Meet & Greet – Thursday, October 26 @ 12:30 – 2:00 PM in the LSU Law Library
- Stop by the library and talk to different organizations about their work in public interest. This is a great networking opportunity to meet local organizations and firms while you are still in school. So come on by to our Public Interest Employer Meet & Greet!
- Organizations & firms coming!
- CrescentCare Legal Services
- Louisiana Policy Institute for Children
- Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response (STAR)
- Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS)
- Disability Rights Louisiana
- Office of the Public Defender Baton Rouge
- St. John Public Defenders
- Orleans Public Defender
- Louisiana’s Mental Health Advocacy Services
- & More!
