Public Interest Jobs
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So, this is one of those scary things: sharing information about places that you are thinking of applying is a classic information commons problem. But there are some obvious places that should go up here, and if we're serious about this, we should help each other out.
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Public Interest/Government
New York
- ACLU Privacy & Technology Project info
- NYS Attorney General / Internet Bureau info. The general program takes about 100, but the Internet Bureau took 3 in 2008. Alumnus: Josh Simmons.
- Public Patent Foundation info Summer and Semester Opportunities
- Software Freedom Law Center info run by Eben Moglen. Took 2 in 2008. Term-time possibly available. Looks for a much more technical background than most: you'd need to at least fathom getting comfortable with the command line. Alumni: Andrei Voinigescu, Daniel Harris.
- Creative Commons info No longer has a lawyer in New York.
- Media Law Resource Center info Work with issues such as Reporter's Privilege, Copyright, Privacy, Freedom of Information, Prior Restraint, etc. Takes about 2-4 interns in summer; term-time opportunities also available. Alumna: Brittney Pescatore.
Boston
- Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet and Society general info hiring info Alumnus (non-law): Luis Villa. Hiring process has in past years been very informal; reach out early and often.
California
- ACLU of Northern California: SF. Hires "1-2."
- Creative Commons info
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) takes 6-7. Alumni: Erin Simon, Kate Vershov info
- Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic; Boalt Hall School of Law info
- Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society one-year post-grad fellowship
- Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology info
Washington, D.C.
- Association of Research Libraries info
- Center for Democracy and Technology info Less libertarian splinter of EFF. Positions may be more policy/lobbying than law. Also offers two-year post grad Plesser fellowship. Alumna (and current Plesser fellow): Cynthia Wong
- Center for Digital Democracy info
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) info
- Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University two-year post-grad fellowship
- Media Access Project, mostly FCC advocacy, some older media stuff (cable, broadcasting) in addition to Internet. Usually takes 3. Alumnus: Tim Schneider info
- National Security Archive info
- Public Knowledge. Like CDT, legislative and policy work. Takes anywhere from 3 to 7. Alumnus: Tim Schneider info
- Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship - work for a government relations office of a high tech company. Take about 8 fellows per summer. Pay $5000. Alumna: Kate Vershov [1]
Federal Government
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) info
- Office of Comm'r Copps posted on Columbia Symplicity, Jan. 2008.
- Library of Congress info
- U.S. Department of Commerce - National Telecommunications and Information Administration info
- Office of the Copyright General Counsel info
- U.S. Department of Justice - Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) info
