Law School prep program for underrepresented students
Trials is a unique partnership of NYU School of Law, Harvard Law School, and the Advantage Testing Foundation. It is a fully subsidized summer study program for students of modest means whose backgrounds are currently underrepresented at the nation’s top law schools.
For five weeks in the summer, Trials students take residence at Harvard or New York University. The residency alternates from year to year.
Each week, instructors from Advantage Testing prepare Trials students for the LSAT by deconstructing the test and presenting a step-by-step approach to each question type. Students maintain a rigorous practice testing schedule, frequently sitting for full-length official LSATs under simulated testing conditions. Working closely with their instructors, students learn to develop an individualized study plan, focus their preparation, and apply the core principles they master.
Trials students also attend lectures presented by prominent lawyers, public figures, and legal scholars, including distinguished faculty from both NYU Law and Harvard Law School. These lectures provide a wide-ranging introduction to the study and practice of the law while giving students the opportunity to ask specific questions related to their particular fields of interest.
Perhaps most important, Trials allows students to experience communities similar to those they will encounter in law school. Students form study groups to challenge, motivate, and inspire one another. In lunches with instructors and speakers, students can take part in informal discussions to learn more about the law, their peers, and themselves.
Learn more and how to apply here: http://trials.atfoundation.org
Deadline is February 28
Put your international affairs knowledge and language skills to work as an Economic Research Analyst at Franklin Templeton
Attend this virtual information session to meet Vivian Guo, an IPE major from the class of 2015, to learn more about their full-time Research Associate position within the Templeton Global Macro group at Franklin Templeton Investments in San Mateo, CA. This position could be a great opportunity to seniors from all majors who have an interest in international affairs and languages. Vivian shared that this role is very unique and a great one for Middlebury graduates, “My experience here in the past two and a half years has been invaluable and I am hoping to offer the opportunity to another Middlebury student.”
Franklin Templeton Investments – Global Macro Virtual Information Session
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
CCI Library, Adirondack House
Templeton Global Macro has been a pioneer in unconstrained global fixed income investing for almost three decades, currently consisting of 18 investment professionals and managing $120 billion in assets. The team conducts in-depth global macroeconomic analysis regionally and at the individual country level, evaluating interest rates, currencies, and credit conditions. Team members meet daily to discuss ongoing market activity, as well as political and macroeconomic events. The team applies a fundamental, research-driven investment approach that focuses on identifying sources of high current income worldwide that has the potential to provide compelling risk-adjusted returns.
First Gen Civil Rights Fellowship
FirstGEN Fellows is a ten-week summer program in the D.C. area for undergraduate students who are the first in their immediate families to attend an institution of higher education, and who are passionate about pursuing careers in social justice. Each fellow receives a $1,500 stipend. Our mission is to identify, support and advance emerging first generation social justice leaders. The fellowship is a collaborative program by Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and D.C. Office of the National Immigration Law Center, with the Lawyers’ Committee serving as program lead.
More details and application link here. Deadline is February 2, 2018.
32 Public Policy Fellowships in Washington, D.C.
The capital of the United States is a hub of opportunity for those wishing to make a lasting social impact. Washington, D.C. is an excellent city with many government-related resources available for academics and professionals that want to intern, work, or even just attend a short seminar on public policy. Fellowship opportunities in Washington, D.C. abound for students, graduates, and working professionals from all academic backgrounds. Check out these 32 unique fellowships in public policy in Washington, D.C. and be sure to bookmark these opportunities to your ProFellow account!
https://www.profellow.com/fellowships/32-public-policy-fellowships-in-washington-d-c/
Alumni Career Conversation: Life in DC and Work in Nonprofits and Policy
Join Tarsi Dunlop ’09, Political Science major, for a candid and informal conversation about her life and work in DC.
Friday, October 27
12:30 pm in ADK Library (CCI)
Lunch included!
Here is more about Tarsi. Come with your questions, all class years and majors welcome.
Tarsi Dunlop is a nonprofit leader, committed to building progressive capacity and infrastructure, Millennial leadership and education equity and access. She is currently the Program and Membership Associate for Local Progress at the Center for Popular Democracy. Prior to that, she served as the Program and Operations Manager at the Learning First Alliance (LFA), a national partnership of education associations committed to strengthening public schools for all children. Her writing has been featured in outlets including the Washington Post, National Priorities Project, and the Next New Deal. She serves as a national board advisory member for Forge Columbus (a civic innovation hub in Columbus, OH) and as part of the Emerging Leaders Group for the Franklin Project at the Aspen Institute.. Prior to LFA, Tarsi was the Director of Operations and Communications at the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network – the nation’s first student policy organization. She remains an active alumni, editing student policy ideas and serving as a steering committee member to help build up the organization’s alumni network.
Work in International Affairs. Explore what it all means!
The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) is a great resource with a job board, graduate school information and tons of information about opportunities in the public, non-profit and private sectors, along with details about subject areas like human rights and international law, conflict resolution, development and relief, education, and more.
Explore it all here: https://apsia.org/
Leadership Lessons from the Military: A career conversation with Emily Núñez Cavness ‘12, former U.S Army Captain
We were fortunate to have Emily join us for this informal occasion to learn about her student days as an IGS major and transition to the Army and adapting her liberal arts education to military life. Emily is currently the CEO and co-founder of Sword & Plough, her upcycling company that re-purposes military surplus into specialty bags and other products, with a mission to strengthen civil-military understanding. She talked about the similarities and differences of military and civilian management positions and briefly reviewed different career path options in the military.
Alum profile: VT ACLU Director James Lyall ’02
James Lyall is a graduate of Middlebury College, where he majored in art with a minor in classical studies. His law degree is from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Between college and law school, Lyall worked in Boston at the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, taught in Shanghai, China, and worked as a human rights observer in Chiapas, Mexico. Lyall joined the ACLU of Vermont in 2016 and is the 12th director in the organizations 50-year history. He was previously a staff attorney for the ACLU of Arizona where in 2013 he helped to create the first ACLU satellite office in Tucson, Arizona to investigate and litigate civil rights issues related to the U.S.-Mexico border. Prior to joining the ACLU, James was a law fellow at the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project in Los Angeles, where he provided legal representation to detained and unaccompanied immigrant children in deportation proceedings.
ROTC Builds Character, Confidence for Middlebury Junior
Ever wonder what ROTC is about? Considering a career in the military? Read this short story about Stephen Bissainthe ’18 and learn about his decision to join the program and what it is all about.
ROTC at Midd
ROTC provides the experience in leadership, critical thinking, confidence, and ethics required to serve as military officers. Graduates serve in the Active Army, or can seek commissions in the Army National Guard or Army Reserves.
All the details about how it works are here!