PIA Interview and Resume Mailing Schedule

Spring 2009 Public Interest Advocate Fellowship Program
Participating Employers’ Interview Schedule

Employers who are interviewing on campus:

ORGANIZATION: Appalachian Center for the Economy & the Environment/WV Highlands Conservancy. The Appalachian Center is a non-profit public interest law and policy organization dedicated to protecting the communities and natural resources of central Appalachia and advocating for a just and sustainable economy for the region.
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 507, Lewisburg, WV 24901
CONTACT PERSON: Nathan Fetty, Esq.
WEBSITE: www.appalachian-center.org
DATE ON CAMPUS: Thursday, February 5, 2009
DATE TO APPLY ON TWEN: Thursday, January 22 2009 by 12 noon
OFFICE HIRING FOR: Lewisburg, WV
SUBMIT TO TWEN: Cover letter, resume and law school transcript
CREDENTIALS: interviewing first and second year students
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ORGANIZATION: West Virginia Senior Legal Aid
Our Mission: West Virginia Senior Legal Aid is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free civil legal services and counsel to senior West Virginians age 60 and older. We focus on economically or socially disadvantaged, disabled, and rural seniors. We strive to secure justice for, and to protect the legal rights of, these needy people; to employ attorneys to assist in furthering the purposes of the organization; to engage the private bar in assisting us to further these purposes; and to be a significant elder law resource for all of West Virginia.
ADDRESS: 235 High Street #519, Morgantown, WV 26505
FIRM CONTACT PERSON: Cathy McConnell, Esq., Executive Director
WEBSITE: www.seniorlegalaid.org
DATE ON CAMPUS: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
DATE TO APPLY ON TWEN: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 by 12 noon
OFFICE HIRING FOR: Morgantown, WV
SUBMIT TO TWEN: Cover letter, resume and law school transcript.
CREDENTIALS: interviewing first and second year students.
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ORGANIZATION: West Virginia Legal Aid
West Virginia Legal Aid serves low income West Virginians who need legal assistance in a variety of cases, including family law, landlord-tenant disputes, domestic violence, public assistance and more.
ADDRESS: Legal Aid of West Virginia, 922 Quarrier Street, Fourth Floor
Charleston, WV 25301.
FIRM CONTACT PERSON: James Martin, Esq., Legal Director
WEBSITE: www.lawv.net
DATE ON CAMPUS: Tuesday, February 3 and Wednesday, February 4, 2009
DATE TO APPLY ON TWEN: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 by 12 noon
OFFICE HIRING FOR: throughout West Virginia
SUBMIT TO TWEN: Cover letter, resume and law school transcript.
CREDENTIALS: interviewing first and second year students.

Employers who are not coming to campus to interview but who are reviewing candidates through a resume collection:

ORGANIZATION: Childlaw Services
Childlaw Services has represented over 1000 children in more than 400 custody cases in the five years since its inception. Childlaw Services represents children in divorce, parentage, guardianship and civil protective order cases. It is the only organization in West Virginia that is solely dedicated to representing children.
ADDRESS: 1505 Princeton Ave, Princeton, WV 24740
FIRM CONTACT PERSON: Julie Lynch, Esq., Legal Director
WEBSITE: http://childlaw.homestead.com
DATE TO APPLY ON TWEN: Monday, February 2, 2009 by 12 noon
OFFICE HIRING FOR: Princeton, WV
SUBMIT TO TWEN: Cover letter, resume and law school transcript.
CREDENTIALS: interviewing first and second year students.
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ORGANIZATION: Mountain State Justice
Mountain State Justice helps consumers, their advocates, and public policy makers to use powerful consumer laws to build financial security and assure marketplace justice for vulnerable individuals and families.
ADDRESS: 1031 Quarrier St # 200, Charleston, WV 25301
FIRM CONTACT PERSON: Dan Hedges, Esq.
WEBSITE: www.consumerlaw.org (national site); www.wvlegalservices.org/locmount.htm
DATE TO APPLY ON TWEN: Monday, February 2, 2009 by 12 noon
OFFICE HIRING FOR: Charleston
SUBMIT TO TWEN: Cover letter, resume and law school transcript.
CREDENTIALS: interviewing first and second year students.