University of Wisconsin Public Interest Law Foundation
Community Justice Week 2008!
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The University of Wisconsin Law School's Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) is a student run organization committed to supporting law students who want to work in public interest law. Students in PILF work together to organize community events, fund raisers, and social activities. To receive e-mails about PILF's activities, meetings and how to get involved, please e-mail the alvandyke@wisc.edu with your full name and e-mail address to be added to the listserve.
Every year UW-PILF offers summer grants to public interest law students working over the summer with traditionally underrepresented members of society. Money for summer grants is raised through several different events, in particular Race Judicata and pledge-a-day. Race Judicata is an annual 5k run organized by the students to educate the community about public service and bring in money for summer fellowships. Every year law students, faculty, and community members participate. Pledge-a-day asks law students working in firms over the summer to pledge one day of their salaries to UW-PILF to fund a public interest law student.
This year UW-PILF offered scholarships to students to work in the following areas: ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, ACLU of Sourthern California, Georgia Justice Project, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Kentuckians for the Common Wealth, Kenya Human Rights Comission, Land Tenure Center, Indian Law Resource Center, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, ABC for Health, and Family Services.
In addition to UW-PILF there are a number of student organizations that bring students together to work on a variety of public interest issues. Some of these groups include the Children's Justice Project, the Environmental Law Society, the National Lawyers Guild, the Immigration Law Students Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Constitution Society, and many more. See individual organizations' sites for further information.