The Peggy Browning Fund is a non-profit organization whose mission
is to provide law students with diverse, challenging work and educational
experiences in the area of workers' rights.
In addition to the 60 fully funded summer fellowships in the area of
labor law, the organization hosts the National Law Students Workers’ Rights
Conference. This Conference attracts the
field’s leading labor lawyers and professors, as well as law students from
across the country.
This year, the Law Center will cover the conference fee and
lodging expenses for four law students to attend the conference in Linthicum
Heights, MD on October 12-13th.
Attendees would be responsible for the $25 registration fee and
airfare. The conference offers a variety
of workshops on issues such as sports law, protecting and organizing immigrant workers,
and the rewards of a labor law practice, in addition to several networking
events. The goal of the conference is to
create a greater understanding of, and appreciation for, issues facing American
workers, while providing students access to some of the top labor lawyers,
professors, government officials, and non-profit practitioners in the country.
If you would like to attend the conference, submit a brief
essay (350 words or less) detailing your goals for a career in labor law and
how attending this conference will help further those goals. Please also include your networking strategy
for the event as the opportunity to cultivate relationships with experts in the
field is a benefit you will receive from attending.
Essays should be emailed to Bhavika Shah at bashah2@central.uh.edu by noon on
August 17, 2012. Recipients will be
notified on August 21, and will be required to coordinate with the Career
Development Office to submit the application by August 24, 2012. Additional details about the conference can
be found on the Peggy
Browning Fund Website. If you have
questions, please contact Bhavika Shah in the CDO.
The Peggy Browning Fund will be accepting applications in
December for the summer fellowship positions.
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to expand your knowledge and
understanding of labor law issues, and give yourself an advantage as you
prepare to apply for one of the fellowship positions later in the
semester.
