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		<copyright>Copyright 2009 In the Public Interest: News and Advice for Students and Alumni</copyright>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paid Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Program in Florida]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Florida Bar Foundation is sponsoring the 2010 Summer Fellowship Program at legal aid and legal services programs in Florida. The Florida Legal Aid Project Directors&apos; Association sponsors a Terry Russell Summer Fellow to honor Terry Russell, ]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2299</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:55:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2009-10 PILRAP Applications Due Friday!]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The 2009-10 Public Interest Loan Repayment Assistance Program (PILRAP) applications are due Friday, October 30.  Application and program materials are available online.  Applicants may fax or mail applications to the Office of Financial Aid.  Faxed a]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2295</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:37:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Article: Federal Jobs are Easy to Spot, Hard to Get]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[In this article, the Wall Street Journal examines the current state of federal goverment hiring.  An estimated 273,000 federal employees will need to be added to the payroll in the next three years to replace retiring employees, according to the Part]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2294</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:35:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[10 Tips for Successful Table Talk]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Increasingly, employers participating in career fairs are conducting &quot;table talk&quot; sessions in addition to, or in place of, one-on-one interviews.  &quot;Table talk&quot; is a less formal information-gathering conversation between employers ]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2293</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[EJW Conference &amp; Career Fair Schedule Information]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair is this weekend, October 24-25.  For those attending, the detailed conference and career fair agenda is now available online.  It lists all of the workshop names and room locations.  It can be f]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2292</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:06:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federal Attorney Jobs to be Featured on National Legal Blog]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[According to this post, the Blog of the Legal Times has created a new monthly feature to highlight some of the current federal attorney job listings, looking at which agencies are hiring and why, as well as some of the quirkier legal jobs in the corn]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2290</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:28:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2009-10 WCL PILRAP Application Now Available]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Central to the educational mission of the American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is the belief that law is based on the inherent dignity of all individuals.  WCL graduates have a proud history of building upon that core belief.  As a dem]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2288</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[PMF Application Window Opens Thursday, October 1]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program, sponsored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, is a prestigious, paid government fellowship for recent graduate students who are interested in government service. The PMF Program is a great wa]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2287</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:02:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[$1,500 Public Interest Fellowships for Spring 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Equal Justice America is offering fellowships of up to $1,500 for Spring 2010. Students must secure a part-time (at least 120 hours) placement for Spring 2010 working for a legal services organization. Students may also apply for a fellowship if they]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2286</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Public Interest Speed Networking Event - Tuesday, Sept. 15]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Office of Career and Professional Development invites all 2Ls and 3Ls to join us for the Third Annual WCL Public Interest Speed Networking Event Tuesday, September 15th from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the sixth floor dining area. Registration is now ope]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2285</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Article: Lack of IOLTA Funds Hurting Legal Aid Providers]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) programs were instituted by many states as a method of funding legal services providers.  During a strong economy, these funds generated millions of dollars for local legal aid offices, but over the past yea]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2284</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:55:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Article: Federal Agencies Increasing Use of LRAP Funds]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[According to an article by ExecutiveGovernment.com, the federal government increased use of federal loan repayment programs by 22 percent from 2007 to 2008, citing the programs as a key recruitment and rentention tool (according to an Office of Perso]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2283</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:47:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the 2009-10 School Year and the OPI Blog]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the 2009-10 school year!  The WCL Office of Public Interest (OPI) is excited to have our upperclass students back on campus and to welcome a new class of 1L students.  OPI educates law students about their professional responsibility to pe]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2282</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[11th Annual National Law Students Workers&apos; Rights Conference]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Peggy Browning Fund is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate and inspire the next generation of advocates for workplace justice. Through fellowships, workers rights conferences, networking and other programs, the Fund pro]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2279</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Job Posting: Legal Aid of DC AmeriCorps Fellowship]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia seeks an attorney to serve as an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow to work on a foreclosure prevention project. The Project will engage in outreach, counseling and litigation to assist low-i]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/opi/entry/2276</link>
			<category>Jobs</category>
			<author>publicinterest@wcl.american.edu (OPI)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:03:49 GMT</pubDate>
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