Consumers Union (CU), the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, seeks a law school graduate or policy analyst to work for one year as the Esther Peterson Fellow in its Washington Office.
The Fellow will work on consumer advocacy projects such as: health care reform, product safety, access to affordable financial services, food safety, telecommunications, and other consumer issues. The Esther Peterson Fellow will receive hands-on experience and training in advocacy on consumer issues at the federal legislative and administrative level.
Responsibilities include legal research and writing, bill analysis, lobbying Congress and administrative agencies, and filing petitions at administrative agencies. On occasion, the Fellow will work with other public interest groups.
Work at the Washington Office may be coordinated with Consumers Union’s work on comparable issues in our regional offices in Texas and California, and with our testing and research center in New York.
Req. candidate profile :
Applicants should have completed their legal or graduate-level public policy studies within the last few years, or currently be in their third year of law school and ready to complete a fellowship in Fall 2008. We are seeking applicants with a commitment to social and economic justice. Consumers Union is an equal opportunity employer.
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