Job Opening: Legal Assistant for Global Legal Programs at the Center for Reproductive Rights

NEW! Legal Assistant for Global Legal Program (Africa and Institutional Projects) Position

Founded in 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit organization that promotes women’s equality worldwide by securing reproductive rights in constitutional and international human rights law. Its mission is straightforward and ambitious: to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect and fulfill. The Center is unmatched as a reproductive rights organization in its expertise on US constitutional law, comparative law and international human rights law.

The Center works across the globe on issues including access to life-saving obstetrics care, contraception, abortion services and comprehensive sexuality information, as well as the prevention of forced sterilization and female genital mutilation (FGM). It has brought groundbreaking cases before national courts, UN committees and regional human rights bodies. It has built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in more than 50 countries.

If you are interested in law, global development, and/or working with the Center for Reproductive Rights, you may want to consider applying for this position. Responsibilities include:

• Providing administrative support to the Regional Director, Africa Program
• Assisting with research, drafting, and preparation of materials for publication  
• Assisting with responses to inquiries and maintaining relationships with NGOs and key partners worldwide

For more information about the internship (including qualifications and compensation) and how to apply, please click here.

CST Recap: Effective Teamwork and Peer Mentoring Kick-Off

The final on-campus Civic Skills Training session featured a workshop on Teamwork led by Assistant Athletics Director for Leadership Steven Spaulding. During the session, we brainstormed and discussed attributes of a successful team or group, such as sharing a common overall mission. 

Dividing ourselves into four smaller groups, we completed the team-building exercise of “untangling the human knot,” after which we analyzed our strengths and weaknesses in the activity and other forms of group work. Each group then composed and presented a team “mission statement” outlining the specific characteristics it strives to embody as a unit. 

The session concluded with a group analysis of how to respond to certain difficult situations in a workplace setting. In our smaller teams and then as a large group, we discussed appropriate reactions to scenarios such as inappropriate jokes or sexual harassment.

CST students participate in a teamwork exercise led by Steven Spaulding.

Following the session, we attended the introductory meeting of the Rockefeller Peer Mentoring Program. We met and shared a meal with our upperclassman mentors, all members of the Class of 2014 who are actively involved in the Rockefeller Center. 

We had the opportunity to discuss our mentors’ experiences with the Rockefeller Center, the First-Year Fellows program, and other involvements at Dartmouth. We also discussed guidelines, goals, and expectations for our mentorships, which will continue throughout the coming academic year. 

- Marie Plecha '16

PRS Students Present Regionalization Research to the Winsdor, VT Selectboard

PRS students Brandon DeBot '14 and Andres Ramirez '14 testify before the Windsor, VT, Selectboard on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

On Tuesday evening, May 14, 2013, PRS students Brandon DeBot '14 and Andres Ramirez '14 traveled to Windsor, Vermont to address the members of the Windsor Selectboard.  Last summer, Windsor Town Manager Tom Marsh requested an analysis of possible areas of regionalization of services between the Vermont towns of Windsor, West Windsor, Weathersfield, and Hartland. DeBot and Ramirez were joined by Amy Couture '14 to conduct the research and analysis to provide an assessment of the feasibility of regionalization in these four towns. At the May 14 meeting public meeting of the Windsor Selectboard, DeBot and Ramirez presented the results of their research in "Regionalization in Vermont: Benefits and Challenges of Regionalization in Windsor, West Windsor, Hartland, and Weathersfield." Their PowerPoint presentation highlighted the key findings of the study. DeBot and Ramirez then responded to questions from the members of the Selectboard and from Town Manager Marsh. The Windsor Selectboard has posted the PRS policy brief on the town website and intends to share the findings with the regional planning commission that includes three of the four towns.

The following is a video recording of the Selectboard meeting (skip to 11:00 for PRS):

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SHARE Dialogue on the Qualities and Skills of Great Leaders with Bruce Allyn '80: May 28th at 7 PM

Students Hearing and Responding Effectively (SHARE) invites you to their presentation on "Qualities and Skills of Great Leaders”.  Hosted by Bruce Allyn D'80, the talk will focus on fostering productive dialogue.  The presentation will last approximately an hour and will be followed by some Q&A.  Cookies from Lou’s will be served. 

The event will be held on Tuesday, May 28th at 7pm in Rocky 001.