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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT  September  11,  2006  Meribeth  McCarrick  (202)  418-  0654 
 Meribeth.  McCarrick@  fcc.  gov 
 FCC  TO  ACCEPT  LAW  STUDENT  APPLICATIONS  THIS  FALL  FOR  THE  2007  ATTORNEY  HONORS  PROGRAM 


 Washington,  D.  C.  -  The  Federal  Communications  Commission  today  announced  that  it  has  created  a  fall  application  window  for  its  2007  Attorney  Honors  Program,  to  better 
 accommodate  law  students  who  participate  in  the  traditional  fall  interview  process.  As  in  previous  years,  the  FCC  will  also  seek  applications  from  recent  law  graduates  and  graduating 
 students  in  the  spring. 
 Through  the  Attorney  Honors  Program,  the  FCC  recruits  new  and  recent  law  school  graduates  to  the  FCC  and  the  field  of  communications.  The  FCC  encourages  law  students  with 
 superior  academic  credentials  and  an  interest  in  communications  law  to  apply  for  the  2007  class.  Applications  submitted  during  the  fall  application  window  must  be  received  by  October  27, 
 2006;  incomplete  applications  will  not  be  considered.  All  Attorney  Honors  Program  participants  will  be  located  at  the  FCC’s  headquarters  in  Washington,  DC. 


 Interested  candidates  should  submit  a  cover  letter,  resume,  writing  sample,  official  law  school  transcript,  and  list  of  references  to  honorsprogram@  fcc.  gov,  to  the  attention  of  Kim 
 Mattos,  Office  of  General  Counsel,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  12  th  Street  S.  W.,  Washington,  DC  20554.  Eligibility  criteria  and  other  pertinent  information  are  available  on  the 
 FCC’s  Attorney  Honors  Program  webpage  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  attorneyhonorsprogram. 
 Selection  for  participation  in  the  Attorney  Honors  Program  is  highly  competitive.  Selection  criteria  include:  academic  achievement,  writing  skills,  law  review  and/  or  moot  court 
 experience,  and  clinic  or  extracurricular  activities;  and  demonstrated  interest  in  government  service  and/  or  the  communications  industry. 


 Attorneys  at  the  FCC  work  on  cutting-  edge  issues  in  the  communications  and  high-  tech  arenas,  including  those  affecting  the  digital  television  transition,  public  safety  and  homeland 
 security.  They  also  review  mergers  and  acquisitions  of  Fortune  500  companies,  promote  the  deployment  of  broadband  technologies,  promote  access  to  communications  services  for 
 Americans  with  disabilities,  and  protect  the  rights  of  consumers. 
 –  FCC  – 
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