We are currently looking for interns to observe a landmark case this summer.  The plaintiffs are represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Earth Right International and other human rights attorneys.  The trial will begin on May 26, 2009 and is expected to run 4 weeks.  This is a complicated case with 10 plaintiffs and a variety of liability issues.  Interns would be asked to observe the hearing approximately 4 days a week and would be asked to take notes.  In the early evenings, before 7pm they would be asked to meet with one or more attorney to discuss their observations.  In particular, we would be interested in content of testimony, jury reaction, and an overall impression of what went well and what did not.  Although this is an unpaid internship for the Center for Constitutional Rights it will provide substantive legal experience.  If you are interested please contact Debbie Gordon at dgordon@ccrjustice.org

Do you know a lawyer who'd be perfect for a public interest fellowship at Lambda Legal? Lambda Legal is welcoming applications from "deferred associates" and others with financial support from their employer to join us in delivering impact litigation to achieve civil rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people living with HIV.

Our offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York specialize in high–impact direct representation and amicus cases, education and public policy work. Our work spans a wide range of areas, including federal and state constitutional law issues; discrimination in employment, benefits, housing, insurance, schools, foster care, juvenile detention and other areas; harassment and violence; anti–LGBT ballot initiatives; access to healthcare and HIV–related treatments; child custody, visitation and adoption; relationship protections, including the freedom to marry; and discrimination based upon gender identity and sex–stereotyping. Lambda Legal has been involved in many recent Supreme Court cases, including Lawrence v. Texas, Morse v. Frederick, Garrett v. University of Alabama Board of Trustees, Dale v. Boy Scouts of America, Troxel v. Granville, Romer v. Evans, and Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin v. Southworth. For more information, visit us online.

The public interest associate would work with Lambda Legal attorneys, assisting with ongoing impact litigation and advocacy and developing new matters for litigation. The associate might also help combat discrimination related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and HIV status by participating in the work of Lambda Legal's Help Desk, which responds via phone and email directly to members of our communities who call or write seeking legal information.

Interested associates should contact Legal Administrative Manager Nick Tarasen.

Please include:

1. brief statement of interest and resume

2. potential start date and desired length of placement

3. desired office location for placement

Please note that we can only accept applications from associates whose employer provides employment benefits, including health coverage.

Thanks for helping us extend our resources in the fight for equality!

Sincerely,

Jon Davidson
Legal Director
Lambda Legal

VOLUNTEER LAW CLERKS NEEDED  IN GALVESTON 

“…we are part of a noble mission. Legal services is not about helping individuals fit into oppressive societal structures…. Legal services is about the war on poverty. And, the war continues.”

7/3/02 National Legal Aid & Defender Association newsletter 

      Lone Star Legal Aid once again invites applications for four volunteer full time summer law clerk positions for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do legal work with poor people in Texas in our office on Galveston Island. The office has been located approximately 40 miles from Houston in historic downtown Galveston in a building that survived the legendary 1900 Storm….but our office did not survive Hurricane Ike and we moved across the street. Texas has the 7^th highest rate in the US of residents below the poverty guidelines with 15.6%. Before Ike approximately 22.3% of the island’s 57,000 population fell below the federal poverty guidelines. See www.galveston.com. 

      LSLA is a private, non-profit law firm that works to promote and defend the rights of the poor. We provide high quality legal services and have been successful in establishing important rights for our clients through administrative advocacy and representation in individual lawsuits and impact litigation. Interested applicants should review the law firm’s web at www.lonestarlegal.org. The Galveston office handles a broad range of cases while engaged in the War on Poverty.

      The law clerks will report to the Disaster Relief Team and will participate in advocating the legal and constitutional  rights of Katrina, Rita, and Ike survivors. They will be part of a dynamic legal aid program that is the 4th largest in the country and covers East Texas and Southwest Arkansas. The clerks may receive assignments to assist attorneys from other LSLA offices.

      The successful applicant should possess: Sense of outrage at injustice. Strong interest in poverty issues and  Constitutional law. Ability to develop and implement non-litigation strategies. Self-motivation and ability to work under pressure. Willingness to work beyond confines of the normal business day when required to do so and to travel when necessary. Computer literacy. Strong interpersonal skills, positive attitude and ability to thrive in a small busy office. Good sense of humor.

      Compensation: None. Applicants are expected to obtain a grant or scholarship from their law school or public interest foundation.

      We seek to be a well-balanced, multi-cultural office. Please send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and  three references to: Lone Star Legal Aid, Stephen C. McIntyre, Supervising Attorney, Disaster Relief Team, 2200 Market Street, Suite 301, Galveston, Texas 77550. 

Friends,

Our law firm in downtown Detroit is looking for law students and/or recent grads (maybe someone who just took the bar) for clerk and/or intern positions with our firm.

Openings  immediately and for summer and fall.

We specialize in civil rights litigation (particularly police misconduct) and criminal and forfeiture defense.

Candidates must have strong research, writing, organizational, and computer skills.

We are not a non-profit, however, some law schools have allowed students to intern with us for credit.  They salary and/or stipend won't be much, but the experience and networking opportunities will be invaluable. 

If you know anyone who might be interested, please forward this e-mail.

Responses to:  cynheenan@aol.com
 

Thanks much,


Cynthia Heenan
Constitutional Litigation Associates, P.C.
450 W. Fort St., Ste. 200
Detroit, MI  48226
(313) 961-2255

The Bronx County Bar Assn. will award two (2) scholarships, in the amount of $3,000.00 each, to eligible 1st, 2nd and 3rd year law school students who are domiciled in Bronx County. Applications must be received by Feb. 27, 2009.

To apply, please visit online by visiting this website: http://www.bronxbar.com/scholarships.htm

MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT - SUMMER INTERNSHIPS 2009

 

The Mental Health Project of the Urban Justice Center ("MHP") seeks law student interns for the summer of 2009 to help us advocate for low-income people with severe mental illness in New York City.  We strive to challenge our interns and to provide the supervision necessary for them to succeed.  Students will have the opportunity to interview clients, represent clients at administrative hearings, research and write briefs, and work on class actions, systemic reforms, and test cases.  Many summer interns have chosen to continue their work here into the academic year, and some have gone on to win Skadden, Open Societies Institute, Kirkland and Ellis, and Equal Justice Works fellowships.

 

MHP combines direct service with systemic advocacy.  For hundreds of clients each year, we stop evictions, reunite families, win Social Security, win public assistance benefits, and obtain medical insurance.  Based on what we learn from our clients, we educate, organize, and litigate for systemic change.   Our groundbreaking systemic work has been covered by the New York Times, El Diario, Telemundo, the Daily News, Newsday, Rolling Stone,  New York 1, WNBC, WABC, WNYC, WBAI, Inside Edition, and the Boston Globe.   For more information, go to http://www.urbanjustice.org/ujc/projects/mental.html.

 

The Urban Justice Center is an equal opportunity employer.  Mental health consumers, people with disabilities, people of color, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-gendered people are encouraged to apply.  Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.  Internships start the day after Memorial Day and continue for at least 10 consecutive weeks.  To apply, please email a resume, writing sample (must be legal research under 5 pages), and 3 references to Jeffrey Senter at jsenter@urbanjustice.org.

 

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STUDENTS ACTIVE FOR ENDING RAPE (SAFER), Inc.

SAFER is a national non-profit organization committed to empowering students to hold colleges accountable for sexual assault in their on- and off-campus communities. SAFER achieves its goals by training students in effective organizing tactics and challenging them to examine the overlapping links between sexual assault and all forms of individual and institutional violence.  

Background

In response to student requests, SAFER, in collaboration with other nonprofit organizations, is creating a database of college sexual assault policies and programs with comments on specific positive and negative policy elements. This database will enable students to be better informed of the various policy options available, and see how their school compares to similar schools. Policies will be analyzed based on the basic components a better sexual assault policy should contain as well as compliance with relevant legislation. Students will also have the opportunity to enter information about their own experiences. The database will also enable student groups to connect with groups at other schools to share best practice and collaborate.

Role

The intern will analyze college sexual assault policies from selected schools for compliance with VAWA, the Clery Act, Title IX and due process. Analysis will be based both on how the policies are written, and on how they are implemented (including whether schools have erroneous confidentiality requirements and whether schools have correctly implemented statistical reporting requirements). The intern will produce written commentary on policy compliance to be entered in the database. In addition, the intern will research any legal action taken regarding sexual assault at selected schools and report that information for inclusion in the database. SAFER's Board of Directors, which includes lawyers, has researched these areas in the past and will provide guidance to the law student. It should be noted that the law student will not be working on any cases nor giving legal advice and will be performing only policy analysis in his/her legal work. The law student intern will work under the supervision of SAFER's executive director. A supervising attorney will assist with the legal questions and legal work supervision of the internship.

The hours worked will depend on the student's schedule. (Summer internship is 40hrs/wk). This position is unpaid, but we will work with the student and the student's school to find funding.

SAFER strongly encourages people of color, people with disabilities including HIV, members of the LGBTQ communities, and people of all genders to apply. SAFER is an equal opportunity employer.

To apply, please send a cover letter, writing sample, and resume to organizers@safercampus.org outlining your relevant knowledge, experience, and interest.

Please see www.safercampus.org for additional information.

 

The National Employment Law Project

New York City, New York

 

The National Employment Law Project (NELP) is a non-profit research and advocacy organization that partners with local communities to deliver on our nation's promise of economic opportunity.  With a staff of lawyers, social scientists, and policy experts, we develop new solutions to the growing economic insecurity of working families.  Our approach is to work in close partnership with grassroots organizing groups and reformers to test new models in the states and then translate them to the federal level, in order to respond to the key problems of the U.S. labor market in the twenty-first century.  Our work includes:

 

• Supporting strategies to raise minimum wage and labor standards at the federal, state, and local levels, with a particular focus on eliminating loopholes that exclude immigrants, people of color, and contingent and temporary workers from these protections;

 

• Developing new strategies to improve the enforcement of basic workplace rights to combat the growing number of low-wage workers who are not paid the minimum wage or overtime, endure unsafe workplaces, and face retaliation when trying to organize;

 

• Working with policymakers and community coalitions to develop new strategies for making economic development accountable to community needs, promoting higher standards for its delivery of living wage jobs, quality training, career ladders, affordable housing, and environmental sustainability.

 

Summer Internship Program

 

A summer internship at NELP offers law students the opportunity to be engaged in leading national policy reform work around low-wage and immigrant workers.  During summer 2009, we will offer two to three summer internships in our New York City office.  Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, law school transcript (unofficial OK), and the names of three references by e-mail only to tsedeye@nelp.org and sleberstein@nelp.org  with 2009 Summer Legal Internships in the subject line.  Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until all positions are filled, so applicants are encouraged to apply early.

 

Funding for one position will be provided through the Peggy Browning Fund fellowship program (more information and application instructions are available at www.peggybrowningfund.org).  Applicants who have access to law school-based funding are strongly encouraged to pursue such funding in order to save the Browning Fund fellowship for students who do not have such access.

 

NELP is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.   Women, people of color, the disabled, lesbians and gay men, and people of transgendered experience are encouraged to apply.