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About the Role
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCRSF) hosts Fall semester externs, offering a valuable early career step. Join us in 2026 for a learning experience with direct service attorneys and litigators on the front lines of civil rights work.
Responsibilities
- Prepare legal memoranda
- Conduct legal research
- Perform other litigation and advocacy related legal assignments
- Conduct client interviews
- Participate in direct legal services, impact litigation, and/or policy advocacy
Requirements
- Current law student
- Understanding of and commitment to LCCRSF’s mission
- Experience and/or a demonstrated commitment to racial justice, immigrant justice, civil rights, and/or social justice organizing
- 2Ls and 3Ls welcome to apply
- Experience with state or federal court civil litigation preferred
- Ability to remain in a stationary position
- Constantly operate a computer
- Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand
Location
- Remote (U.S.)
Work Type
- Externship
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- Law Student
About the Company
- LCCRSF is a leading civil rights organization on the West Coast.
- Works to dismantle systems of oppression and build an equitable, just society.
- Formed in 1968 to bridge the legal community and the Civil Rights Movement.
- Advances the rights of historically marginalized, immigrant, refugee, and low-income communities.
- Uses an integrated model of direct service, advocacy, and impact litigation.
- Fights oppression and constructs more just systems and institutions.
- Grows the social justice movement by investing in legal fellows and training a network of over 1,000 active pro bono attorneys.
- Community-driven work spurs statewide impact and sets national precedents.
- The Racial Justice Program leads impact litigation and policy advocacy that directly support the people and movements fighting for an end to police brutality and violent police practices, criminalization of poverty, and governmental practices that extract wealth from low-income communities of color in the Bay Area.