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About the Role
The ACLU seeks a Spring Legal Intern for the Women's Rights Project at its National office in New York City. This internship is for course credit only and can be remote or hybrid. Applicants must be matriculated legal students based in the U.S.
Responsibilities
- Assisting in all aspects of litigation, policy advocacy, and communications campaigns
- Conducting legal and policy research
- Drafting legal memoranda
- Researching prospects for new litigation, including both factual and legal claims
- Researching and drafting materials for public education
- Legislative bill tracking and analysis
Requirements
- Must be currently matriculated legal students
- Must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship
- Must have completed at least one year of law school before the internship commences or be in an LLM or SJD program
- Excellent research skills, including conducting internet and legal database research
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing
- Attention to detail, excellent organizing and time-management skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- The initiative to see projects through to completion
- A commitment to civil liberties, civil rights, social justice, and gender justice
- Commitment to advancing the mission of the ACLU
- Center and embed the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work
- Commitment to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflict
Skills
- Research
- Legal database research
- Internet research
- Verbal communication
- Writing
- Attention to detail
- Organizing
- Time-management
- Microsoft Office Suite
Location
- New York City
- Remote
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Part-time
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Intern
Education Level
- Law student (completed at least one year)
- LLM program
- SJD program
Salary/Compensations
- Course credit only
About the Company
- For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
- The ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people.
- Accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty, equality, and justice for all.
- We are a community committed to learning and growth, humility and grace, transparency and accountability.
- We believe in a collective responsibility to create a culture of belonging for all people within our organization – one that respects and embraces difference; treats everyone equitably; and empowers our colleagues to do the best work possible.
- We are as committed to anti-oppression and anti-racism internally as we are externally.
Equal Opportunity
- Strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status and record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.