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About the Role

The ACLU seeks a Summer Legal Intern focusing on Veterans' Rights in the Disability Rights Program of the ACLU’s National office. This position can be remote or hybrid. Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated legal students and must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship.

Responsibilities

Work primarily on DRP’s veterans’ docket.
Conduct litigation and advocacy at the intersection of disability rights, civil liberties, and the rights of servicemembers and veterans.
Assist in legal research and writing.
Assist in factual investigation.
Assist in strategic advocacy to advance litigation and integrated advocacy.
Participate in litigation, advocacy, and internal meetings and discussions.
Support DRP litigation work and integrated advocacy.
Perform legal research.
Perform legal writing, such as memos and portions of court submissions.
Perform fact investigation.
Support in preparation for and during court cases, such as depositions, oral argument, hearings, or trial.

Requirements

Must be enrolled in a U.S. law school and have completed at least one year of law school before the internship commences.
Must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship.
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.
Candidates with personal, professional, and/or academic experience in the military, including veterans or servicemembers, are invited to apply.
Candidates with personal, professional, and/or academic experience with disability and disability rights, including candidates who have disabilities, are invited to apply.
Must formally submit an application.

Skills

Legal research
Legal writing
Factual investigation
Strategic advocacy
Internet research
Legal database research
Verbal communication
Written communication
Attention to detail
Organizing skills
Time-management skills
Microsoft Office Suite proficiency

Location

Washington D.C.
San Francisco, CA

Work Type

Remote
Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Legal student

Education Level

Currently matriculated legal student

Salary/Compensations

$24/hour

Benefits

Stipend available for lawfully authorized workers.
Partial stipend available for students receiving outside funding to match ACLU stipend level.
Stipends are taxed.

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 Disability Rights Program’s mission is to achieve an America free of discrimination against people with disabilities; where people with disabilities are valued, integrated members of society who have full access to education, homes, health care, jobs, families, voting and civic engagement.
The DRP fights to ensure that people with disabilities are no longer segregated into, and over-represented in, civil and criminal institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals, jails, and prisons.
The ACLU has fought for decades for the rights of people with disabilities - achieving key wins to stop coerced mental health treatment and unnecessary institutionalization, as well as playing a role in the drafting of the ADA.
DRP litigates and advocates to use disability rights laws to end the overrepresentation of people with disabilities in the criminal legal system, including pursuing first of its kind litigation to ensure that municipalities provide trained, non-police responders to people experiencing mental health crises.
DRP also litigates and advocates to promote alternatives to guardianship and to secure equal access to the ballot.
DRP provides support to affiliates and the National office on disability rights issues that intersect with core civil liberties.
The ACLU has recently strengthened its work at the intersection of disability, veterans’ rights, and civil liberties.
Accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty, equality, and justice for all.
The ACLU is a community committed to learning and growth, humility and grace, transparency and accountability.
The ACLU believes 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.
The ACLU is committed to anti-oppression and anti-racism internally as it is externally.

Equal Opportunity

The ACLU strongly encourages 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.