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About the Role
The ACLU seeks a Spring Undergraduate Intern for its SCOTUS Docket team at the National Office. This internship is available for course credit only and requires applicants to be currently matriculated legal students based in the U.S. for the entire duration.
Responsibilities
- Support all facets of the ACLU’s work across at the Supreme Court.
- Conduct legal research and analysis to support new and active litigation projects.
- Aid in drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and briefs.
- Provide support and assistance to ACLU affiliates and cooperating attorneys.
- Gain exposure to the ACLU’s advocacy strategy development and coalition management efforts for cases pending before or possibly headed toward the U.S. Supreme Court.
Requirements
- Currently matriculated legal students.
- Must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship.
- Completion of 1L year of law school prior to the commencement of the internship; preference for candidates who will have already completed their 2L year.
- Excellent research skills, including conducting internet and legal database research.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing.
- Attention to detail, excellent organization and time-management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- The initiative to see projects through to completion.
- Demonstrated commitment to public interest law, civil liberties, and racial justice.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct complex legal analysis.
- Kindness, generosity, and humility.
- Be committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU.
- Center and embed the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives.
- Be committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflicts.
- All candidates must formally submit an application.
Skills
- Legal research
- Argument development
- Brief drafting
- Internet research
- Legal database research
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Attention to detail
- Organization
- Time-management
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Complex legal analysis
Location
- San Francisco, CA
- New York, NY
- Remote
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Part-time
- Full-time
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Completion of 1L year of law school
- Preference for candidates who will have already completed their 2L year
Education Level
- Law student
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.