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About the Role
The ACLU seeks a Spring Legal Intern for the Voting Rights Project at its National office. This position can be remote or hybrid and is for course credit only. Applicants must be matriculated legal students based in the U.S. for the internship duration.
Responsibilities
- Conduct legal research and analysis to support new and active litigation projects.
- Aid in drafting legal memoranda, pleadings, affidavits, motions, and briefs.
- Draft and edit public education and non-litigation advocacy materials.
- Provide support and assistance to ACLU affiliates and cooperating attorneys.
- Potential to work closely with clients and participate in outreach with impacted communities, discovery, and trial practice.
Requirements
- Currently matriculated legal students who have completed their 1L year or are in an LLM program.
- 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 and excellent organizing 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 and fact finding.
Skills
- Legal research
- Legal database research
- Verbal communication
- Writing
- Organization
- Time management
- Microsoft Office Suite
Location
- New York, NY
- Washington DC
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Internship
Education Level
- Law student (completed 1L year or LLM 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 Voting Rights Project was established in 1965 and has litigated more than 400 cases since that time.
- The Project's mission is to build and defend an accessible, inclusive, and equitable democracy free from racial discrimination.
- The Project's recent docket has included lawsuits to protect voters during elections, challenges to census policies, voter purges, documentary proof of citizenship laws, new legislation restricting voting rights, and unfair redistricting plans.
- The ACLU is committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU.
- The ACLU centers and embeds the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives.
- The ACLU is committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflicts.
Equal Opportunity
- We 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.