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About the Role
The ACLU seeks a Summer Legal Intern for the Reproductive Freedom Project at its National office in New York City. This internship offers a unique opportunity to contribute to critical litigation and gain valuable experience in reproductive rights and justice.
Responsibilities
- Conducting legal research and analysis
- Aiding in drafting memoranda, motions, declarations, and legal pleadings
- Providing general assistance on active litigation, including cite-checking
- Supporting development of new litigation projects
- Working on fact development
- Conducting background research
- Tracking and analyzing bills
Requirements
- Currently matriculated legal students
- Must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship
- Completed at least one year of law school before the internship commences
- Excellent legal research and writing skills
- Ability to conduct complex legal analysis
- Strong oral communications skills
- Ability to explain complicated legal issues
- Ability to balance multiple assignments
- Ability to communicate with colleagues
- Ability to accept and incorporate feedback
- Collaborative attitude – be a team player
- Demonstrated commitment to public interest law, civil rights and liberties, and social justice
- Demonstrated commitment to reproductive health rights and justice is a plus, but is not required
Skills
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Legal analysis
- Oral communication
- Drafting memoranda
- Drafting motions
- Drafting declarations
- Drafting legal pleadings
- Cite-checking
- Fact development
- Background research
- Bill tracking
- Bill analysis
Location
- New York City
- Remote
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Full-time
- Internship
Experience Level
- Law student (completed at least one year)
Education Level
- Law student
Salary/Compensations
- $24/hour
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.