WINTER/SPRING 2022 LEGAL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION

Winter/Spring 2022 Internships are REMOTE

Legal Department, NY

The Legal Department of the National ACLU Legal Department has an opening for a Legal Internship in New York, NY (remote). Interns will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience by working alongside the team assisting in aspects of litigation, policy advocacy and communications campaigns.

For 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation's guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it's ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBT community, advancing racial justice, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties and civil rights cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach. With more than one million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., for the principle that every individual's rights must be protected equally under the law, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, and record of arrest or conviction.

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

The Legal Department Intern will help provide legal research and writing to support the litigation work of the Legal Department. This position is for the Legal Department at large, and the intern will gain exposure to areas of work not limited to a specific project or center.

• Time Commitment: A Fall or Winter/Spring internship requires a part-time commitment of 15, 20 hours per week or full-time commitment 35 hours per week.
• Internship Duration: Part-time internships are a 12-week period and full-time internships are a 10-week period. Winter/spring interns are expected to start January 18 or January 31, 2022.
  
  • Winter/Spring: January – April
• Stipend: A stipend is available for those students who do not receive course credit. Students who receive outside funding are eligible for a partial stipend to bring their total funding up to the level of ACLU's stipend amount for that term, if applicable. Arrangements can be made with educational institutions for work/study or course credit. Below is the stipend breakdown:
  
  • Winter/Spring/Fall: Stipends are calculated on number of hours and weeks worked. The hourly rate is $18.57 for undergraduate students or equivalent experience and $21.42 for graduate, law, and PhD students or equivalent experience.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Interns will gain valuable experience by working with the team on a wide variety of issues. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Conduct legal research and analysis
• Draft legal memoranda, briefs, possibly other legal documents pleadings
• Participate in discovery and trial practice as opportunities arise
• Other projects as assigned

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

The internship is open to 2L and 3L law students. Interns should possess the following:

• Interest in working toward racial and social justice
• Excellent research, writing, and communication skills
• The ability to analyze complex legal issues
• The initiative to see projects through to completion
• A commitment to civil liberties, civil rights, and social justice.
• Commitment to the mission of the ACLU

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and accepted until the position is filled.

This posting provides a general but not comprehensive list of the opportunities of the internship. It does not represent a contract of employment. The ACLU reserves the right to change the posting at any time without advance notice.

The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please e-mail benefits.hrdept@aclu.org. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.