SCOTUS Docket Legal Intern - Remote/Hybrid (Summer)

ACLU - National Office; United States; Hybride; USD 27 000 - 39 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Stipend available

Remote or hybrid internship

Based in SF or NYC

Résumé du poste

The ACLU National Office is seeking a full-time Summer Legal Intern to support the SCOTUS Docket, with opportunities based in San Francisco, CA or New York, NY, and options for remote work. The internship runs for 10 weeks with a 35-hour week schedule.

Qualified applicants are law students currently enrolled in the U.S., preferably with 1L standing; duties include legal research, brief drafting, memorandum writing, and collaboration with partners on Supreme Court litigation efforts.

Qualifications

• 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 internet and legal database research
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing
• Attention to detail, excellent organization and time-management skills
• Demonstrated commitment to public interest law, civil liberties, and racial justice
• Demonstrated ability to conduct complex legal analysis
• Kindness, generosity, and humility

Responsabilités

• Conduct legal research and analysis to support litigation projects
• Aid in drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and briefs
• Provide support to ACLU affiliates and cooperating attorneys

Connaissances

Legal research

Legal writing

Communication

Time management

Organization

Initiative

Public interest law

Complex legal analysis

Kindness & humility

Formation

Enrolled in law school (1L/2L)

Outils

Microsoft Office Suite

Description du poste

The ACLU National Office is seeking a full-time Summer Legal Intern to support the SCOTUS Docket, with opportunities based in San Francisco, CA or New York, NY, and options for remote work. The internship runs for 10 weeks with a 35-hour week schedule.

Qualified applicants are law students currently enrolled in the U.S., preferably with 1L standing; duties include legal research, brief drafting, memorandum writing, and collaboration with partners on Supreme Court litigation efforts.