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Legal Intern, Abortion Criminal Defense
ACLU
internship
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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Entry Level
About the role
- Support defensive and affirmative advocacy related to the criminalization of abortion care.
- Conduct legal research and writing including drafting memoranda, portions of briefs, motions, and training resources.
- Track cases and issues of interest to the ACDI.
- Assist with performing intakes for those who contact the ACDI in need of criminal defense representation.
- Participate in weekly team meetings and attend reproductive-rights specific orientation sessions.
- Engage with coalition partner organizations on litigation and policy advocacy related to the criminalization of abortion.
- Center principles of equity, inclusion, and belonging in all work and program development.
Requirements
- Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated legal students and must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship.
- Enrolled at an ABA accredited law school and has completed at least 1L year.
- Excellent legal research skills, strong legal writing, and ability to conduct complex legal analysis.
- Organization including good attention to detail, and the ability to balance multiple assignments.
- Team player approach with good communication skills who responds well to feedback.
- Initiative to see projects through to completion.
- A demonstrated commitment to criminal defense, public interest law, civil rights and liberties, and social justice.
- Internship is for course credit only.
Benefits
- This position is course credit only.
- Remote or hybrid internship options (based in New York City or Washington D.C.).
- Flexible time commitment: part-time (10,15 or 20 hours/week) or full-time (35 hours/week).
- The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities; email benefits.hrdept@aclu.org for assistance.
- Accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values of the ACLU.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal researchlegal writingcomplex legal analysisdrafting memorandadrafting briefsdrafting motionstraining resource development
Soft skills
organizationattention to detailcommunication skillsteam playerinitiativeability to balance multiple assignmentsresponsiveness to feedback
Certifications
matriculated legal studentenrolled at ABA accredited law school
