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Legal Intern, Voting Rights Project
ACLULegal Intern providing critical support in litigation and advocacy for ACLU's Voting Rights Project. The role is focused on research, drafting legal documents, and assisting clients.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesSpring
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Interns provide critical support to our team in litigation and other forms of advocacy.
- Responsibilities for interns may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conduct legal research and analysis to support new and active litigation projects;
- Aid in drafting of 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
What you’ll need- Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated legal students and must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship.
- Completion of 1L year of law school by spring 2026 or enrollment in an LLM program
- 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.
Benefits
Comp & perks- This internship is course credit only.
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Hard Skills & Tools
legal researchlegal analysisdrafting legal memorandadrafting pleadingsdrafting affidavitsdrafting motionsdrafting briefspublic education materialsnon-litigation advocacy materialscomplex legal analysis
Soft Skills
excellent research skillsexcellent communication skillsattention to detailorganizing skillstime-management skillsinitiativecommitment to public interest lawcommitment to civil libertiescommitment to racial justice
Certifications
1L year of law schoolLLM program enrollment