Legal Intern, Disability Rights
ACLU
Legal Intern, Litigation
ACLU
internship
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $24 per hour
Job Level
Entry Level
About the role
- Support all facets of the ACLU’s work across at the Supreme Court, including legal research, argument development, and brief drafting
- Case load will likely span a range of issue areas, including voting rights, LGBTQ rights, immigration, presidential power, and free speech
- Conduct legal research and analysis to support new and active litigation projects
- Aid in drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and briefs
- Provide support and assistance to ACLU affiliates and cooperating attorneys
- Assist with long-term planning and strategy projects and gain exposure to the ACLU’s advocacy strategy development and coalition management efforts
- Report to the staff attorney who works across the ACLU’s Supreme Court docket
Requirements
- 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 summer 2026; preference for candidates who will have already completed their 2L year
- Excellent research skills, including conducting internet and legal database research
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing
- Attention to detail, excellent organization 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
- Kindness, generosity, and humility
- Preferred: Experience drafting briefs before the United States Supreme Court
- Preferred: Familiarity with or previous experience working on one or more of the following topics: Section 1983 litigation; immigration law; LGBTQ rights; free speech; administrative law; national security law; structural constitutional law.
Benefits
- Stipend available for those students who are lawfully authorized to work; Legal interns receive a stipend amount $24/hour (stipends are taxed)
- This internship can be remote or hybrid and based in our New York City or San Francisco, CA office.
- Full time (35 hour/week) commitment
- Summer internships span 10 consecutive weeks with a start date of May 26 or June 8
- The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities; assistance applying online available
- Exposure to the ACLU’s advocacy strategy development and coalition management efforts and Supreme Court docket experience
- Accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal researchbrief draftinglegal analysisdrafting legal memorandadrafting motionsproficiency in Microsoft Office Suiteexperience drafting briefsfamiliarity with Section 1983 litigationfamiliarity with immigration lawfamiliarity with LGBTQ rights
Soft skills
excellent communication skillsattention to detailexcellent organization skillstime-management skillsinitiativekindnessgenerosityhumility