Legal Intern, Disability Rights Program

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🏄 California, Washington – Remote

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⏱ Part Time

⚪️ Entry-level

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

👻 Ghost score 10%

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ACLU

201 - 500 employees

Founded 1920

🤝 Non-profit

🏛️ Government

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Government • Social Impact

ACLU is an organization dedicated to defending and preserving the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in the United States by the Constitution and laws of the United States. It engages in numerous court battles, advocacy campaigns, and initiatives focusing on civil liberties issues such as capital punishment, free speech, voting rights, racial justice, and more. The ACLU has a century-long history of legal battles, including landmark cases in the Supreme Court. It functions as a non-profit organization leveraging nationwide litigation, public education, and grassroots activism to advocate for systemic equality and civil rights for all.

📋 Description

• Assist with legal research and writing • Conduct factual investigation • Support strategic advocacy advancing litigation and integrated advocacy • Participate in litigation, advocacy, and internal meetings and discussions • Support Disability Rights Program litigation work across priority areas • Prepare legal memos and portions of court submissions • Support preparation for and during depositions, oral arguments, hearings, or trials

🎯 Requirements

• Currently matriculated legal student • Enrolled at a U.S. law school • Must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship • Must have completed the required law-school qualification before the internship commences (posting text is incomplete: “will have completed at before”) • Excellent research skills, including internet and legal database research • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Attention to detail • Excellent organizing and time-management skills • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite • Initiative to see projects through to completion • Internship must be tied to formal education through integrated coursework or academic credit

🏖️ Benefits

• Course credit only; internship tied to the intern’s formal education program by integrated coursework or receipt of academic credit • Remote or hybrid work options • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities

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