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National Immigration Law Center

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1979

⚖️ Legal

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

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National Immigration Law Center is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that advances the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their families through litigation, policy advocacy, legal resources, public education, and campaigns. The organization focuses on areas including DACA, border and asylum policy, workers’ rights, health care access, K–12 education, economic justice, enforcement and detention, driver’s licenses, and democracy defense, and it provides know-your-rights materials, rapid legal updates, and strategic lawsuits to protect immigrant communities.

📋 Description

• Conduct legal research • Write legal memoranda • Complete a policy and legal research project addressing current immigration rights injustices • Assist with researching and drafting pleadings and motions related to active litigation under an attorney’s supervision • Conduct research and writing related to litigation and other forms of immigration advocacy • Research federal and state immigration statutes and regulations, including procedural and evidentiary issues • Participate in hearings, strategy sessions, client meetings, site visits, and/or depositions • Engage in immigration policy discussions with government officials and community groups • Work with NILC attorneys and policy analysts on national policy analysis, impact litigation, community education, and advocacy

🎯 Requirements

• Current 1L, 2L, or 3L law school student or policy graduate school student in good standing • No undergraduates will be considered • Strong academic record, demonstrated through law school and/or other postgraduate coursework • Excellent legal research and writing skills • Commitment to NILC's mission of defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their loved ones • Previous experience in the immigrants' rights movement is highly preferred • Strong desire to pursue a career in the public / nonprofit sector • Genuine interest in and commitment to helping NILC create and foster an equitable and inclusive workplace • Enthusiastic, creative, proactive, and detail-oriented • Excellent research, writing, communication, and interpersonal skills • Ability to work independently • Fluency or proficiency in a language other than English is a plus but not required • Applications must include a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and list of at least two professional references • Must be available full-time for a minimum of ten weeks

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work • Opportunity to work alongside attorneys and policy analysts involved in national policy analysis, impact litigation, community education, and advocacy • Rich environment for legal interns to learn about the immigrants’ rights movement • Some overnight interstate travel may be required

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