2007 Fall Internship Opportunity-ACLU National Office, Women’s Rights Project (4/30/2007)
2007 FALL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
American Civil Liberties Union
Women’s Rights Project, NY
The Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation (ACLUF) seeks Second and Third-Year Law Students
for Fall Internships in New York.
America's foremost advocate of individual rights, the American Civil
Liberties Union Foundation (ACLUF) is a nonpartisan organization founded
in 1920. With national headquarters in New York and Washington and 53 affiliates
throughout the country, it is widely regarded as one of the nation's premier
public interest law firms.
WOMEN’S RIGHTS PROJECT:
Founded in 1972 by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Women's Rights Project (WRP) has
been a leader in the legal battles to ensure women’s full equality in
American society. WRP is dedicated to the advancement of the rights and interests
of women, with particular emphasis on issues affecting low-income women, women
of color and immigrant women. WRP has overall responsibility for implementing
ACLU policy in the area of gender discrimination. WRP conducts direct litigation,
files amicus curiae briefs, provides support for ACLU affiliate litigation,
serves as a resource for ACLU legislative work on women’s rights and seeks
to advance ACLU policy goals through public education, outreach and participation
in coalitions. WRP has been an active participant in virtually all major gender
discrimination litigation in the Supreme Court, in Congressional efforts to
promote gender equality and in other significant public education on behalf
of women and girls.
WRP has four core priority areas of focus: violence against women, with a focus
on housing and employment discrimination against survivors of domestic violence
and police responsiveness to abuse; employment, with a particular emphasis on
issues that affect low-wage immigrant women workers and women in non-traditional
employment; gender equity in education; and criminal and juvenile justice issues
affecting women and girls. Cutting across these priority areas, WRP seeks to
incorporate an international human rights framework into its litigation and
advocacy efforts.
Internship Overview:
The Women’s Rights Project seeks fall interns to work on a wide variety
of issues. Working closely with WRP staff, interns assist in all aspects of
litigation including legal research, factual investigation, and drafting of
memoranda, affidavits, and briefs. Interns may also assist WRP staff in providing
assistance and advice to ACLU affiliates, private attorneys, and others who
seek our help; screening potential cases; and researching or drafting materials
for public education.
This internship is open to second and third year law students and requires
a full semester commitment. School credit may be available.
Application Procedure:
Applicants should send a letter of interest, a resume, the names and telephone
numbers of two references, an unofficial transcript, and a legal writing sample
of no more than ten pages to:
Fall Internship Hiring Committee
ACLU Women’s Rights Project
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004-2400
We strongly encourage applicants to apply by July 13, 2007, but applications
will be accepted until the positions are filled. Please indicate in your cover
letter where you found this job posting.
The ACLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with
disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
The ACLU comprises two separate corporate entities, the American Civil Liberties
Union and the ACLU Foundation. Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the
ACLU Foundation are national organizations with the same overall mission, and
share office space and employees. The ACLU has two separate corporate entities
in order to do a broad range of work to protect civil liberties. This job posting
refers collectively to the two organizations under the name “ACLU.”
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