FELLOWSHIP TO ADDRESS CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES VIOLATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND RACIAL PROFILING
Application Deadline: August 8, 2008

The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) is seeking an individual to sponsor as an applicant for a 2008 Equal Justice Works, Skadden, Soros or other fellowship specializing in local enforcement of immigration law.

The ACLU-NC will work with the chosen applicant to craft a fellowship project to address civil rights and civil liberties concerns associated with local police and sheriff enforcement of immigration law either independently of or in collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The project would likely include a survey of local policies and practices; know-your-rights education; litigation to challenge racial profiling, Fourth Amendment, and due process violations in particularly troubling jurisdictions; development of best practices proposals; and policy advocacy to seek adoption of best practices. Ideally, the project could also result in a report addressing the legal and policy implications of local immigration enforcement practices and the practical implications for particular immigrant communities.

The fellow would be based in our San Francisco office and would be supervised by an attorney in our Legal Department. Applicants with experience and interest in the intersection of police practices, criminal justice, and immigrants' rights are encouraged to apply and to bring their own ideas to this project proposal.

We will be accepting applications until August 8, 2008. Please send a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and three references to:

Cynthia Williams
ACLU of Northern California
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
or
cwilliams@aclunc.org.

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California is an affirmative action employer. All interested individuals, including people of color, women, persons with disabilities and persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex are particularly urged to apply.