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Legal Internship, Washington D.C.

Immigrant Women Program Legal Internships (Washington, DC Office)

APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED ON A ROLLING BASIS FOR EACH SEMESTER. CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY EARLY.

Internship Description 

The Washington, DC office of Legal Momentum, which includes our Immigrant Women Program, offers unpaid internships or internships for school credit in the fall, spring and summer academic semesters. A 15-35 hour per week commitment for 10-12 weeks is required. The DC office of Legal Momentum serves as the advocacy and policy arm of the organization, whose national office is located in New York City.

The DC office is located right in the middle of downtown, and interns not only have the chance to witness first-hand the exciting and complex legislative process, but they are also given enough responsibility to make their participation meaningful and rewarding. Issues covered include poverty and welfare reform, immigrant women (including immigration law reform, cultural diversity issues), violence against women, and childcare.

Interns will work with the Immigrant Woman Program (IWP) on a range of tasks, including:

• Researching and analyzing legislation;
• Drafting letters, fact sheets, and articles;
• Attending briefings and coalition meetings;
• Answering requests for Technical Assistance;
• Assisting with administrative tasks as need; and
• Additionally, Legal Momentum chairs coalitions dealing with violence against women, welfare reform, child care, and immigrant women's rights, and interns help coordinate the work of these large, diverse coalition groups.

Legal interns should be a law student or attorney and should have a strong interest in gender equality, women's legal rights and/or immigrant rights. A love of feminist issues, politics, and hard work is useful, and a working knowledge of the American political process is recommended.

Legal Momentum encourages both women and men of all ethnic, cultural, economic backgrounds and sexual orientations who support our feminist concerns to apply. Bilingual individuals also are encouraged to apply. We are committed to the goals of equal opportunity and affirmative action and seek candidates whose experiences can bring a unique awareness to our women's rights legal advocacy. We seek to provide a work environment that fosters fairness and respect for inclusiveness and social and cultural variety.

APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED ON A ROLLING BASIS FOR EACH SEMESTER. CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY EARLY.

Applicants must complete the application form, below, and attach to it their resume and cover letter.

Early applications are strongly encouraged because applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and preference may be given to early applications.

Legal Momentum is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Legal Internship Application, DC