AALDEF SUMMER 2008 INTERNSHIP

[Glenn Magpantay]

 AALDEF SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS 2008   

 

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, is the first organization on the East Coast to protect and promote the legal rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy and community education.  For more information about AALDEF, please visit our website at www.aaldef.org.

 

 Summer interns attend weekly brown bag lectures on a range of public interest legal topics along with interns from other legal defense funds and civil rights groups.  AALDEF also provides trainings in housing law, naturalization procedures, and   immigration law.  The summer program is ten (10) weeks, beginning approximately June 9^th through August 15^th.  The position is unpaid.  However, in previous years many AALDEF interns have been successful at securing independent funding and work-study funds may also be available.  Academic credit can be arranged. 

 

 

Voting Rights Intern: Responsibilities include coordinating voter registration drives, researching the Voting Rights Act, anti-Asian voter discrimination, bilingual ballots, and Asian American political opinion; advocating on state and local election reform proposals; developing reports and organizing forums on the Asian American vote.  Students from schools in MI, MA, PA, VA, DC, MD, HI, who are also willing to help in coordinating Asian American Election Protection efforts in Nov. 2008 after they go back to school are especially encouraged to apply.  

 

NJ Asian American Legal Project Intern:  Responsibilities include conducting community outreach and presentations with Asian immigrant workers and community members in New Jersey ; performing client intake and legal interpretation, and; coordinating client referrals.  Bilingual ability in Gujarati, Hindi, or Korean is highly preferred.

 

Youth Rights and Educational Equity Intern: Responsibilities include community outreach and presentations with Asian American youth groups, public education policy research, assistance with client intakes and general support for projects on educational equity, juvenile justice, affirmative action, and post 9-11 hate violence and racial targeting.

 

Office Assistant:  Responsibilities include data entry, organizing press clippings, answering phones, doing mailings, assisting with fundraising and other events, and performing general clerical duties.  Other responsibilities include providing support for community education and outreach projects and acting as an interpreter/translator.  Computer experience with databases, graphics and web programs are helpful.  Bilingual ability in an Asian language is desirable but not required. 

 

Requirements:   Candidates must be detail-oriented and possess strong writing skills.  Spoken and written knowledge of Korean, Bangla, Chinese, or another Asian language is a plus. 

 

Qualified applicants should indicate which internship they are applying for and send a resume and cover letter by Friday, February 15 to:

  

Summer Undergraduate Intern Search

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund 

99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York , New York 10013
fax: 212.966.4303 or email: in...@aaldef.org    

 

For more information, contact Jennifer Weng at 212-966-5932, ext. 212 or jw...@aaldef.org .