[SUMMER JOBS] New Public Interest Remote Summer Opportunity
Eric J Stern
(REMOTE OPPORTUNITY) TECHNOLOGY AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY LEGAL INTERN
SUMMER 2020: OPEN
About the Organization
Just Futures Law is a women of color-led immigration legal project that defends and builds the power of immigrants’ rights and criminal justice activists, organizers and community groups working to disrupt and dismantle our deportation and mass incarceration systems. We develop legal and advocacy strategies aimed at disrupting criminalization and deportation, file litigation aligned with organizing; and are building a political home for lawyers and legal workers who want to partner with directly-impacted communities in tearing down oppressive systems that have resulted in our mass deportation and incarceration state. Recently, we provided legal support to the ICE Out of DC Coalition in ending ICE access to the DC Jail and co-created the Take Back Tech Toolkit.
About the Internship
Just Futures Law seeks remote law student interns for Summer 2020. The intern will support the organization’s programmatic and litigation work around local police involvement in federal immigration enforcement and the fast-developing field of technology-driven immigration enforcement. Legal interns will be exposed to a wide range of legal research and writing projects including but not limited to legal policy briefs, affirmative or defensive casework, and training materials, and legal support in the context of grassroots and national organizing campaigns.
Positions are remote.
Requirements:
· Good work ethic and communication skills
· Self-motivation and a positive attitude
· Excellent legal research and writing skills
· Immigration law course or equivalent experience preferred
· Strong commitment to racial justice, immigrant rights, and civil rights.
Application Process
The position is open until filled. Please send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to ad...@justfutureslaw.org. Please indicate “Summer 2020 Law Intern” in the subject line.