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CALIFORNIA
Altshuler Berzon
Address:
177 Post Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94108
Position:
The breadth of our public interest litigation practice is unique for a private firm, and that diverse practice is reflected in the summer associate experience. Summer associates have work assignments similar to those of associates at the firm, and can expect to work on a variety of matters for international and local unions, workers, environmental groups, governmental entities, and other clients, involving such areas as labor, civil rights, First Amendment, environmental, election, and immigration law. The summer experience at our firm is excellent training for a judicial clerkship and career as a litigator, and indeed, our summer associates regularly go on to outstanding clerkships following graduation.
About The Organization:
Altshuler Berzon LLP is a San Francisco law firm dedicated to providing the highest quality representation in the service of economic justice and the public interest. Our attorneys represent clients including labor unions, workers, consumers, environmental groups, other public interest organizations, and public entities. We specialize in labor and employment, constitutional, environmental, civil rights, class action, campaign and election, and impact litigation, at both the trial and appellate levels. We represent clients before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and arbitrators. We also provide advice and counseling, legislative drafting, representation in collective bargaining and negotiation, and other forms of legal assistance.
Job Details:
The breadth of our public interest litigation practice is unique for a private firm, and that diverse practice is reflected in the summer associate experience. Summer associates have work assignments similar to those of associates at the firm, and can expect to work on a variety of matters for international and local unions, workers, environmental groups, governmental entities, and other clients, involving such areas as labor, civil rights, First Amendment, environmental, election, and immigration law. The summer experience at our firm is excellent training for a judicial clerkship and career as a litigator, and indeed, our summer associates regularly go on to outstanding clerkships following graduation.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
Our summer program is limited to 2Ls, as well as 3Ls who have secured post-graduation fall clerkships.
Items for Submission:
Applications Should Include: Resume, cover letter, two writing samples, list of references, and law school transcript.
Pay:
Salary: Pay based on annual salary of $93,000.
Application Deadline:
N/A
Application Contact and Information:
mrubin@altber.com; lcharles@altber.com
Leonard Carder LLP
Address:
1999 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Position:
Law clerks have the opportunity to work alongside attorneys in representing labor unions and employee benefit plans, as well as representing employees in class actions and individual employment rights cases. Law clerks are assigned legal research and writing projects addressing a variety of issues and will often accompany attorneys to client meetings, arbitrations, hearings, and other legal proceedings. The position is full-time over 8-10 weeks. The office is located in Oakland, California. We have a hybrid work model in which law clerks have the option to work remotely up to two days per week.
About The Organization:
Leonard Carder represents unions, Taft-Hartley trust funds, and employees in wage and hour, wrongful termination, discrimination, class action, and law reform litigation. Our commitment to unions and workers dates back more than eight decades, with involvement in some of the most memorable labor struggles on the West Coast. Our attorneys are dedicated to advancing workers’ rights by representing the labor movement, including international and local labor unions in both the private and public sectors. In recent decades, we have expanded our mission by representing workers in class actions to enforce wage and hour and other employment laws, winning groundbreaking cases against sham independent contractor arrangements. We also represent pension, health, and other employee benefit plans covering workers, retirees, and their dependents.
Job Details:
Law clerks have the opportunity to work alongside attorneys in representing labor unions and employee benefit plans, as well as representing employees in class actions and individual employment rights cases. Law clerks are assigned legal research and writing projects addressing a variety of issues and will often accompany attorneys to client meetings, arbitrations, hearings, and other legal proceedings. The position is full-time over 8-10 weeks. The office is located in Oakland, California. We have a hybrid work model in which law clerks have the option to work remotely up to two days per week.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
Law clerks must have completed their 2L year.
Items for Submission:
Please submit a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and transcript via email.
Pay:
$38 per hour
Application Deadline:
11/1/2024
Application Contact and Information:
aendo@leonardcarder.com
Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 - Legal Dept.
Address:
3000 Clayton Road, Concord, CA 94519
Position:
The Summer Intern will work alongside House Counsel and Associate House Counsel for the Union and will be assigned legal research, writing projects, and other representational tasks.
About The Organization:
The Legal Department for Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 (OE3) provides traditional labor and employment law services to approximately 40,000 members in Northern California, Northern Nevada, Utah, and Hawaii. OE3 represents members in private sector construction and public employees, including state workers, public safety officers, and city and county employees. The Legal Department provides legal services to members, including representation in contract enforcement and disciplinary matters, and works alongside business representatives to provide the full service of a labor organization to its members.
Job Details:
The Summer Intern will work alongside House Counsel and Associate House Counsel for the Union and will be assigned legal research, writing projects, and other representational tasks.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
Candidates must be a student of law (any year) and committed to working for the benefit of working people.
Items for Submission:
Cover letter, current resume, transcripts and a short writing sample.
Pay:
$1,400/week stipend ($35 per hour, 40 hours per week)
Application Deadline:
2/28/2025
Application Contact and Information:
jfoley@oe3.org
UNITE HERE Local 11
Address:
464 Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Position:
UNITE HERE Local 11 is looking for motivated students with an interest in movement lawyering and labor law to serve as summer law clerks for 2025. Local 11 offers students the opportunity to gain a wide range of legal experience. In recent summers, for example, law clerks have worked on prosecuting federal unfair labor practice charges, writing briefs for labor arbitrations, analyzing data to evaluate potential race discrimination claims, and enforcing newly won return-to-work laws for workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic. Work may be done hybrid, with some weekly in-person days in Los Angeles. Students will be supervised by staff attorneys.
About The Organization:
Local 11 is a progressive, movement-oriented labor union representing approximately 32,000 hotel and food service workers throughout Southern California and Arizona. Reflecting the needs of its membership, the union is at the forefront of efforts to defend the rights of immigrants, people of color, and women in the workplace and in the political sphere.
Job Details:
UNITE HERE Local 11 is looking for motivated students with an interest in movement lawyering and labor law to serve as summer law clerks for 2025. Local 11 offers students the opportunity to gain a wide range of legal experience. In recent summers, for example, law clerks have worked on prosecuting federal unfair labor practice charges, writing briefs for labor arbitrations, analyzing data to evaluate potential race discrimination claims, and enforcing newly won return-to-work laws for workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic. Work may be done hybrid, with some weekly in-person days in Los Angeles. Students will be supervised by staff attorneys.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
1L; course in labor law or employment law preferred but not required; fluency in Spanish strongly preferred
Items for Submission:
Resume & Cover Letter - Submit via email
Pay:
$2500 stipend intended to supplement law school or other funding
Application Deadline:
1/31/2025
Application Contact and Information:
legaldepartment@unitehere11.org
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
American Federation of Government Employees
Address:
80 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Position:
Legal interns in AFGE's General Counsel's Office perform legal research and writing involving a wide variety of issues in federal and DC public sector labor law. Writing assignments include internal memos involving legal analysis on labor, employment, and policy issues. Our legal interns also prepare, under the supervision of an attorney, appeals and written arguments on behalf of workers facing discipline, removal, or other adverse actions. This typically involves client intake, witness interviews, document review, research and writing. Interns have always told us they like this direct, hands-on involvement in representing workers. Other duties include: contacts with district, local, and national union officials to obtain information relating to the preparation of cases; assistance in the preparation of briefs and other legal pleadings for court, administrative, and arbitration cases; assistance in preparing court and administrative cases for hearing under the direct guidance of an attorney.
Our General Counsel's Office (GCO) is headquartered in Washington, DC near Union Station with easy access to Metro. Interns work in-office but can request episodic telework when needed.
About The Organization:
The American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE is the largest federal sector labor union, representing over 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers from over 75 different agencies.
Job Details:
Legal interns in AFGE's General Counsel's Office perform legal research and writing involving a wide variety of issues in federal and DC public sector labor law. Writing assignments include internal memos involving legal analysis on labor, employment, and policy issues. Our legal interns also prepare, under the supervision of an attorney, appeals and written arguments on behalf of workers facing discipline, removal, or other adverse actions. This typically involves client intake, witness interviews, document review, research and writing. Interns have always told us they like this direct, hands-on involvement in representing workers. Other duties include: contacts with district, local, and national union officials to obtain information relating to the preparation of cases; assistance in the preparation of briefs and other legal pleadings for court, administrative, and arbitration cases; assistance in preparing court and administrative cases for hearing under the direct guidance of an attorney.
Our General Counsel's Office (GCO) is headquartered in Washington, DC near Union Station with easy access to Metro. Interns work in-office but can request episodic telework when needed.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
n/a
Items for Submission:
Please submit a resume and cover letter; if selected for an interview, a brief writing sample will be requested.
Pay:
$25/hour
Application Deadline:
12/20/2024
Application Contact and Information:
magen.stevens@afge.org
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees
Address:
1625 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Position:
Each summer, AFSCME’s Office of General Counsel hires several summer clerks, for a minimum 10-week term, who have demonstrated a commitment to social and economic justice and an excellent academic record. We ensure clerks receive a well-rounded experience which includes a variety of work, professional development, and social and educational programs and outings.
Clerks will assist the Office of the General Counsel in providing in-house legal representation to AFSCME International and its affiliates throughout the country. Our work includes assisting in initiating and defending litigation before state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and administrative agencies to safeguard the interests of the union and its members, as well as assisting in providing non-litigation counsel on diverse matters such as organizing campaigns, legislative and policy advocacy, campaign finance and political law, pensions and employee benefits, and internal union governance. In addition to traditional issues of labor and employment law, the Office confronts numerous questions of constitutional law including matters related to the First Amendment.
About The Organization:
AFSCME is one of the largest, most diverse unions in the country, with over 1.4 million members in both the public and private sectors. AFSCME has been a leader in racial, gender, LGBTQIA+, social and economic justice movements within the labor movement and society at large. AFSCME’s members provide vital public services that make America happen. We are health care providers, childcare providers, school/university staff, library and museum workers, EMTs, sanitation workers, maintenance and transportation workers, protective and social service workers, and more: If it’s a public service, AFSCME members deliver it!
As a union, we advocate for fairness in the workplace, improved wages and benefits, good government, excellence in public services, inclusivity and prosperity for all working people. We not only stand for fairness at the bargaining table — we fight for fairness in our communities and in the halls of government.
AFSCME has affiliates in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The International Union, based in Washington, DC, coordinates the union’s actions on major national issues and provides resources to affiliates for organizing, bargaining, political action, and member education.
Job Details:
Each summer, AFSCME’s Office of General Counsel hires several summer clerks, for a minimum 10-week term, who have demonstrated a commitment to social and economic justice and an excellent academic record. We ensure clerks receive a well-rounded experience which includes a variety of work, professional development, and social and educational programs and outings.
Clerks will assist the Office of the General Counsel in providing in-house legal representation to AFSCME International and its affiliates throughout the country. Our work includes assisting in initiating and defending litigation before state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and administrative agencies to safeguard the interests of the union and its members, as well as assisting in providing non-litigation counsel on diverse matters such as organizing campaigns, legislative and policy advocacy, campaign finance and political law, pensions and employee benefits, and internal union governance. In addition to traditional issues of labor and employment law, the Office confronts numerous questions of constitutional law including matters related to the First Amendment.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
The fellowship will be in-person in our Washington, D.C. office located near the Farragut North metro station.
AFSCME is an equal opportunity employer and individuals from diverse backgrounds and identities are encouraged to apply.
Items for Submission:
To apply, please submit a cover letter or statement of interest, a resume, your law school transcript, and two writing samples to: lawclerkhiring@afscme.org
Pay:
Law clerks will work full-time (40 hours/week) and will be paid at a rate of $26 per hour.
Application Deadline:
9/30/2024
Application Contact and Information:
lawclerkhiring@afscme.org
ILLINOIS
Actors Equity Association
Address:
557 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60661
Position:
We anticipate the Clerk will perform legal work related to high-profile organizing and contract campaigns and that assignments will include research, legal memoranda, work on pleadings and litigation documents, and meetings with workers.
This position is remote.
About The Organization:
Actors' Equity is a national labor union of professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, founded for the purpose of negotiating strong agreements that protect the wages, hours and working conditions of its members, enforcing those agreements, organizing new work opportunities for members and pursuing appropriate legislation on matters affecting their profession. We represent the belief that the art of theatre is an essential cultural and economic component of our society.
Job Details:
We anticipate the Clerk will perform legal work related to high-profile organizing and contract campaigns and that assignments will include research, legal memoranda, work on pleadings and litigation documents, and meetings with workers.
This position is remote.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
N/A
Items for Submission:
To apply, email your resume and cover letter to HumanResources@actorsequity.org
Pay:
This position offers an hourly rate of $30 - $33 and will involve 20 to 30 hours of work per week, depending on workload.
Application Deadline:
N/A
Application Contact and Information:
HumanResources@actorsequity.org
KANSAS
Blake & Uhlig, P.A.
Address:
6803 West 64th Street, Suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66202
Position:
During the summer of 2025, the summer law clerk will be given exposure to Blake & Uhlig's practice areas, perform legal research assignments, and assist with various proceedings and events, including arbitrations, trials and client meetings. Our office is located in Overland Park, Kansas.
About The Organization:
Blake & Uhlig P.A. is a Midwest law firm based in Overland Park, Kansas representing labor unions and multiemployer employee benefit plans nationwide. We pride ourselves on providing comprehensive legal representation to labor organizations and their affiliated benefit funds on a local, regional and national basis.
Job Details:
During the summer of 2025, the summer law clerk will be given exposure to Blake & Uhlig's practice areas, perform legal research assignments, and assist with various proceedings and events, including arbitrations, trials and client meetings. Our office is located in Overland Park, Kansas.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
Blake & Uhlig welcomes applications from 1L and 2L law students wishing to serve as a summer law clerk at our firm. We expect applicants to have a demonstrated interest in the fields of labor and/or employee benefits.
Items for Submission:
Applications must include: resume, law school transcript, writing sample and two references. Please email all application materials to hiringpartners@blake-uhlig.com.
Pay:
$1,350 gross per week
Application Deadline:
N/A
3/1/2025
Application Contact and Information:
hiringpartners@blake-uhlig.com
jmb@blake-uhlig.com
MARYLAND
KSC Law
Address:
201 N Charles St., Suite 1000, Baltimore, MD 21201
10th Floor (KSC)
Position:
Our office is located in downtown Baltimore, where we together in-person, except for exceptional circumstances. The work of the clerk varies widely depending on the active matters during their tenure. We seek to have our clerks draft operative papers and filings (rather than background memos, etc) as much as possible. We also try to involve, or at lease expose, our clerks to proceedings, hearings, and meetings when feasible. We strive to be collegial and open in our work. Clerks are sure to end up at an Orioles game or two.
About The Organization:
For more than 30 years, KSC Law has represented unions in Maryland and beyond. We are proud to represent teachers, firefighters, and many other public employees, as well as private sector employees including stagehands and operating engineers, through their unions. Our team attends to nearly all of the legal needs of our clients from litigation to bargaining to legislation to governance matters. Our team is successful in doing so because we are committed to developing fair workplaces and good careers through unions.
Job Details:
Our office is located in downtown Baltimore, where we together in-person, except for exceptional circumstances. The work of the clerk varies widely depending on the active matters during their tenure. We seek to have our clerks draft operative papers and filings (rather than background memos, etc) as much as possible. We also try to involve, or at lease expose, our clerks to proceedings, hearings, and meetings when feasible. We strive to be collegial and open in our work. Clerks are sure to end up at an Orioles game or two.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
We prefer candidates who are 2Ls (although exceptions will be considered). Strong academic record, excellent writing and research skills, a must. Interest in labor and employment (union and employee-side) is highly desirable.
Items for Submission:
Resume, cover letter, transcript, and writing sample should all be submitted by email.
Pay:
$25/hour
Application Deadline:
12/1/2024
Application Contact and Information:
wright@kscadvocates.com
MASSACHUSETTS
Sandulli Grace, P.C.
Address:
44 School Street, Suite 1100. Boston, MA 02108
Position:
Sandulli Grace has hired a law school intern nearly every quarter since the firm was founded in 1977, and the firm is well-equipped for a summer clerk. The firm is located in downtown Boston, easily accessible by public transportation. The student has their own desk, computer, access to Lexis and a variety of other legal search tools. The firm is open to telework can arrange a flexible telework schedule with the student. The student has opportunities to work closely with a number of different attorneys on a variety of projects. Although legal research and writing is a significant part of the clerkship, there are usually multiple opportunities to assist attorneys at court and agency hearings, arbitrations, collective bargaining sessions, and client meetings. To the extent possible, the firm attempts to tailor the clerkship to the interests of the student. The clerkship supervisor is available to provide written and oral feedback on the student’s written work.
About The Organization:
Sandulli Grace, P.C. is a 11-lawyer union-side firm located in downtown Boston. Our clients are public and private sector unions for whom we provide a variety of legal services, including general legal advice, contract negotiation and administration, unfair labor practice proceedings, grievance arbitrations and litigation. The majority of our clients represent employees in the public sector, especially teachers, police officers, and firefighters, but we also represent a variety of private sector unions. We also represent individual employees in matters involving civil service, public employee retirement, discrimination, and violations of the FLSA, FMLA and other statutes.
Job Details:
Sandulli Grace has hired a law school intern nearly every quarter since the firm was founded in 1977, and the firm is well-equipped for a summer clerk. The firm is located in downtown Boston, easily accessible by public transportation. The student has their own desk, computer, access to Lexis and a variety of other legal search tools. The firm is open to telework can arrange a flexible telework schedule with the student. The student has opportunities to work closely with a number of different attorneys on a variety of projects. Although legal research and writing is a significant part of the clerkship, there are usually multiple opportunities to assist attorneys at court and agency hearings, arbitrations, collective bargaining sessions, and client meetings. To the extent possible, the firm attempts to tailor the clerkship to the interests of the student. The clerkship supervisor is available to provide written and oral feedback on the student’s written work.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
We will accept applications from both first and second year law students. Students with labor law coursework or union work experience preferred.
Items for Submission:
Send a cover letter, résumé, transcript, and writing sample to Laurel Goldstein. Please mention the ULA DOOR program in your cover letter.
Pay:
$750/week
Application Deadline:
2/1/2024
Application Contact and Information:
lgoldstein@sandulligrace.com
(617) 523-2500
NEW YORK
Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP
Address:
909 Third Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022
Position:
Fellows will play an important role in the firm, tackling critical research and writing projects that attorneys rely on in their practice. Fellows will also be asked to draft memos, briefs, and/or letters. Each summer we ensure that our Fellows have ample contact with the attorneys at the firm - associates, of counsel, and partners - and have an opportunity to observe a deposition, argument, arbitration and attend client and trustees meetings to gain experience with various types of proceedings.
About The Organization:
Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP, located in New York City, is a full service union-side labor, employee benefits, and employment law firm. The firm represents national, regional and local labor unions, pension, health and other benefit plans, and the interests of employees in a wide variety of matters. In addition to our robust labor and employee benefits practices, CWS has several other major practice areas, including sexual harassment prevention, bankruptcy, wage and hour, and employment law. We are a firm committed to the labor movement, composed of lawyers who have devoted their careers to advancing and protecting labor and workers’ rights.
Job Details:
Fellows will play an important role in the firm, tackling critical research and writing projects that attorneys rely on in their practice. Fellows will also be asked to draft memos, briefs, and/or letters. Each summer we ensure that our Fellows have ample contact with the attorneys at the firm - associates, of counsel, and partners - and have an opportunity to observe a deposition, argument, arbitration and attend client and trustees meetings to gain experience with various types of proceedings.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
Applicants should have strong research and writing skills. Coursework in Labor Law and/or ERISA is preferred. Union, employee benefits, journal and/or moot court experience is a plus.
Items for Submission:
Application requirements: Cover letter, resume, transcript, and legal writing sample. Please apply via email or through the Peggy Browning program
Pay: $30 per hour
Application Deadline: 1/1/2025
Application Contact and Information:clerks@cwsny.com
Levy Ratner, P.C.
Address:
80 Eighth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10011
Position:
This is a full-time, on-site paid law clerk position for the summer of 2025. The position entails legal research/writing and more, with the potential for client contact and exposure to collective bargaining, arbitration, administrative proceedings, and litigation.
About The Organization:
Levy Ratner is a New York City firm representing workers, unions, and employee benefit funds.
Job Details:
This is a full-time, on-site paid law clerk position for the summer of 2025. The position entails legal research/writing and more, with the potential for client contact and exposure to collective bargaining, arbitration, administrative proceedings, and litigation.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
Excellent research and writing skills and the ability to work under short deadlines are essential. Please have at least one of the following: a) labor/employment law classes/experience; or b) a demonstrated commitment to the labor movement and protecting workers’ rights. Rising 2Ls and 3Ls will be considered.
Items for Submission:
Please provide a cover letter, résumé, unedited writing sample, and transcript, plus a list of current and upcoming courses.
Pay:
Compensation is $1,015/week for rising 2Ls and $1,050/week for rising 3Ls.
Application Deadline:
10/15/2024
Application Contact and Information:
studenthiring@levyratner.com
OHIO
Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
Address:
390 Worthington Road, Suite A, Westerville, OH 43082
Position:
Law Students may receive assignments from any of the eleven staff attorneys. Assignments will vary based upon experience and aptitude. Typical assignments include legal research and writing on various topics relating to the rights and obligations of the Union and its members. This affords students the opportunity to gain practical experience and a working knowledge of the law in an exciting practice area. Law Students may also assist attorneys in facets of case preparation including witness interviews, and drafting pleadings, memoranda of law, and closing briefs. Law students will also be given the opportunity to accompany attorneys to hearings or other proceedings.
Although the assignments are primarily focused on labor and employment law issues, law students can expect to be exposed to a variety of diverse issues such as constitutional law, municipal law, civil rights law, and education law.
About The Organization:
CSEA, Inc., Local 1000, is a labor union representing over 200,000 members who are employed in the public and private sector across New York State. CSEA's headquarters and Legal Department are located in Albany, NY. The ten attorneys in the Legal Department are passionate about helping working people maintain their jobs, income, benefits and dignity so that they can provide for themselves and their families while being proud of the work they perform.
The attorneys are engaged in all facets of labor and employment litigation and practice in federal and state courts, arbitration hearings, and administrative tribunals such as the New York Public Employment Relations Board, National Labor Relations Board, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York State Division of Human Rights, etc.
The legal department represents CSEA and its members in representation and organizing matters as well as improper practice and unfair labor practice charges before PERB and the NLRB, respectively. The attorneys regularly represent CSEA in grievance and disciplinary arbitrations. The legal department provides representation to individual members in administrative matters regarding their employment, including discipline (where arbitration is not available); licensing and registration hearings; substantiated reports by the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs; and indicated reports by the NYS Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.
The attorneys at the CSEA legal department are also engaged in federal and state civil litigation on a variety of subject matters, including but not limited to, deprivation of constitutional rights, discrimination or retaliation for union activity, diminution of retiree health insurance benefits, illegal layoffs, violation of civil service laws, breach of contract, compelling arbitration, and challenging governmental decisions and determinations.
Job Details:
Law Students may receive assignments from any of the eleven staff attorneys. Assignments will vary based upon experience and aptitude. Typical assignments include legal research and writing on various topics relating to the rights and obligations of the Union and its members. This affords students the opportunity to gain practical experience and a working knowledge of the law in an exciting practice area. Law Students may also assist attorneys in facets of case preparation including witness interviews, and drafting pleadings, memoranda of law, and closing briefs. Law students will also be given the opportunity to accompany attorneys to hearings or other proceedings.
Although the assignments are primarily focused on labor and employment law issues, law students can expect to be exposed to a variety of diverse issues such as constitutional law, municipal law, civil rights law, and education law.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
2L preferred. Excellent research and writing skills. Demonstrated interest in the labor movement and the issues of working people.
Items for Submission:
Cover letter, Resume, Unofficial transcript, Writing sample. Please submit via email.
Pay:
$23/hour (35 hours per week for 12 weeks)
Application Deadline:
12/30/2024
Application Contact and Information:
aaron.kaplan@cseainc.org
518-257-1445
UTAH
Scholnick Thorne Holland
Address:
40 South 600 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Position:
Scholnick Thorne Holland (“STH”) (www.utahjobjustice.com) is seeking a 1L or 2L law clerk to work full time during the summer with the potential to also work 15-20 hours/week during the school year at our thriving and busy employee-side labor and employment law practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Seattle, Washington. The clerk will be expected to complete research projects, draft litigation documents, review discovery, draft demand letters, and help clients through administrative proceedings. STH appreciates, among other things, strong writing skills, commitment to employee rights, community involvement, Spanish language skills, and a sense of humor. Please send a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample to anthony@utahjobjustice.com. Cover letters may be addressed to Anthony Tenney (he/him).
About The Organization:
We represent the un-represented. For over 20 years, our firm has endeavored to help clients navigate employment and labor law issues. We have successfully represented clients in trials, appeals, mediations, arbitrations and before administrative bodies. Our practice areas include employment discrimination and harassment, union representation, employee benefits and protections, wage and overtime issues, employment and severance agreements, and public/government employee rights and grievances. Law clerks will work on a variety of issues with multiple attorneys across all practice areas. We have two offices: Salt Lake City, Utah, and Seattle, Washington.
Job Details:
Scholnick Thorne Holland (“STH”) (www.utahjobjustice.com) is seeking a 1L or 2L law clerk to work full time during the summer with the potential to also work 15-20 hours/week during the school year at our thriving and busy employee-side labor and employment law practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Seattle, Washington. The clerk will be expected to complete research projects, draft litigation documents, review discovery, draft demand letters, and help clients through administrative proceedings. STH appreciates, among other things, strong writing skills, commitment to employee rights, community involvement, Spanish language skills, and a sense of humor. Please send a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample to anthony@utahjobjustice.com. Cover letters may be addressed to Anthony Tenney (he/him).
Experience/Requirements for Position:
Any year of law school. Employment and/or Labor Law courses preferred but not required.
Items for Submission:
Resume, cover letter, and writing sample (10-15 pages). Applicants should indicate if they have a preference to work in the Salt Lake City or Seattle office.
Pay: $25-$35/hour
Application Deadline: N/A
Application Contact and Information: anthony@utahjobjustice.com
WASHINGTON
Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP
Address:
18 West Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98119
Position:
Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt, LLP (Seattle), the Pacific Northwest’s largest and oldest union-side labor and employment firm, seeks a paid legal intern for our dynamic litigation practice. We are looking for a candidate with an outstanding academic background and demonstrated commitment to social justice and the labor movement. Our clients include, among many others, nurses, hotel, hospital, and homecare workers; flight attendants and pilots; educators; fire fighters; machinists; teamsters; longshore workers; and those in the building trades.
About The Organization:
Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP is the Pacific Northwest's largest union-side labor and employment law firm. Our roots and commitment to serving working people date back to the region's labor struggles of the 1900's. From our Seattle base, we represent over 150 public- and private-sector unions across the nation. Innovative tactics, aggressive defense, and strategic organizing lie at the heart of a practice founded on decades of experience.
Job Details:
Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt, LLP (Seattle), the Pacific Northwest’s largest and oldest union-side labor and employment firm, seeks a paid legal intern for our dynamic litigation practice. We are looking for a candidate with an outstanding academic background and demonstrated commitment to social justice and the labor movement. Our clients include, among many others, nurses, hotel, hospital, and homecare workers; flight attendants and pilots; educators; fire fighters; machinists; teamsters; longshore workers; and those in the building trades.
Experience/Requirements for Position:
1L and 2L students with an interest in the labor movement and social justice are encouraged to apply.
Items for Submission:
If you are passionate about representing working people, labor organizations, and other organizations devoted to social justice please submit: (1) detailed cover letter, (2) resume, (3) law school transcript, and (4) three references, c/o David Helfer, Ex
Pay:
$1312.50 per week + benefits
Application Deadline:
N/A
Application Contact and Information:
helfer@workerlaw.com