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2025 SEIU LAW STUDENT PROGRAM 

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has openings for part-time law clerks and full- and part-time externs for Spring  2025. 

SEIU is a progressive, dynamic, and growing labor organization of  over two million members in the United States, Puerto Rico, and  Canada, united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and  the services they provide. We are dedicated to improving the lives  of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane  society. Attorneys in SEIU’s Legal Department engage in  innovative lawyering to further the organization's interests in  organizing non-union workers, improving working conditions for all  workers, engaging in political action, and achieving social justice.  This includes legal work on a wide range of litigation, regulatory  and legislative matters, and policy and advising on union  governance issues, organizing campaigns, and other legal work in  furtherance of working people, and their communities.  

Law clerks and externs in the SEIU Legal Department conduct legal  research and draft legal memoranda, work with attorneys on  pending litigation, attend hearings and conferences, and meet with  union leaders. 

Law clerks and externs are generally assigned to work in the Legal  Department in Washington, D.C. For the spring semester, we are  looking for in-person availability. 

Please note that there will be 2-3 openings. We will likely start interviewing in late September 2024.

Law clerks are paid $25/hour. Externs receive credit from their law  schools.  

We are interested in candidates with a demonstrated commitment to  workers’ rights and social change. The successful applicant will  have a strong academic background with excellent writing and  researching skills. Completion of a basic labor law course is  preferred but not required. Please note clerk positions are open  only to current law students.  

Applications should include a cover letter, resume, short writing  sample, references, and law school transcript.  

SEIU is an equal opportunity employer.