Summer 2023 Legal Internship - Southeast
Company: LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Location: Orlando
Posted on: March 19, 2023
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Job Description:
LatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP) seeks a dynamic, creative, and
committed Legal Intern to advance civil rights litigation, policy
advocacy, and coalition-building in our Southeast Regional Office
(SEO) in Orlando, Florida. The position requires a strategic
thinker with demonstrated proficiency in LJP's priority issues
(pillars), including economic justice, immigrant rights, voting
rights and redistricting, criminal justice reform (prisons and
policing), and issues specific to Puerto Rico. The position will
also assist the LJP legal staff in developing and implementing a
range of strategies to infuse and advance a movement lawyering
practice in all LJP's work, including through research, advocacy,
community engagement and education, coalition building, and
strategic communications. This
Recent LatinoJustice Southeast cases and projects include: (1)
Rivera Madera et. al. v. Lee, VRA Section 4e voting rights language
assistance litigation v. 30+ local county Boards of Election which
resulted in several favorable preliminary orders and eventual case
settlement after Florida had adopted state-widelanguage assistance
regulations; (2) DaSilva v. USCIS, a MAVNI citizenship delay case
where our client, a Brazilian LPR serving in the army was able to
become a United States citizen; (3) Caban v. Georgia DDS, obtaining
successful settlement reforming Georgia's driver's license
eligibility regulations for Puerto Ricans who had relocated to
Georgia; (4) co-led Amendment 4 campaign in Florida to restore the
right to vote to millions of formerly incarcerated individuals;
and, (5) Cada Voto Cuenta, a non-partisan campaign aiming to
overcome the barriers for limited English speaking voters.
We are proud to have a professional team deeply committed to our
mission. We look to hire individuals who share our commitment, who
are emotionally intelligent, emphatic, and good team players. We
strive to maintain a positive, interconnected, value driven
culture, where opportunities for individual and professional
development are available to all. If this sounds like the kind of
place you'd like to be, we invite you to apply.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited
to:
Minimum Qualifications
We are happy to help students obtain academic course credit through
school clinical externship programs and/or satisfy pro bono
volunteer requirements at school or for bar admission.
Please note:
LJP staff is currently working on hybrid mode due to the COVID-19
pandemic. At the time of this posting, this internship is designed
as hybrid work experience with combined in-person and remote
work.
POLICY DISCLOSURES:
LatinoJustice PRLDEF is an equal opportunity employer and considers
all applications without regard to race, color, religion, gender,
national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, or any other legally
protected status.
By submitting an application for employment, you attest that all
the information provided is true, accurate and complete. You
acknowledge and are aware that the falsification,
misrepresentation, or omission of any requested information on your
application and any accompanying documents will be grounds for
denial of employment. In the event such falsification,
misrepresentation or omission is discovered subsequent to an offer
and acceptance of employment, you acknowledge that any such false
or misleading information in your application or provided during
interview(s) will constitute grounds for discipline including
termination of employment and discharge, regardless of when or how
such false or misleading information was discovered.
LatinoJustice PRLDEF is an equal opportunity employer and considers
all applications without regard to race, color, religion, gender,
national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, or any other legally
protected status.
By submitting an application for employment you attest that all the
information provided is true, accurate and complete. You
acknowledge and are aware that the falsification, misrepresentation
or omission of any requested information on your application and
any accompanying documents will be grounds for denial of
employment. In the event such falsification, misrepresentation or
omission is discovered subsequent to an offer and acceptance of
employment, you acknowledge that any such false or misleading
information in your application or provided during interview(s)
will constitute grounds for discipline including termination of
employment and discharge, regardless of when or how such false or
misleading information was discovered.
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