Law Student Union Summer (LSUS) is a unique and exciting 10-week internship for law students that combines front-line labor-related public interest legal work with grassroots organizing in real, ongoing campaigns by AFL-CIO affiliated unions in various regions of the country.
In addition to legal research and writing, LSUS
interns are involved in community outreach, member mobilization, corporate and
other non-legal research, legislative campaigns and general litigation.
Responsibilities may include interviewing workers and drafting memorandum with
factual and legal analysis in connection with presenting evidence to the
National Labor Relations Board in unfair labor practice investigations and
administrative hearings or to similar state public sector agencies. Labor-related public interest work may be
performed in connection with issues that may arise during organizing or
contract campaigns, such as: wage and
hour violations, discrimination claims, immigration issues, environmental
regulatory actions, whistle-blower protections, and/or others.
Organizing activities, including canvassing, planning and implementing
solidarity-building activities and participating in meetings and home visits,
are another primary component of the program. Travel may be required; work will
vary from placement to placement; students may be based in an organizing
office, local union, national union headquarters or law firm.
Interns work on-site, at locations throughout the country [NOT in Washington, D.C.]. The weekly stipend is $600 and transportation and housing are provided. Interns are supervised by attorneys and union organizers. The program starts May 29, 2012, and runs through Aug. 3, 2012.
Applicants must have a demonstrated interest in the practice of labor-related public interest law and may be first or second year students; students who have taken one or more labor law courses and who have experience in organizing and/or community activism are preferred. (See eligibility requirements.)
Submit an application, cover letter [see application for requirements], résumé, writing sample, law school transcript [may be unofficial], and current contact information for three references [preferably a combination of academic and/or work/ internship-related]. Send your application materials to AFL-CIO Law Student Union Summer:
E-Mail: Lsus@aflcio.org;
Fax: 202-637-5323;
Mail: AFL-CIO Law Student Union Summer
815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006; Phone: 202-637-5336
Application deadline: Oct. 24, 2011, for 2Ls; Jan. 23, 2012, for 1Ls.
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