INTERNSHIP/PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES

NEW YORK LAWYERS FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Social Justice Summer Internships - 2010 Community Lawyering in New York City
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest pioneered the practice of community lawyering in the five boroughs of New York City. With every case and every campaign, we continue to elaborate an approach to working with marginalized communities that is ambitious, participatory, and dynamic. Our legal activism focuses on issues of racial equality and disability rights. In our health care program, a community organizer and a team of attorneys challenge racial, ethnic, and national-origin disparities in the American health care system—including the discrimination faced by clients with limited English proficiency and the injustice of racialized, separate and unequal standards of health care. In our environmental justice project, we take on issues ranging from the overburdening of low-income communities of color with garbage facilities, to the presence of dangerous toxins in public schools, to the development of a green energy policy that places social equality front and center. In our disability rights programs, social workers, community organizers, and attorneys work together to defend and promote the civil rights of people with disabilities in every aspect of city life, including education, health care, housing, transportation, and policing, with a focus on communities of color and with the goal of opening opportunity to all.
NYLPI also houses a highly successful special project that builds nationwide collaboration among legal scholars and activists to develop strategies to combat the reversal of civil rights gains. And NYLPI’s renowned Pro Bono Clearinghouse supports NYC’s vibrant nonprofit sector by connecting community organizations with pro bono attorneys from the City’s best-regarded law firms. Our work breaks important new ground by drawing on a range of strengths: community trust; proficient organizing; media savvy; established lobbying channels; and bold, creative approaches to litigation. We are proud of our record of success and proud to be associated with the communities represented on our client list.
NYLPI seeks highly accomplished, progressive, community-minded rising 3Ls to advance the goals of our programs. We provide significant and broad opportunities for professional development. Interns will receive a summer stipend of up to $5,000, together with funding for travel for those outside of NYC, upon documentation of best efforts to secure maximum available funding from other sources.
Current 2Ls should submit a cover letter, a resume, and three references (including daytime telephone numbers) to Ms. Daryl Samuel at internships@nylpi.org as soon as possible but no later than October 15, 2009. Candidates should also complete the following online form at the time that they submit their applications: http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/tragos.org/viewform?formkey=dGw1NTRqNXJmZ1pUYVVkWldlbWVjdGc6MA.