{"id":48519,"date":"2017-09-25T11:13:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=48519"},"modified":"2017-09-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T16:00:00","slug":"asian-american-legal-defense-and-education-fund-seeking-summer-2018-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2017\/09\/25\/asian-american-legal-defense-and-education-fund-seeking-summer-2018-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Seeking Summer 2018 Intern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>New York, NY \u2013 2018 Summer Legal Intern \u2013 Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>AkronLawJobs No. 8774 Overview: <\/em>The summer program is ten weeks, from May 29 through August 3, 2018.\u00a0 Interns work full-time and are supervised by attorneys in specific program areas.\u00a0 Depending on what work needs to be done in each of the program areas, interns will work on litigation, legal and policy advocacy, community outreach and education, or client intakes; each program area differs in emphasis.\u00a0 Summer interns attend weekly brown bag lectures on a range of public interest legal topics along with interns from other legal defense funds and civil rights groups.\u00a0 The position is unpaid.\u00a0 However, in previous years many AALDEF interns have been successful at securing independent funding.\u00a0 Academic credit can be arranged.<\/p>\n<p><em>How to apply:<\/em> Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to be received by AALDEF on or before Wednesday, January 17, 2018 to info@aaldef.org.\u00a0 or by U.S. mail Summer Internship Search (Legal), Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 99 Hudson Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY\u00a0 10013-2815 or by fax: 212-966-4303.\u00a0 Please indicate in your cover letter the top three preferred program areas.\u00a0 Only law students qualify for AALDEF\u2019s legal internships.\u00a0 Any bilingual ability should be stated in the application.\u00a0 Bilingual ability is helpful but not required.\u00a0 Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Gujarati, Hindi, Khmer, Korean, Indonesian and Urdu-speaking applicants are especially urged to apply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline: January 17, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, contact: Song Kim at <a href=\"mailto:skim@aaldef.org\">skim@aaldef.org<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/em> <strong>*Please do NOT email applications to Song Kim.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, NY \u2013 2018 Summer Legal Intern \u2013 Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund AkronLawJobs No. 8774 Overview: The summer program is ten weeks, from May 29 through August 3, 2018.\u00a0 Interns work full-time and are supervised by attorneys in specific program areas.\u00a0 Depending on what work needs to be done in each &hellip; 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