P/T AND F/T LEGAL EXTERNS DURING THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR
AND F/T LAW CLERKS IN THE SUMMER OF 2014

ID: 2013-1577

Job Location: US-DC-Washington

Posted Date: 5/16/2013

Overview:
SEIU LAW STUDENT PROGRAM
Full-Time and Part-Time Externs & Full-Time Summer Law Clerks

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has openings for part-time law clerks and full- and part-time externs during the 2013-14 academic year, and for full-time law clerks in the summer of 2014.

SEIU is a progressive, dynamic and growing labor organization representing over 2 million members in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, principally in the property service, public service, and health care fields. Attorneys in SEIU’s Legal Department engage in innovative lawyering to further the organization’s interests in organizing new workers, improving working conditions, engaging in political action, and achieving social justice. This includes representation of SEJU in litigation before courts and administrative agencies involving the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, election campaign finance laws, and local and state labor relations statutes.

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.

Generally, law clerks and extems are assigned to work in the Legal Department in Washington, D.C. However, a full-time law clerk may be
assigned to work at a field location. One or more of the summer clerks will be selected through the Peggy Browning Fund (www.peggybrowningfund.org).

Law clerks are paid $22/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 the basic labor law course is not required, but applicants who have taken it should so note on the application. NOTE: THESE POSITIONS ARE ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT LAW STUDENTS; LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.

Candidates should submit one packet only including all of the following submitted at the same time: cover letter, resume, short writing sample, references, and law school grades. Applications should be forwarded by hard copy, fax, or e-mail to:

Cheryl Alston
Executive Assistant to the General Counsel
SEIU Legal Department
1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036

(202) 429-5565 (fax)
cheryl.alston@seiu.org
No telephone calls please.

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