The ACLU SoCal is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. ACLU-MO Letter of Recommendation. Former President Trump and his administration spent years arguing that people who cross the . The office is open five days a week and successful applicants will work eight-hour days (with some occasional longer days depending on the project deadlines). Undergrads, law school students, students in other academic programs, and non-students are encouraged to apply. Most recently, in Cruz v. State of California, we filed a class action lawsuit against the State of California for failing to address the factors that reduce actual student learning time, denying students at low-income schools an equal education. Please review the individual project group postings below for a more detailed description of their work and specific intern/volunteer needs. . Director of IT Familiarity working in the area of free expression, access to government, and/or government transparency. Her recent work includes representing plaintiffs in Kenny v. Wilson, challenging a vague South Carolina law making it a crime to disturb a school. Emahunn completed a year-long clerkship with New Jersey Appellate Division Judge Thomas W. Sumners, and graduated from Rutgers Law School in 2021, where he won the Judge J. Skelly Wright Prize for the Greatest Contribution to Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and Human Affairs, a Pro Bono Service Award, along with the Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellowship, the Judge Herbert H. Tate, Sr. I've published for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the L.A. Times, Mother Jones Magazine, National Geographic, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Proceso Magazine and Telemundo among other . We are currently litigating Doe v. City of McFarland, a challenge under the Brown Act to McFarland City Councils decision to severely limit public access to its meetings, including a meeting where the Council made the highly controversial decision to permit the opening of two immigration detention facilities. Los Angeles Office Note: Hybrid and Remote opportunities are available upon request and approval. San Francisco, CA 94111. Sarah Hinger (she/her) is a Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Racial Justice Program, where her work focuses on education and youth justice. from the University of Colorado Law School, where he captained a successful co-ed flag football team called The Estoppels, and his B.A. ACLU Launches New Fellowship Program for Black and Other Underrepresented Students October 12, 2021 12:45 pm Media Contact media@aclu.org (212) 549-2666 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 United States Olga came to the ACLU after 13 years at the Innocence Project, a national litigation and policy organization focused on exonerating defendants who have been wrongfully convicted and reforming the criminal legal system. Some recent examples include: Provide direct representation, impact litigation, and policy advocacy to address the overrepresentation of students of color, immigrant youth, and emergent bilingual students in special . We do not have internship opportunities that are fully in-person. ), Los Angeles office (Due to COVID-19, we are operating virtual internships until further notice. The ACLU SoCal has periodic openings for Interns and Volunteers who, primarily, conduct pre-screening interviews on the telephone and review written requests for legal services. The Fellow will be supervised by the Director of the FAD team within the ACLU SoCal Advocacy Department.The position requires a willingness to work beyond a standard 7.5 hour workday, including evening and weekend meetings and events. Jamila Jahangir (she/her) serves as a Paralegal for the ACLUs Racial Justice Program. The ACLU SoCal's "integrated advocacy" model unites legal advocacy, policy advocacy, organizing, and base building for maximum impact. Through a recent victory in Gonzalez v. ICE, a federal judge issued a permanent injunction blocking ICE from issuing arrest requests based solely on error-ridden electronic databases. ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties. Analyzing and inputting responses received from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department to ensure they are responsive and meet legal standards, Speaking to people whose loved ones are in the LA County Jails in order to file grievances or direct them to resources, Assisting ACLU SoCal staff with jails conditions advocacy in community-based organizations and with the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department. We ask that students commit to no fewer than eight weeks and prefer ten-week commitments or longer (although exceptions may be made in certain circumstances). Ms. Moore led the bureaus enforcement in emerging areas, such as the misuse of anticompetitive labor agreements and, after the 2016 presidential election, worked to lead multi-state efforts to fight federal rollbacks of critical labor protections. The attorney's responsibilities will be the following: We cannot guarantee applicants' preferences and we may offer you a position outside of your areas of interest or geographic preference depending on our needs. June Everett, campaign director for After School Satan Club, said in a Friday statement through the ACLU: "We have done nothing, other than merely existing and exercising our religion, to cause. Sarah Kahn is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the ACLU of Southern California developing legal tools in support of community movements in Southern California to reduce incarceration and discrimination by investing in housing, mental health care, and services in. Preference for students with Spanish or other foreign language proficiency. She graduated with honors from NYU School of Law as a Robert McKay Scholar in 2020, where she served as an editor on the Review of Law and Social Change, as President of the Latinx Law Students Association, and was a student advocate with the Reproductive Justice clinic. magna cum laude in Communication Studies and Sociology from Vanderbilt University. In 2022, ACLU SoCal continued to fight for the rights of Southern Californians. This is the careers page for the ACLU of the District of Columbia, not the National ACLU or the ACLU's D.C.-based National Political Advocacy Department. Willingness to travel regularly within Southern California as well as occasionally to other parts of the state. All, regardless of background, are welcome to apply. She served as a faculty member in the Shriver Centers inaugural Racial Justice Training Institute for legal aid and legal services attorneys from around the country. We currently are a leader in efforts to stop the entanglement of immigration and local law enforcement. Help organize, lead, and participate in community education events and meetings. In addition, please include a list of references. For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nations guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. The program currently challenges discrimination in education, housing, fair lending, policing, and the criminal justice system, and combats racial profiling, abusive debt collection practices, and discrimination in emergency custody proceedings involving the Indian Child Welfare Act. ACLU SoCal tackles a vast array of issues, including criminal justice, police practices, First Amendment rights, voting rights, gender equity and reproductive justice, LGBTQ rights, immigrants rights, education equity, and economic justice. from Virginia Tech University. Supervise the work of interns, as needed, and support intern hiring. We strive to ensure that law enforcement agencies do not unlawfully engage in immigration enforcement and that all individuals have equal access to immigration benefits and are not treated in a discriminatory manner. Applications and emails we receive regarding positions at National will not receive a response from the ACLU-DC office.Announcement regarding summer 2022 legal Before that, Mr. Agathocleous was Deputy Legal Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), where he also litigated federal civil rights cases involving racial and religious profiling, the rights of incarcerated people, gender and LGBTQ justice, and the criminalization of dissent. Los Angeles, CA (Note: Hybrid and Remote opportunities are available upon request and approval. Interns will assist with staffing the Incarcerated Peoples Hotline, collecting narratives and declarations that may support ACLU litigation, flagging administrative advocacy issues, as well as thinking creatively about other forms of advocacy to support the campaign to stop jail expansion in OC. The internship will mainly focus on campaign support, issue-based projects, reports, and intakes. The ACLU SoCal is currently accepting applications for interns who are interested in working on First Amendment, government transparency, and voting rights. During his tenure, he has pursued long-term priorities to deepen the ACLU's presence in the California Central Valley and elevate the ACLU's voice on state policy at the California state capitol. After being invited to apply for a senior position, the very next day I received a rejection notice, with no phone call or email from the very person who requested that I apply. Prior to joining the Innocence Project, Olga was Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where she worked on criminal and education cases and did advocacy to address the school-to-prison pipeline. He was counsel for plaintiffs in Aref v. Holder, challenging policies and conditions at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Communications Management Units, in Ashker v. Governor of California, a class action lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement at Californias Pelican Bay prison that resulted in the transfer of thousands of prisoners from SHU units across the state, and in Doe v. Jindal and Doe v. Caldwell, successful companion challenges to a Louisiana law that required individuals convicted of a Crime Against Nature to register as sex offenders. In Davies v. County of Los Angeles, we represented a diverse group of religious leaders and educators challenging the decision by the County to add a Latin Cross to the County seal and succeeded in obtaining a permanent injunction. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California's (ACLU SoCal) LGBTQ, Gender, and Reproductive Justice Project (the "Project") is currently accepting applications for interns/externs to work in our Los Angeles and San Bernardino offices. For example: "Subject: [First Am/Immigration] [OC/IE/KERN/LA] [Summer 2023]" or "Subject: [Jails] [LA/OC/KERN IE] [FALL 2022].". In previous years, we have been able to offer interns stipends up to $5,000, but that amount will depend on the number of interns seeking funding. During college, Ayo also served as president of the African Caribbean Students Association, organized a black woman dinner series, and worked with UChicago administration to increase black studies programming on campus. For example, we currently are a leader in overseeing the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula, which is the new way school districts receive funding in California. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please e-mail hrsupport@aclusocal.org. Consistently assess structural implications and racially disproportionate impacts of policies, activities, and decisions within the context of their job responsibilities; race/ethnicity, intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, identity, and/or sexual orientation. The ACLU of Southern California has limited funding available for summer interns who need financial support. The ACLU SoCal does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of any of these characteristics.