Description:
Overview:FIRE offers a 15-week, course-credited, in-semester Legal Clerkship for law students looking for hands-on experience working for a dynamic, nonpartisan, civil liberties organization. Clerks work with FIRE attorneys part-time during the academic year conducting legal research in emerging areas of law; developing arguments for active cases; preparing various litigation documents for active cases; reviewing university policies and legislative proposals; and much more. Our Legal Clerks can take one of the three tracks at FIRE: Litigation, Campus Rights Advocacy, and Student Press Freedom Initiative. For information on FIRE's summer opportunities for law students, check out the Arthur D. Hellman Fellowship in First Amendment Litigation (https://www.thefire.org/legal/arthur-d-hellman-fellowship-in-first-amendment-litigation/).
Legal Clerks will work at FIRE's Philadelphia office, but also have the opportunity to work remotely.
The 2024 fall-semester clerkship application will be open from April 18, 2024 to June 28, 2024. Applicants will be received and awarded clerkships on a rolling basis.
Qualifications and Responsibilities
To qualify for FIRE's Legal Clerkship, candidates must:
- Be rising 2Ls and 3Ls with excellent academic credentials
- Have a passion for civil liberties and public interest litigation.