NAACP Law Fellow Program
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. The principal object of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of all minority group citizens. The NAACP Law Fellow Program is designed to give students who have completed at least one year of law school the opportunity to work for the summer at NAACP Headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.
Those selected for the program will:
- Work with civil rights attorneys on relevant issues concerning economic justice, education, housing, voting rights and environmental justice;
- Perform case investigation and assist with emerging litigation and administrative complaints;
- Attend the NAACP National Convention and Continuing Legal Education Seminar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
- Examine and evaluate citizen complaints of civil rights violations; and
- Interact with civil rights leaders and attorneys.
Applications will be accepted beginning Friday, December 12, 2014 – Friday, January 30, 2015. Materials requested: Resume, Transcript, Cover Letter, Writing Sample and two (2) Letters of Recommendation via email to The Office of General Counsel at legal@naacpnet.org.
Questions concerning the program should be directed to Anson Asaka, at aasaka@naacpnet.org, please use the subject line of 2015 Law Fellow Program.
For more information visit: http://www.naacp.org/pages/law-fellows-program
