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2Ls:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Southern Poverty Law Center (apply by September 9<\/b>;\u00a0found in Symplicity OCI \u201cFALL 2021 Southern Poverty Law Center Resume Collect \u201c) Position: 2022 Summer Legal Internship<\/b>\u00a0(Paid)<\/b>Location: Atlanta, GA; Jackson, MS; Miami, FL; Montgomery, AL; New Orleans, LA; Tallahassee, FL; SIFI Remote Locations;<\/span><\/div>\n
Program:<\/b>\u00a0Legal The Southern Poverty Law Center offers summer internships to exceptional second year law students who possess strong academic backgrounds, excellent research and writing skills, and a commitment to public interest law. The SPLC is dedicated to working side-by-side with the communities it serves to seek justice and fight hate and bigotry. Using litigation, legislation, public education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality. The SPLC has earned a reputation as a force among social justice organizations, safeguarding and defending crucial civil rights victories during some of the most challenging periods in our nation\u2019s history. The SPLC\u2019s work has become increasingly vital as our country becomes more diverse and hate and bigotry grow. In the face of new challenges, the SPLC has maintained an unwavering resolve to promote and protect our nation\u2019s most cherished ideals.<\/span><\/div>\n
Practice Groups:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Children\u2019s Rights \u2013 Our Children\u2019s Rights practice group is focused on stopping the \u201cschool to prison pipeline;\u201d ensuring educational equity for children from all backgrounds, particularly poor and minority students; and ensuring children\u2019s access to mental health services in the most integrated environments appropriate to their needs.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Criminal Justice Reform \u2013 Our Criminal Justice Reform practice group is dedicated to ending the mass incarceration of adults, juveniles, and immigrants; stopping the practice of trying children as adults; fighting the criminalization of immigrants; and ending abusive conditions of confinement and other exploitative practices of the criminal justice system.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Economic Justice \u2013 Our Economic Justice Project is fighting back against deeply engrained policies and practices that punish the poor. We\u2019re currently working to end debtors\u2019 prisons, wealth-based bail systems, and related criminal justice practices that trap the poor in a cycle of court debt that can cause their ongoing incarceration. We work to protect low-income consumers from predatory loan practices and ensure that the poor have access to the social safety net.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Immigrant Justice\/Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI)\u2013 Our Immigrant Justice Project is working to protect the dignity and workplace rights of guest workers and other migrants; protect the civil and human rights of immigrants from discriminatory laws; stop unfair deportation practices; and uphold the rights of immigrant children to enroll in public schools and receive English language instruction and other services which they\u2019re entitled.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 LGBTQ Rights\/Special Litigation \u2013 Our LGBTQ Rights\/Special Litigation practice group is working to ensure that LGBTQ people achieve full equality and dignity under the law. This practice group is also fighting in the courts against hate groups and extremists who target people based on their race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Voting Rights \u2013 Our Voting Rights practice group is fighting back through litigation, legislative advocacy and education to end systematic voter suppression and to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to make their voice heard at the ballot box.<\/span><\/div>\n
Office Locations:<\/b>\u00a0Our intention is for our Internships to be in office however, if there are restrictions due to COVID-19, there maybe opportunities for remote work.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Montgomery, AL \u2013 The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded and is headquartered in the city that was at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. Nearly all of our Practice Groups, as well as the rest of the SPLC\u2019s program areas and operations staff, work out of this centralized location.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Atlanta, GA \u2013 Our legal staff in Atlanta primarily focus on work on our Immigrant Justice Project and Voting Rights, and LGBTQ Rights and Special Litigation.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 New Orleans, LA \u2013 The legal team in New Orleans focus on Children\u2019s Rights, Criminal Justice Reform, and Economic Justice.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Jackson, MS \u2013 In Jackson, our teams work across Children\u2019s Rights and Criminal Justice Reform.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Miami, FL \u2013 Our teams in Miami work in the Children\u2019s Rights and Criminal Justice Reform, and Immigrant Justice Project<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Tallahassee, FL \u2013 At our newest location in Tallahassee, teams work on Children\u2019s Rights and Criminal Justice Reform.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 SIFI Remote Sites (Lumpkin, GA, Folkston, GA, Ocilla, GA, Alexandria, LA) \u2013 SIFI Locations require interns to have access to a car for the summer.<\/span><\/div>\n
Responsibilities<\/b>: Southern Poverty Law Center hosts law school students to work on current and cutting-edge legal issues in one of our six legal offices. Students are supervised by lawyers on our staff. We strive to create a work environment that is collaborative and intellectually rigorous. Summer interns assist Center attorneys, advocates, and paralegals with significant legal research and writing, field investigations, outreach, and public policy advocacy. Interns will be assigned to a practice group and office based on experience and the needs of the Center.<\/span><\/div>\n
Legal interns are compensated by the Center.<\/b>\u00a0The Center pays a base of $600 weekly, with opportunities for additional compensation through overtime. Interns are expected to begin in early June. A minimum commitment of ten consecutive weeks is expected. We unfortunately are not able to split summers.<\/span><\/div>\n
To apply<\/b>, please submit a cover letter, resume, transcript, a writing sample (no longer than 5 pages). Students should indicate their location and practice group preferences in their cover letter.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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