[Hamp-law] Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund--Spring 2015 Internship Opportunities

[Carin Rank]

They are likely to have summer and fall internships too.  Spring 
internship deadline for priority consideration is Dec. 19.

ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND*
SPRING 2015 INTERNSHIPS*/
For Undergraduate, Graduate, and Law Students/

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 
1974, is the first organization on the East Coast to protect and promote 
the legal rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy, 
and community education.  For more information about AALDEF, please 
visit our website at www.aaldef.org 
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1063901363&msgid=4822806&act=EJO2&c=23535&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaldef.org%2F>.

Spring internships are available for the following program areas (open 
to all unless otherwise noted):

*Economic Justice for Workers*: Provide legal advocacy, direct 
representation, and community education on behalf of Asian immigrant 
workers experiencing wage-and-hour, retaliation, and workplace safety 
violations in the restaurant, beauty/nail salon, and domestic worker 
industries, among others.  Undergraduate interns will perform research 
and community outreach.  Fluency in a second language is highly preferred.

*Educational Equity and Youth Rights*: Legal services, policy work, 
community education, research and litigation concerning educational 
equity, juvenile justice, language access, student free-speech and 
police surveillance, and anti-Asian harassment.

*Housing & Environmental Justice Project*: Community outreach/education, 
research, and litigation on gentrification and other land use issues 
affecting low-income and Asian immigrant communities.

*Immigrant Access to Justice*:Â Litigation, legal services, and 
organizing/outreach with communities impacted by post 9/11 immigration 
and law enforcement policies. An additional emphasis on Asian 
communitiesâ?? access to representation and education about immigration 
policies and practices that may impact them, including deferred action 
policies and administrative relief for undocumented youth and other 
immigrants, unconstitutional DHS stops, and collaboration between 
state/local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement, e.g. 
â??Secure Communitiesâ?? program. **Law students ONLY**

*Voting Rights*: Legal research and fact development under the Voting 
Rights Act and Equal Protection Clause challenging anti-Asian voter 
discrimination, advocacy on bilingual ballots, produce reports and 
organize public forums; assist in organizing legal trainings.

*Special Events Assistant*:*Â *Provide administrative support in 
preparation for AALDEFâ??s annual gala to be held on February 23, 2015. 
 Responsibilities include helping with silent auction items, mailings, 
and data entry. Â Computer experience with databases, graphics and web 
programs are helpful. **Undergraduate students ONLY.  Work-study grants 
accepted.**

*_Description of Internships: _*
Interns are supervised by attorneys and/or AALDEF staff in specific 
program areas.  These internships are not paid positions, but academic 
credit can be arranged.  Interns work anywhere between 8 to 25 hours 
per week.  Internships usually commence with the start of classes (end 
of January) through late April/early May.

*_To Apply:_*
Any bilingual ability should be stated in the resume. Bilingual ability 
is helpful but not required. Applications should also state the number 
of hours the intern is able to work per week and which program area(s) 
you are interested in.  Email applications are accepted.  Deadline 
*_Friday,_* *_December 19, 2014_*, applications received after deadline 
will be considered on a rolling basis.  Send a resume and cover letter 
(law students should include a writing sample) to:

AALDEF Spring Intern Search
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor, New York, New York 10013-2815
Fax: 212-966-4303 or Email: info at aaldef.org

/For more information, contact Jennifer Weng at 212-966-5932, ext. 212 
or jweng at aaldef.org/


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