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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT


Intern and Law Clerk
Applications for Summer 2008

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The Equal Justice Society ("EJS") is a national organization that gives voice to all those who reach for racial and social justice. Using a three-prong strategy of law and public policy, convening and communication, EJS seeks to restore racial issues to the national consciousness, build effective progressive alliances and create a discourse on the positive role of government. Our more than 3,000 supporters throughout the country include advocates, attorneys, jurists, scholars, social scientists and communicators. For more information on EJS, visit www.equaljusticesociety.org.

EJS is also accepting applications for its 2008-2009 Constance Baker Motley Fellowship, named after the first African-American woman to serve on the federal bench. Applicants for the one-year paid fellowship should be recent law school graduates with zero to five years of work experience after law school. The application deadline is December 14, 2007. More information available here.

Positions: Public Policy Intern, Law Clerk, Research Intern

EJS has positions available for SUMMER 2008. The positions are open to law, public policy, journalism and other graduate students. Interns and clerks participate in developing projects that address civil rights and liberties, the role of government in American society, affirmative action, and judicial nominations through advocacy, policy initiatives, coalition networks, media and public education.

Location: San Francisco, California

Compensation: Volunteer, academic credit, work-study or paid positions upon availability.

Deadline for SUMMER 2008 is MARCH 14, 2008

Applications must be received in the office, not postmarked, by the dates listed.

Application: Please email COVER LETTER, RESUME and WRITING SAMPLE to info@equaljusticesociety.org with "Internship Application" and the quarter/semester in the subject line.

OR mail hard copies to:

Clerk/Internship Applications
Equal Justice Society
220 Sansome Street, 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Applications must be received in the office, not postmarked, by the dates listed above.

The Equal Justice Society is a national organization of scholars, advocates and concerned individuals advancing innovative legal strategies and public policy for enduring social change. We generate critical analysis on issues of race and social justice through research, public education and bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. Our goal is to reshape jurisprudence to ensure that the rights of all are expanded, rather than diminished, by our courts and policy makers.

Equal Justice Society, 220 Sansome St, 14th Flr, San Francisco, CA 94104, Ph (415) 288-8700