We accept two law student interns each semester and during the summer to work in San Francisco. These positions are unpaid. To apply for an internship please mail us a cover letter and resume, and state which semester you are applying for. Mail to: CJA, 870 Market Street, Suite 688, San Francisco, CA 94102, or email center4justice@cja.org. The deadline for submissions for Fall 2009 is June 15, 2009. The deadline for Spring 2010 internships is November 15, 2009. The deadline for submissions for Summer 2010 internships is January 15, 2010.

Please identify in your cover letter and/or resume:

1) Any relevant coursework (especially evidence, trial advocacy, human rights law, public international or comparative law, and immigration law), and your professor(s) for any human rights or international law courses;

2) Any language abilities, especially Spanish, French, Arabic and Haitian Creole.

We are particularly interested in students with some familiarity with human rights law and evidence. The work that you do will depend greatly on our case needs at the time of your internship, but you can expect that much of the work will involve legal research and writing. Please be aware much of our work is litigation-related, and that a majority of research assignments may relate more to evidence, procedure, and domestic law than to matters of international or human rights law.

CJA is currently hiring for the following position.

Legal Director

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Legal Director (LD) will supervise the legal team and will have primary responsibility for overseeing the participation of pro bono law firms in CJA’s cases. The Legal Director also will handle her/his own docket of investigations and cases and serve as lead attorney, co-counsel or supervising attorney depending upon the circumstances of each case. Ideally, the Legal Director will be a seasoned, articulate, and highly self-motivated individual with at least seven years of legal experience, management experience, and a strong commitment to human rights.

CJA seeks volunteers in the following areas: private investigation, web design and maintenance, media and communications and general administration. We also have a need for interpreters and translators for the following languages: Spanish, French, Haitian Creole and Somali. Please call us at (415) 544-0444 ext.301 or email us to discuss volunteer opportunities.

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