Applications Welcome for Southern Legal Counsel Summer Law Clerk!

Now accepting applications for summer law clerk positions with Southern Legal Counsel!

Southern Legal Counsel, Inc. (SLC) is a Florida statewide not-for-profit public interest law firm committed to the ideal of equal justice for all and the attainment of basic human and civil rights. SLC primarily assists individuals and groups with public interest issues who otherwise would not have access to the justice system and whose cases may bring about systemic reform. SLC uses a range of strategies to achieve its goals, including litigation, policy advocacy, and training and technical assistance to lawyers, laypersons and organizations. Current litigation and projects are focused on ending the criminalization of homelessness, ensuring equality for LGBTQ+ individuals, reforming unfair practices used to collect court debt from indigent persons, safeguarding the right of all children in Florida to receive a high quality education, and using legal interventions to address harmful social determinants of health in children with chronic health conditions and mental and behavioral health diagnoses.

Law clerks will: assist with factual investigations; conduct legal research and draft memos; assist in all aspects of discovery (such as document analysis, organization, and indexing depositions); and assist in the preparation of legal documents and pleadings. As SLC’s work is largely in the federal courts, there will be substantial legal research and writing for law clerks.

Interested applicants should submit: (1) a cover letter; (2) résumé; (3) transcripts; and (4) writing sample (10-pg max) to [email protected] by 11:59 pm EST, Friday, February 4, 2022.

NOTE: In light of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, Summer 2022 law clerk positions may be remote. Law clerks will need to have access to a webcam and microphone for weekly videoconferences.

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