Innovation Law Lab Summer Clerk 2025 Application
Clerkship Description
Innovation Law Lab seeks clerks to work advancing the human rights of immigrants and refugees. The clerkship provides an opportunity for law students to work directly with massive collaborative representation projects and get hands-on experience with impact litigation and anti-carceral legal organizing. Past clerks have supported rights litigation, helped provide representation to detained and non-detained asylum seekers, drafted policy reports, submitted legislative comments, and engaged with partner organizations to further important local and national immigrant rights issues.
The Summer Clerkship is a temporary position lasting at least 10 weeks. The start date is usually in late May or early June. The length of the position and start dates are flexible. Clerks can expect to work full-time (37.5 hours per week). We expect to hire for at least two positions. Clerks may work remotely or out of the Innovation Law Lab office in Portland, Oregon.
The position is unpaid; Innovation Law Lab will work with the Clerk to seek funding from other sources as necessary.
The deadline to submit your application for the 2025 Summer Clerk position is Monday, December 2, 2024 at midnight PST. All the details are available below.
Application Submission Instructions
We try to make this process straightforward and not too time consuming while still rigorous enough that we can receive the critical information we need from each applicant. If you have questions about the submission process, please email them to jobs@innovationlawlab.org.
To apply, please compile the following materials and submit in a single PDF to jobs@innovationlawlab.org by midnight PST December 2, 2024
- A cover letter. Your cover letter must: (1) explain your commitment to social justice, (2) detail any past experience you have working with immigrant communities, and (3) detail any fluency in language(s) other than English.
- A CV tailored to the position.
- A legal writing sample – it should be your own work and be written during your law school tenure.
- A law school transcript (unofficial or official).
We anticipate conducting interviews and making offers on a rolling basis and no later than mid-December.