Community Development Internship- DC

Company: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law

Location: Washington DC

Pay: unpaid

Posted on: Nov 7

Apply by: ASAP

Summery:

Job Description

The Community Development Project (CDP) at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law provides pro bono legal services to nonprofit organizations engaged in community development activities. CDP’s mission is to promote housing and economic opportunities and environmental justice in low-income and minority communities through volunteer legal services. CDP assists clients (mostly on the Gulf Coast) on: affordable housing and commercial development, board development, community-based planning, community benefits agreements, corporate policies, land use and environmental research, and legislation.

CDP seeks undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in relevant programs, such as Urban Studies and Urban Planning, to help with research on ongoing matters and new projects.

Description of the Organization

The Lawyers’ Committee, a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. The principal mission of the Lawyers’ Committee is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law.

The Committee’s major objective is to use the skills and resources of the bar to obtain equal opportunity for minorities by addressing factors that contribute to racial justice and economic opportunity. Given our nation’s history of racial discrimination, de jure segregation, and the de facto inequities that persist, the Lawyers’ Committee’s primary focus is to represent the interest of African Americans in particular, other racial and ethnic minorities, and other victims of discrimination, where doing so can help to secure justice for all racial and ethnic minorities.

Qualifications

The Lawyers’ Committee welcomes applications from students interested in community development. Applicants should have strong research and writing abilities and a demonstrated commitment to social justice.

Interns must work 10-15 hours a week during the spring semester and 37.5 hours a week during the summer.

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