2016 LSO Summer Fellowships - Legal Services for Immigrant Communities

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2016 LSO Summer Fellowships - Legal Services for Immigrant Communities
During the academic year, law students work closely with clinical faculty members to represent clients in a wide range of litigation and non-litigation matters, helping to fill a critical need in legal services delivery for poor and marginalized communities in Connecticut. Summer Fellows to work with clinical faculty in order to continue this client representation. Summer Fellows can expect to have a range of challenging and rewarding lawyering experiences during the course of their time at LSO, including client interviewing and counseling; factual development of cases; researching and writing legal memoranda; drafting of contracts and other legal instruments; interacting with opposing counsel, government actors, and community stakeholders; and negotiation and alternative dispute resolution. In several of our clinics, students will make court appearances to argue motions or present evidence. Fellows will work under the direct supervision of clinical faculty members and supervising attorneys, and will have significant responsibility for each case or project on which they work. In addition, faculty members will host a weekly series of presentations and discussions for the Fellows on the work of the clinics, public interest lawyering, and other topics of interest. LSO clinics perform a wide range of exciting work, including litigation in state and federal court and before administrative agencies, transactional work on behalf of community organizations, and policy and legislative advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels.

Note: The program officially runs from the Tuesday before Memorial Day until the Friday before Labor Day. The Fellowship will run from May 24 to September 2, with some flexibility. Most students work full time (40 hours per week) for twelve weeks.

Application Deadline: February 15, 2016.

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