LEGAL SERVICES
Interning with
the Legal Services Program
The Whitman-Walker Clinic legal services
program accepts four full-time 2L law student interns for
the summer and two part-time 2L law student interns for the
fall and spring semesters. Our interns’ work experience
includes direct client casework, research projects and writing
assignments. In addition, interns may work directly with our
senior attorneys, researching facts and issues for potential
impact cases. We assign interns to serve as "attorneys
on call" under staff attorney supervision, in which capacity
they perform client intake, schedule clients for legal clinics,
and research and answer clients' legal questions. Finally,
interns perform substantive research for our program's two
main legal reference sources: AIDS Advocacy (a comprehensive
practice manual) and the Public Benefits Manual. We use these
manuals to recruit, train and mentor volunteers, and to advise
clients who call our program.
If you are interested in interning with us,
please apply early. We receive many applications from highly
qualified law students from throughout the country each year
and we try to make our hiring decisions well in advance of
the internship period. Suggested dates for submitting internship
applications: fall internships – apply by April 15;
spring internships – apply by November 15; summer internships
– apply by February 15. Note on summer internship hiring:
We highly recommend that law students who are interested in
summer internships with us attend the Equal Justice Works
Career Fair, typically held in Washington, D.C., during October.
We make a significant number of our summer internship hires
through the Equal Justice Works Career Fair because it gives
us an opportunity to meet with a large number of students
early in the year. For more information about the Equal Justice
Works Career Fair, visit www.equaljusticeworks.org.
Applicants must have an interest in AIDS
law and issues affecting the GLBT community and good oral
and written communication skills. To apply, please send a
cover letter, resume, and writing sample to Todd Pilcher,
Senior Managing Attorney, Whitman-Walker Clinic Legal Services,
1701 14th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009, 202-939-7627,
202-939-7651 (fax), tpilcher wwc.org.
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