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Work With Us<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Jobs<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Clerks & Interns<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Volunteer<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Work With CLDC!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) does not discriminate with respect to employment, membership, or provision of services on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, disability, socio-economic background, age, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, national origin, ancestry, status with regards to public assistance, or immigration status. CLDC is committed to diversity in staff, leadership, and membership. Our outreach, recruitment, and hiring practices reflect our commitment to actively developing the skills of a diverse community.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Open Job Announcements<\/h5>

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Information on Internships & Legal Clerkships<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) does not discriminate with respect to employment, membership, or provision of services on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, disability, socio-economic background, age, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, national origin, ancestry, status with regards to public assistance, or immigration status. CLDC is committed to diversity in staff, leadership, and membership. Our outreach, recruitment, and hiring practices reflect our commitment to actively developing the skills of a diverse community.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Legal Clerkships<\/h5>

Summer Program<\/h4>\n

Law clerks perform 400 hours of legal research and\/or program work regarding a plethora of civil liberties issues. Law clerks often \u201cshadow\u201d our attorneys, including at court appearances, depositions, action camps, trainings, and protests. You will receive a very hands-on experience in activist legal support. Past law clerks worked on police misconduct litigation and activist\/mass-protest defense in multiple states, including work related to climate justice, animal rights, immigration, labor, anti-SLAPP defense, anti-spying and security culture, and much more. Clerks also help develop and update our brief bank databases for attorneys, websites, activist toolkits, and presentations.<\/p>\n

We have a clerkship stipend fund of $10,000 each for 1-2 summer clerkships.<\/em> Because we often accept more than two summer law clerks, we strongly encourage applicants to secure funding through their schools, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), or other public interest funding sources as we cannot guarantee any funding at this time. We willingly cooperate in any way possible to assist students to secure fellowships, stipends, or private grants that can fund their summer work with the CLDC. We are also more than happy to assist clerks attempting to secure academic or other credit through their schools.<\/p>\n

We generally require all summer clerks to work from our Eugene office. However, due to Trump\u2019s financial funding freeze\u00a0<\/span>and subsequent firing of many federal workers, we are open to accepting remote summer clerks for the 2026 year.<\/span>\u00a0Diverse applicants with activist backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fall & Spring Semesters<\/strong><\/h4>\n

During the academic year, CLDC sometimes offers a variety of pro bono clerkship opportunities. The number of hours required varies depending upon the clerk and our schedules.<\/p>\n

We are willing to consider long distance\/electronic clerkships for students attending law schools other than the University of Oregon, but we prefer working with students locally in Eugene, Oregon. CLDC does not have funding for stipends during the academic year.<\/p>\n

Deadlines<\/h4>\n

Academic Year :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Fall clerks should submit their materials by August 15th<\/li>\n
  • Spring clerks should submit their materials by January 31st<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Academic term start dates are flexible<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Summer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    We have a two-tiered decision process for our summer law clerks: Applicants should submit their materials by January 15th.<\/strong> We generally make a decision regarding half of our clerks by February 1, with additional clerkships (if any) decided by mid-March.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Summer clerks must commit to 400 hours, to be completed between the end of the clerk\u2019s spring term and the beginning of the fall term.<\/p>\n

    Legal Clerkship Application Form<\/h4>\n

    To apply for a Legal Clerkship please fill out this form:<\/p>\n