Legal Intern at the Sikh Coalition

The Sikh Coalition is a community based organization that defends civil rights and civil liberties in the United States, educates the broader community about Sikhs, and fosters civic engagement amongst Sikh Americans. The organization owes its existence in large part to the effort to combat uninformed discrimination against Sikh Americans after September 11, 2001. The Coalition provides direct legal services to Sikh victims of hate crimes, employment discrimination, public accommodation discrimination, profiling, and other forms of discrimination. It has an active caseload of civil rights matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States.

For more information about the Sikh Coalition, please visit www.sikhcoalition.org.

Position Summary: The Sikh Coalition’s Legal Program seeks law students (and law school graduates) to serve as legal interns during the Fall of 2011.

Qualified legal interns should have a passion for social justice and civil rights, a strong work ethic, and excellent legal research, writing, and analytic skills.

Legal interns and fellows will receive hands on experience:

• Conducting legal research

• Writing research memoranda

• Drafting legal briefs

• Interviewing clients or witnesses

• Assisting with litigation and casework

Accepted interns are required to work a minimum of ten hours/week during the semester. Positions are with the Sikh Coalition’s New York City office (located in the Financial District and easily accessible by public transportation). Past legal interns have received academic credit, and pro bono credit also is available.

Please e-mail a resume and cover letter to legal@sikhcoalition.org, with “Fall Internship” as the subject line.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

For more information, please contact:
Sandeep Kaur
Staff Attorney, The Sikh Coalitionsandeep@sikhcoalition.org 
(212) 655-3095 x84