The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), which is non-sectarian and non-partisan, is the largest Arab American grassroots organization is the United States. It was founded in 1980 and has chapters nationwide. Through its Legal Department, ADC offers counseling in cases of discrimination and defamation and selected impact litigation in the areas of immigration.
DUTIES: Interns are responsible for their own cases under the direct supervision of the ADC attorneys. Cases involve employment discrimination, immigration, airline discrimination, hate crimes, educational discrimination, public accommodation, housing, freedom of speech. Interns also represent the organization at various meetings and conferences with civil rights, human rights, as well as federal agencies and departments. In addition, ADC Summer Legal Associates are required to write a twenty-page law review style paper related to the issues that ADC handles, and conduct a thirty-minute presentation of their paper.
REQUIREMENTS: 1L, 2L, 3L or LLM
PREFERRED COURSEWORK: Constitutional law or seminar, employment law, immigration law and clinic experience, international law, other constitutional law seminars, legislative law, criminal law, torts.
APPLICATION MATERIALS: Please mail or e-mail your resume, cover letter, two references, writing sample, and transcript by December 1.
CONTACT:Tony KutayliIntern Coordinator
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
1732 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20007
202.244.2990
kutayli@adc.org
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