Disability Rights California · 6 days ago

Law Clerk 2025

Sacramento, CA

Internship

Remote

Intern

$17.66/hr - $21/hr

Start in 2025 Summer

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Responsibilities

Interviewing clients and consumers.

Providing counsel and advice on self-advocacy.

Legal research and writing.

Legislative analysis and writing.

Representation at mediation and administrative hearings at school districts, universities, regional centers, Social Security offices, and others.

Assisting people with psychiatric disabilities in locked facilities to ensure the enforcement of their federal, state, constitutional, and statutory rights.

Assisting clients file charges of discrimination with the U.S. Office for Civil Rights under the Department of Education, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Assisting in the investigation of systemic and potentially life-threatening abuse and neglect in state and private facilities serving people with psychiatric and developmental disabilities.

Conduct training on the law and multicultural outreach.

Qualification

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Legal researchLegal writingClient advocacySpanish fluencyInterviewing clientsLegislative analysisMediation representationSystemic reform advocacyMulticultural outreach training