Are you a passionate new lawyer eager to join one of the nation’s most prominent civil liberties firms? NCLA’s inaugural Constitutional Litigation Fellowship (CLiF) offers a unique opportunity for recently barred attorneys to learn, contribute and thrive in a dynamic litigation environment.
Program Overview:
Eligibility: Lawyers at private law firms with 1-2 years of litigation experience OR fresh from one or more judicial clerkships. Someone between judicial clerkships would also be eligible.
Bar: Must have passed a bar exam that makes you eligible for admission to the DC Bar.
Highly competitive selection nationwide: Clerkship strongly preferred. Prior litigation experience required.
Fellowship Awarded by May 1: Decisions may be made on a rolling basis.
Quick Facts:
Work Location: NCLA’s Washington, DC office with travel as needed for litigation. NCLA’s office location will move to Virginia before the end of the Fellowship.
Litigation Experience: Fellows will start as ‘second chair’ on three cases. They will be expected to co-lead one case and initiate one other case throughout the one-year term of the CLiF.
Court Appearances: Fellows will make court appearances.
Fellowship Duration: 12 months, non-renewable.
Case Continuation: Fellows may ‘keep’ a case and work on it for NCLA as a pro bono firm project.