The 2016 EPIC Law Fellowship
EPIC invites outstanding applications for the 2016 EPIC Law Fellowship. EPIC encourages applications from law students graduating in 2016, recent graduates, and judicial clerks.
The EPIC Law Fellow will fill an integral role in EPIC’s Washington, DC office. The Fellow will work on various EPIC Projects in areas such as Administrative Law, Appellate Advocacy, Consumer Privacy, International Privacy, Open Government, and State Policy. Creative, highly motivated, and accomplished law school graduates are encouraged to apply. The EPIC Law Fellowship is a one-year position to begin September 2016.
Responsibilities:
- Undertake legal research
- Draft complaints, petitions, briefs, and testimony
- Pursue Freedom of Information Act requests and identify appellate amicus opportunities
- Prepare posts for EPIC website and EPIC Alert
- Participate in legal strategy sessions and coalition meetings
- Provide support and assistance to EPIC staff and EPIC advisory board
Compensation:
The EPIC Law Fellow will receive an annual salary of $51,500. EPIC provides all employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
How to Apply:
Applicants should prepare a cover letter, resume, unofficial law school transcript, and writing sample. The writing sample should be legal in nature (brief, memorandum, or research paper) and should be the applicant’s own work, not a collaborative piece or something heavily edited by someone else. Please send the complete document, not an excerpt.
Letters of recommendation are welcome and encouraged, not to exceed more than two. Applications to be submitted via email should be sent via email with the subject line “EPIC Law Fellowship.” Please direct cover letters to Khaliah Barnes, EPIC Associate Director. The application deadline is November 2, 2015.
Experience & Qualifications:
- J.D. before September 2016;
- Exceptional academic background;
- Outstanding research, writing, and analytic skills;
- Passionate commitment to public interest law;
- Deep interest in EPIC’s subject areas.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team environment
- Journal experience, such as law review, preferred but not required
- Masters degree in computer science or related field preferred but not required
- Clerkship preferred but not required.
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