2026 Summer Law Clerk

About the role Public Justice seeks to hire four law clerks for Summer 2026, one in each of our four project areas. While each law clerk will focus on a single project area, they may work in other project areas as need and opportunity arise. What you'll do Access to Justice Project : seeks to make the civil court system a fair, equitable, and effective tool for those with less power to win just outcomes. Primarily through high‑impact litigation, we dismantle the procedural and structural barriers between ordinary people and the civil justice system, such as forced arbitration, limits on collective actions, overly strict standing requirements, and unwarranted court secrecy. Debtors’ Prison Project : fights to end the criminalization of poverty and shrink the carceral system. Working with allies and impacted communities, we use litigation, advocacy, and education to ensure no one is jailed simply because they can’t pay and to stop governments and for‑profit corporations from treating people impacted by the system as a revenue source. Students’ Civil Rights Project : combines high‑impact litigation with other advocacy tools to combat harassment and other forms of discrimination in schools. We strive to create systemic change so all students can learn and thrive, and to secure justice for students who are denied educational opportunities based on their race, national origin, ethnicity, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Environmental Enforcement Project : goes to court every day to fight climate change, secure environmental justice, and make polluters pay. We utilize the most powerful tools available to citizens by enforcing our Nation’s environmental laws in state and federal courts. Our experienced litigators win precedent‑setting cases that result in meaningful, transformative change. We hold polluters accountable by requiring corporations to clean up their act and comply with our Nation’s environmental laws. Qualifications Describe the experience and attributes of the ideal candidate #J-18808-Ljbffr BlueGreen Alliance Inc