Clerkship - Landmark Civil Rights/ Antitrust Case

Seeking:

A current law school student, law school graduate, or advanced undergraduate Legal Studies major.

Internship/Clerkship:

• Assist in the final editing of 100 page federal class action complaint (filed on behalf of over a million plaintiffs - most poor and individuals of color - who have been permanently prohibited from applying to, or attending, any undergraduate or graduate school in the United States.
• Intern/Clerk can also participate in client assistance and interaction, as well as work with national media already in process.
• Principal is an attorney of 38 years, who has successfully brought a class action against colluding employer corporations, on behalf of thousands of victim employees. Principal has additional expertise gained while earning his Economics degree with honors, from Duke University.

Candidate should:

• Have outstanding writing and editing skills;
• Preferably, be familiar with use of Lexis/Nexis or Westlaw to create or verify citations.
• Work well independently, and in a team; and participate with passion;

Also helpful but not necessary:

• Familiarity with the Federal Districts in New York or Massachusets;

Benefits of role:

• Could lead to a well paid position beginning Summer 2025.
• Assisting plaintiffs who are primarily poor and minorities.
• Already one in depth story (and interviews) of this class action by NPR, and ikely to be very high profile, important case.

Bend the Arc, Inc. is a nonprofit incorporated to solve social injustices in the U. S. through legal (and other) means - particularly injustices arising from wealth disparity.

"The moral ARC of the universe is long, but it BENDS toward justice".

Martin Luther King, Jr.