Search jobs > Washington, DC > Law clerk

Law Clerk Summer 2025

Service Employees International Union
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Full-time

Job Details

Description

5 SEIU LAW STUDENT PROGRAM

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has openings for full-time law clerks for Summer 5.

SEIU is a progressive, dynamic, and growing labor organization of over two million members in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada, united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide.

We are dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society. Attorneys in SEIU’s Legal Department engage in innovative lawyering to further the organization's interests in organizing non-union workers, improving working conditions for all workers, engaging in political action, and achieving social justice.

This includes legal work on a wide range of litigation, regulatory and legislative matters, and policy and advising on union governance issues, organizing campaigns, and other legal work in furtherance of working people, and their communities.

Law clerks and externs in the SEIU Legal Department conduct legal research and draft legal memoranda, work with attorneys on pending litigation, attend hearings and conferences, and meet with union leaders.

Law clerks and externs are generally assigned to work in the Legal Department in Washington, clerks are paid $ / hour. Externs receive credit from their law schools.

We are interested in candidates with a demonstrated commitment to workers’ rights and social change. The successful applicant will have a strong academic background with excellent writing and researching skills.

Completion of a basic labor law course is preferred but not required. Please note clerk positions are open only to current law students.

Applications should include a cover letter, resume, short writing sample, references, and law school transcript.

SEIU is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Motivations

Experience

Licenses & Certifications

30+ days ago
Related jobs
The Humane Society of the United States
Washington, District of Columbia

As a Law Clerk you will be provided a superior educational for 2L and 3L law students in the field of Animal Law. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the nation’s most effective animal advocacy organization, is seeking four (4) full time Law Clerks for the Animal Protection Law departmen...

Service Employees International Union
Washington, District of Columbia

Law clerks and externs are generally assigned to work in the Legal Department in Washington, clerks are paid $/hour. Law clerks and externs in the SEIU Legal Department conduct legal research and draft legal memoranda, work with attorneys on pending litigation, attend hearings and conferences, and m...

Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, District of Columbia

OGC within the CIA provides legal advice and policy counsel to the Director of the CIA (DCIA) and other CIA officers on a variety of legal issues, to include intelligence and national security law; procurement and acquisition law; employment and personnel law; government ethics; fiscal law; general ...

Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, District of Columbia

OGC within the CIA provides legal advice and policy counsel to the Director of the CIA (DCIA) and other CIA officers on a variety of legal issues, including intelligence and national security law; procurement and acquisition law; employment and personnel law; government ethics; fiscal law; general a...

The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

Law clerks work in one of our seven legal divisions (Appeals, Civil (General, Immigration & Special Education), Community Defender (Juvenile Services & Prisoner Reentry Legal Services), Mental Health, Parole, Special Litigation and Trial) supporting our attorneys, who zealously represent adu...

Service Employees International Union
Washington, District of Columbia

Law clerks and externs in the SEIU Legal Department conduct legal research and draft legal memoranda, work with attorneys on pending litigation, attend hearings and conferences, and meet with union leaders. Law clerks and externs are generally assigned to work in the Legal Department in Washington, ...

Stand Together
Washington, District of Columbia

Preference to applicants who have completed at least one year of law school by the start of the clerkship and should have some familiarity with economic principles. Applicants should also have demonstrated interest in federal and state constitutional law and/or tax law, such as issues involving the ...

Stand Together
Washington, District of Columbia

Preference to applicants who have completed at least one year of law school by the start of the clerkship and should have some familiarity with economic principles. Applicants should also have demonstrated interest in federal and state constitutional law and/or tax law, such as issues involving the ...

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Washington, District of Columbia

AFSCME Office of the General Counsel - Summer Law Clerk Program. Each summer, AFSCME’s Office of General Counsel hires several summer clerks for a minimum 10-week term, who have demonstrated a commitment to social and economic justice and an excellent academic record. In addition to traditional issu...

The Humane Society of the United States
Washington, District of Columbia

As a Law Clerk you will be provided a superior educational for 2L and 3L law students in the field of Animal Law. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the nation’s most effective animal advocacy organization, is seeking four (4) full time Law Clerks for the Animal Protection Law departmen...