Career Opportunities
- Fellowship Program
- Staff Openings
- Law Student Externship Program
- AUL Undergraduate Internship Program
AUL’s 2012 Fellowship Program: Call For Applicants
Looking for a meaningful fellowship this summer? Consider joining Americans United for Life, a public-interest bioethics law firm.
The summer will consist of a full range of legal work, including work on amicus briefs, model legislation, public policy development, and more. Each fellow will receive a salary.
Fellows will be assigned mentoring attorneys and will participate in social activities during the summer. Housing assistance is also available.
Who:
Top law students with a commitment to protecting human life
When:
6-8 weeks during 1L or 2L summer – Split summers accepted
Location:
AUL’s office in Washington, D.C.
To Apply:
Send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and contact information for three references by email to: Fellows@AUL.org.
or by mail to:
Fellowship Applications
Americans United for Life
655 15th St. NW, Ste 410
Washington DC, 20005
All applications must be received by January 15, 2012.
For more information, call 202-741-4907 or email Fellows@AUL.org.
About AUL’s Fellowship Program
Each summer, AUL hosts a Fellowship Program and selects top law students from across the nation who are committed to a culture of life and are considering a career in pro-life law.
The AUL Fellowship Program offers Fellows first-hand experience working to protect life through state and federal laws. Each Fellow’s research culminates in a published article to be included in AUL’s Defending Life: A State-by-State Legal Guide to Abortion, Bioethics, and the End of Life.
Through an intensive mentorship program, AUL prepares the next generation of attorneys to effectively communicate pro-life values through law and policy, to draft defensible legislation, and to engage in an effective litigation practice.
The program has grown dramatically over the last three years. AUL Fellows have represented a number of prominent law schools including Harvard, Yale, Boston College, Creighton, Gonzaga, Notre Dame, Ave Maria, University of California-Hastings, Pepperdine, and Catholic University.
Past Fellows Projects:
- Writing new articles for Defending Life
- Drafting new model legislation
- Preparation of legal memorandum to support litigation
- Assistance on litigation briefs
- Review white papers for the AUL State Supreme Court Project
“The AUL Fellowship represents a great opportunity to learn and serve with a top-notch public-interest law firm. AUL’s reputation is unmatched for high quality legal work aimed at making every child welcome in life and protected in law.”
– Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University
AUL Law Student Externship Program
Americans United for Life (AUL), a national public interest law and policy organization defending human life through vigorous legislative, judicial, and educational efforts, seeks highly-qualified and motivated law students to serve as legal externs during the Fall and Spring semesters each year. The externships are unpaid and may be undertaken for credit (as approved by the extern’s law school) or to fulfill other graduation requirements.
Qualifications
- Excellent legal research and writing skills.
- Demonstrated initiative and attention to detail.
- Ability to work with minimal direct supervision. Candidates are not required to be in the Washington, D.C. area, but must be available by telephone and email.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Externs will work closely with AUL attorneys in researching, drafting, and editing scholarly articles. These articles will be published in a variety of resources and venues including AUL’s Defending Life (a comprehensive state by state guide to life issues), law reviews, national magazines, and websites.
- Externs will also work on legal research in support of and drafting of amicus briefs, model legislation, and public policy educational material on the full spectrum of life issues including abortion, bioethics, health care rights of conscience, and the end-of-life.
To Apply
- Applications will be accepted on a “rolling basis.” The deadline for Spring 2012 is January 31, 2012.
- Consider doing this internship for pro-bono hours if academic credit is not available through your law school.
- Students wishing to pursue an externship for law school credit should apply early to ensure that registration and other requirements are met.
- Send a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and list of three references to Resumes@AUL.org with “Spring 2012 Externship” in subject line.
- For more information, email Resumes@AUL.org or call (202) 741-4907.
AUL Undergraduate Internship Program
Americans United for Life (AUL), a national public-interest law and policy organization defending human life through vigorous legislative, judicial, and educational efforts, seeks highly-qualified and motivated undergraduate students to serve as interns. AUL undergraduate internships are outstanding opportunities for exceptional students committed to life issues.
Interns must be available to work in AUL’s offices located in DC. Internships are unpaid and may be undertaken for credit (as approved by their school) or to fulfill other graduation requirements.
Qualifications for becoming an intern include a commitment to pro-life issues and demonstrated excellence both inside and outside the classroom. Additionally, we are looking for individuals who stand out to the faculty of their school.
To apply, send a cover letter, resume, two professional or educational references, and two personal references by email to: Interns@AUL.org
or by mail to:
Internship Applications
Americans United for Life
655 15th St. NW, Ste 410
Washington DC, 20005
