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NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. · 1 week ago

Legal Archives Internship

Washington, DC

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

$20/hr - $20/hr

The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is the country’s first and foremost civil and human rights law organization. They are seeking a law school student for a legal archives internship, where the intern will draft legal research memos, assist in privilege review of archival records, and conduct legal research to support LDF staff.

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Responsibilities

Draft legal research memos on the legal ethics of preserving and publicizing historical case files. At least one memo will be closely reviewed and edited by the Archives Counsel so that the intern has a strong writing sample for future positions

Assist the Archives Counsel in conducting privilege review of LDF’s archival records to ensure LDF maintains its duty of confidentiality and attorney-client privilege when displaying its records to the public or sharing them with independent researchers. This may include reviewing the Oral History Project transcripts, archival items for LDF’s archives website, and/or reviewing the unprocessed physical collection at the Library of Congress

Conduct legal research to assist LDF’s Assistant Archivist and Research Librarian in responding to research requests from LDF staff