In-Person in Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, or St. Joseph
Are you a law student who, by June of 2025, will have completed at least one year at an ABA-accredited law school? Are you interested in using the law to serve clients on the socioeconomic margins, impact local communities, and improve the civil justice system? If yes, keep reading!
Who is LAWM?
At LAWM, our core mission is to protect rights, challenge injustice, and fight poverty through free legal advocacy for people and families. We’re a non-profit law firm that proudly delivers free legal assistance to communities up and down West Michigan.
Our civil legal work covers a broad range of areas - including consumer cases, family matters, housing problems, and government benefits - and we assist our clients with matters such as eviction defense and preventing homelessness, securing independence and safety for survivors of domestic abuse, ensuring that people have the basic income they need to meet the necessities of life, and much more.
LAWM is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion as core principles driving our staff recruitment and our mission, and we strive to build a team that reflects the populations we serve.
Your Summer Internship with LAWM
Under the supervision of Staff Attorneys, your responsibilities may include: interviewing clients, performing legal research and writing, advising clients, drafting legal correspondence and pleadings, assisting at hearings, and community education.
Compensation
- Limited, paid positions: 20-30 hours/week $19/hour for 8 weeks
- We will also work with students seeking outside funding (via their law school or other fellowships) and students seeking course credit for their internship
Qualifications
- Required: Current 1L or 2L at an ABA-accredited law school
- Preferred: Demonstrated commitment to public interest law or public service
- Preferred: Proficiency or fluency in Spanish
To Apply
- Send all applications via email to our HR team at Careers@lawestmi.org
- Please provide a Cover Letter and Resume
- Indicate your preferred office(s): Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, or St. Joseph
- Indicate whether you are seeking a paid internship or one for course credit
- Deadline to Apply: Friday, February 14, 2025