Clinic Student: School Based/In-House Fall 2026

Each year, The Legal Aid Society (LAS) hosts law students who are part of a clinic program. School Based clinic students are pursuant to an Agreement between the law school and LAS, while In-House students are taught by a member of the LAS staff. Students are chosen to participate by their school, not LAS.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Depending on the curriculum, clinic student responsibilities may include:

• Drafting motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits
• Conducting legal research
• Attending court and administrative hearings with attorneys
• Assisting with client interviews
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be a student enrolled in a Clinic Program

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Please submit these documents as a single combined PDF when you apply via the LAS (Legal Aid Society) Recruitment Portal.

Resume & Cover Letter. Applicants, in the Cover Letter please include:

• List the name of the school
• List the name of the Professor who is teaching the course AND/OR the name of the LAS staff member who is teaching the course
• List the area of practice, if applicable, and the name of the clinic
• List the start/end dates of clinic

SALARY & BENEFITS TRANSPARENCY

As a Clinic Student position, this role has no salary and is not benefits eligible.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

The leadership of The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.

HOW TO APPLY

All applications must be completed online. We do not accept paper submissions. Please visit our Careers Page to review all current job postings, and instructions on the application process. For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email jobpostquestions@legal-aid.org.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth); gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.