The National Consumer Law Center (“NCLC”) is a national research and advocacy organization focusing on the legal needs of low-income, financially distressed and elderly consumers. NCLC is a recognized expert on consumer credit issues, affordable home ownership and access to utilities issues and it has drawn on this expertise to provide information, legal research, policy analyses, and market insight to Congress and state legislatures, administrative agencies, and courts for over 50 years. NCLC publishes a twenty-two volume Consumer Credit and Sales Legal Practice Series.
NCLC Summer Interns are assigned to teams of 3-4 attorneys in our office with a designated Supervisor. Orientation, training programs and supervision are provided. Different teams focus on litigation, non-mortgage lending (credit cards, auto student loans, various forms of predatory loan products, etc), mortgage lending, bankruptcy, access to utilities and racial justice/equal economic opportunities issues. Assignments range from researching and drafting litigation memos and briefs, investigative reports, training materials, policy analyses and articles. Interns also have the chance to contribute to NCLC’s Consumer Law manuals. Opportunities to attend Court hearings, trials, legislative and regulatory proceedings, trainings, webinars and conferences are dependent upon the events that arise during the course of the summer, but Interns are encouraged to participate whenever possible. Excellent writing and analytic skills are required.
Anticipated salary: $16.00/hr, 35 hours per week minimum, for an eleven (11) week program.
The National Consumer Law Center is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work-related factors.