The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty (NMCLP) Summer Law Clerkship is a paid 10-week, full-time summer position working to advance economic and social justice for an outstanding first or second-year law student. The Law Clerk will receive a $6,000 stipend and will work closely with NMCLP attorneys in one or more of our areas of work doing legal research, drafting pleadings and advocacy materials, and performing issue analysis, investigation, and outreach to partner organizations and community members. The NMCLP Law Clerk will work with one or more of the teams: Healthcare, Public Benefits, Education, Economic Equity. Please visit our website for more information about our work at www.nmpovertylaw.org.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2021
To apply, please email a cover letter, resume, short writing sample, and law school transcript to Felipe Guevara at contact@nmpovertylaw.org. Enter in the Subject Heading: “NMCLP Summer Law Clerkship”. If you have a particular interest in one of the areas listed above, let us know about it in your cover letter.