The Chosen Family Law Center (CFLC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating equitable social and legal recognition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA) and polyamorous families and individuals, as well as other underserved family forms such as platonic co-parents or multigenerational families; eliminating prejudice and discrimination and defending human, civil, and other rights for these communities; and offering education to lawyers, therapists, and other professionals to enable them to best serve these communities.
We support clients including:
- Same-sex parents with Adoption & Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Polyamorous & Multi-Parent Families
- Platonic Co-Parents
- Trans & Gender Non-Conforming Clients with ID Document Support
- Caretakers of Disabled Partners & Parents
- LGBTQIA Asylees seeking immigration assistance
CFLC is now recruiting interns for Summer 2024 to assist in development and execution of our projects, educational materials, and service areas.
Please visit our website for the current list of projects in development. Your internship could have a significant impact during this important growth period!
This internship is appropriate for 2nd and 3rd year law students with significant experience with family law, LGBTQIA+ issues, and/or nonprofit development and organizational experience with an interest in contributing to the development of our organization and projects. The internship will involve hands-on training in family law practice, LGBTQIA+ rights and issues, and non-profit management with direct supervision and mentoring.
Depending on the interests and ability of the student, this internship could involve:
- Document drafting, filing, and procedure for family law matters
- Development of educational materials
- Legal research and writing for project development
- NGO organizational development research
- Grant writing
- Client interviewing and intake
This internship requires excellent research and writing skills and at least a basic family law class, and an ideal candidate will have taken classes on assisted reproduction, adoption, and/or LGBTQ law.
The Summer 2024 internship is expected to be full time (maximum 35 hours/week), remote, during business hours for at least 10 weeks.
Our internships are unpaid. We are happy to comply with school requirements for securing externship or public interest course credit, and we have served as an externship placement for Harvard Law School, Brooklyn Law School and New York Law School for several years. Opportunity exists for mentoring on specific skill development, a recommendation letter and references/connections for public interest, small firm, solo practice, or legal service/non-profit/LGBTQ practice at the end of the semester.
To Apply:
To apply, please send your resume, a writing sample containing evidence of excellent research skills, and a letter explaining how your interests are a good fit for this organization and its goals with the subject line “Application for CFLC Intern/Externship Summer 2024” to the Chosen Family Law Center at contact@chosenfamilylawcenter.org
https://chosenfamilylawcenter.org/internship-opportunities
