Law Student Internships at the Border

The Border Action Network seeks law school student interns during the 2006 school year.

Intern responsibilities include supporting two important campaigns

1) Human & Civil Rights Abuse Documentation Campaign –Intern will assist a legal team in categorizing international human rights and domestic law abuses that are documented by volunteers, (if Spanish speaker) document abuses, help prepare a report analyzing trends and patterns of law enforcement abuses on the border, report abuses to appropriate government agencies, work with human rights lawyer to determine viability of submitting an international human rights petition about rights violations along the border

2) Vigilante groups –Intern will provide support to lawyers working on human rights petition and civil suits against vigilante groups and their activities, use administrative processes to pressure Arizona state land department to revoke a vigilante’s grazing lease to state trust lands.

The Border Action Network formed in 1999 as an immigrant and border community organization dedicated to ensuring that our rights are protected, human dignity is upheld and that our communities are safe for everyone. Border Action Network is based in Nogales, Douglas and Tucson, Arizona. We combine community organizing, leadership development, policy advocacy and litigation to bring the voices of border and immigrant communities into the local and national policy debates that impact our daily lives.

For more information or to receive an internship application, contact Randall Smith at 520-623-4944 or randall@borderaction.org  Thank you for your interest!

Jennifer Allen, Executive Director

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