Job Description
Salary:
Law Clerk (Quarter/Semester Externship, Rolling Application)
This is a hybrid position based in Oakland, CA
About UnCommon Law
UnCommon Law supports people navigating Californias discretionary parole process through trauma-informed legal representation, mental health counseling, legislative and policy advocacy, and in-prison programming led by those who have been through the process themselves.
UnCommon Law fights to ensure that all people incarcerated for violent crime have access to healing, justice, and effective legal representation.
Through our unique, trauma-informed model of advocacy, we provide the space currently missing in the system for healing, accountability, and safe pathways home from prison. In developing new self-narratives, the people we serve are able to more effectively disrupt violence inside and outside prison and become leaders who change negative societal narratives about those incarcerated for violent crime. Our groundbreaking approach is changing policy and outcomes, driven by the voices and experiences of system-impacted communities.
UnCommon Laws values include accountability, audacity, authenticity, collaboration, community, empathy, imagination, joy, liberation, and sustainability.
About the Position
The Law Clerk position provides first and second-year law students the opportunity to work alongside Attorneys and Legal Assistants who represent clients in their parole hearings, as well as engage in legal research and writing projects. Law Clerks will also have the opportunity to learn about the discretionary parole process, California prisons, and the life cycle of individual journeys through incarceration and release.
The Law Clerk position is part-time (16-20 hours/week) over the quarter or semester calendar (at least 8 weeks). This position is unpaid and we support candidates to seek school credit, outside funding, and / or fellowship opportunities.
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COVID Protocol
UnCommon Law currently requires COVID vaccination (we consider exceptions for religious or medical purposes), testing prior to entering into facilities as needed, and masking in institutions and shared office settings is optional. A complete list of UCLs COVID protocols can be provided upon request.
Application Instructions
Please submit a resume and a cover letter describing your interest and relevant experience to our hiring portal ( Applicants who submit cover letters that are not tailored to the position or the organization will not be considered.
As part of our hiring process, we will request a writing sample separate from the cover letter and after an initial interview to assess writing ability. Once we receive a writing sample, we may also request professional or academic references. UnCommon Law staff will let a candidate know when to provide references, and we will reach out to references ourselves. While we appreciate the wonderful support many of our community members wish to provide for one another during the hiring process, unsolicited references via social media or other unofficial channels will not be considered in a candidate's application.
Please note that all correspondence in the hiring process will be through the BambooHR portal. Following the submission of your application, you should receive an automatic response (via email) thanking you for your application. If you do not receive this, please check your spam folder.
We receive a high volume of applications for all of our positions. Our hiring team strives to respond to all our applicants, however, if you have not been invited to interview within 4-6 weeks' time, we have likely chosen to not move forward with your application.
UCL is committed to providing an inclusive, welcoming, and culturally responsive environment for all members of our staff, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients. UCL does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or prior contact with the criminal justice system. We strongly encourage applications from people impacted by incarceration as well as from traditionally underrepresented communities.
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