Employment
The Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati and its affiliate Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC are dedicated to reducing poverty and ensuring family stability through effective legal assistance. Legal Aid serves Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, and Warren Counties in Southwest Ohio. We have two offices (downtown Cincinnati and Hamilton, Ohio). Legal Aid offers a variety of career opportunities in entry-level and experienced positions. Legal Aid employs recent law graduates and experienced lawyers, as well as client service professionals (paralegals and legal assistants), administrative, accounting, and clerical support professionals. When openings do occur, they are posted on this website.
The Legal Aid Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Law Clerks – Summer 2012
Application deadline: 02/29/2012
The Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati (and its affiliate Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC) is accepting applications for summer law clerk positions. Applicants should have completed their first or second year of law school before the summer of 2012. Applicants who can obtain funding from their law school, Equal Justice Works, or other sources, are preferred.
We have a total staff of about 95, including 40 attorneys and 20 paralegals. Our attorneys represent individual clients in civil legal matters and work with community organizations and client groups.
The summer law clerks will perform legal research and provide other assistance to Legal Aid attorneys in their cases. In addition, all summer law clerks attend regular seminars on public interest law topics with their supervisors and other attorneys. Also our summer law clerks have numerous opportunities to observe court proceedings.
Applicants should have a strong academic record, an interest in public interest law, and good organizational and communication skills. To apply, please send:
- a cover letter explaining the reasons for interest in the position
- a resume
- a writing sample, and
- the contact information for two professional references
Email or fax are the preferred methods of submission. Please include “Summer Clerk Hiring Committee” in the subject line. Also, for email submissions, please attach Word or pdf files only.
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Attention: Summer Clerk Hiring Committee
215 East Ninth Street, Suite 200, Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 241-0047 FAX or staffing@lascinti.org
Application deadline: February 29, 2012
Please do not call. Interviews will be arranged by Employer.
