Legal Intern

Summary

Mercy For Animals is an organization working to end the exploitation of animals for food. The Legal Intern will support farmed animal protection law through research, legal analysis, memorandum drafting, campaign and litigation assistance, policy work, and nonprofit legal administration.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze federal, state, and local laws
• Draft memoranda
• Review undercover footage
• Execute campaigns
• Assist with administrative and corporate governance tasks pertaining to general nonprofit administration and legal compliance

Skills

• The Raskin legal internship program is open to current law students and to lawyers with a license to practice law in at least one U.S. state

Qualifications

Must Haves

• The Raskin legal internship program is open to current law students and to lawyers with a license to practice law in at least one U.S. state

Benefits

• This opportunity is remote.
• Raskin legal interns will attend educational sessions with various Mercy For Animals teams, such as investigations, campaigns, policy, and organizing, to learn about our organization’s work.
• Raskin legal interns will be invited to attend a virtual event with members of the Raskin family.
• After the internship ends, Mercy For Animals will host biannual virtual meetings for the Raskin legal interns with their legal staff and members of the Raskin family.