(NAME-MCE) AALDEF Undergraduate Internship

[Anselmo Villanueva]

2009 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM**

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The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in
1974, is the first organization on the East Coast to protect and promote the
legal rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy, and
community education.  For more information about AALDEF, please visit our
website at www.aaldef.org.
*Internships for the summer of 2009 are available in the following program
areas only: *
*Housing & Environmental Justice Project Intern:* Responsibilities include
conducting field research on housing needs in Chinatown, Sunset Park and
other Asian immigrant neighborhoods in New York ; interviewing residents;
coordinating data from field research for a housing needs assessment; and
contributing to a report on Asian Americans and their housing needs.

*Description of Summer Internship Program**:*

*The summer program is ten weeks, from approximately June 1st through August
7th.  *Interns work full-time and are supervised by attorneys in specific
program areas.  Summer interns attend weekly brown bag lectures on a range
of public interest legal topics along with interns from other legal defense
funds and civil rights groups.  AALDEF also provides trainings in housing
law, naturalization procedures, and immigration law.*  *The position is
unpaid.  However, in previous years many AALDEF interns have been successful
at securing independent funding.  Academic credit can be arranged.
*To Apply**:*

·   Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and writing
sample to be received by AALDEF on or before *Friday, **May 8, 2009* at the
address below.  Please indicate why you are interested in focusing on the
Housing & Environmental Justice Project in your *cover letter*.  For email
applications, please write “Summer Internship Application” or “SIP
Application” in the *Subject*.  Fax or email applications are acceptable,
but email applications are strongly preferred.

·   Any bilingual ability should be stated in the application.  Bilingual
ability is helpful but not required.  Chinese, Punjabi, Bengali, and
Urdu-speaking applicants are especially urged to apply.

*Summer Internship Search (Undergrad) *
*Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund*
*99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York , New York 10013-2815
Fax: 212-966-4303  *

*For more information, contact: Bethany Li at 212-966-5932 x213 or
bli at aaldef.org *