LRC law clerks come from a range of backgrounds and experiences. Like our attorneys and community advocates, they understand that our client’s lives extend beyond the courtroom and that criminal proceedings have deleterious effects on those lives.

In an effort to provide community-oriented defense, our clerks draw from their own experiences to work directly with our clients and attorneys to help address our client’s needs through case preparation, research, interviewing, advocacy, and trial preparation. In addition to working on criminal cases, our clerks will work in league with our community advocates to address the symptoms of systemic inequity that have long plagued communities of color and the impoverished communities that we serve. In addition to experience within our Criminal Defense Program, clerks will also have the opportunity to work within our Restorative Justice and Community Strategy programs.

Though the position is open to those with limited experience in criminal defense work, the most qualified candidates will: ● Demonstrate a commitment to working as part of a defense team that incorporates non-attorney advocates as part of a ‘client-centered practice’ and to pursue a multidisciplinary approach to criminal defense ● Show experience working with indigent populations and BIPOC communities and in identifying the various legal and non-legal needs and issues facing our diverse clientele ● Have prior experience solving problems creatively ● Display prior experience incorporating their own personal interests in other social justice or civil rights issues into their daily work ● Project an honest willingness to learn from our clients and their experiences ● Have prior experience conducting client intake interviews (or some equivalent) ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS ● Strong oral and written communication skills ● Strong organizational skills ● Demonstrated success as a team player, but able to work independently ● Must be able to work within the context of an organizational mission that is not solely focused on criminal defense ● Excellent listening skills ● Computer skills ● Must pass background check for working with youth and vulnerable adults.