New York

Summer Associate at Cohen & Green P.L.L.C.

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Fri, 02/23/2024 - 23:14

Summer Associate position for 1L or 2L with Cohen&Green, a small NYC-based civil rights firm that focuses mainly on cases involving police misconduct. In recent years, much of our work has been related to violations of individuals’ constitutional rights in the context of protests, county and state correctional facilities, and federal prisons. Our practice areas also include LGBTQ+ rights and equal protection, criminal defense, and trusts and estates. Full time for 10 weeks. Position can be be hybrid (2 days/week in person) or fully remote.

New York Senate Bill S306

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 12:48

Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.

Memo of Support for NYC Int No. 549A

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Tue, 02/06/2024 - 16:03

NPAP's memo of support for New York City Int. No. 549A which would end solitary confinement in all NYC jails.

New York SB 2240

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 18:17

Establishes the "Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act" which provides for a withholding of a certain amount of state funding for a defunding municipality.

New York A5558

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 03:18

Increases penalty for killing police dog or horse to Class D felony.

New York S182/A710

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Sun, 02/04/2024 - 23:59

Creates private right of action under state constitution and eliminates QI for all government employees.

Center for Constitutional Rights Seeking Interns, Fellows, and more

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 14:28

The Center for Constitutional Rights offers paid, part-time, remote and hybrid semester-long internship or externship opportunities to law students. Contact Leah Todd at volunteer@ccrjustice.org to learn more.

Each term, an internship opportunity is posted at https://ccrjustice.org/home/get-involved/jobs/internship-legal-intern. Our spring internship deadline has passed, but we will begin our fall recruitment process in late spring/early summer 2024.

Associate Job Opening

Submitted by David B. Rankin on Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:33

Internship at Solo Practitioner Civil Rights Firm

Submitted by Ellie Amanda S… on Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:07

I am a solo practitioner focusing mostly on prison abuse (inmate on inmate and officer on inmate), wrongful death in prison, false arrest, malicious prosecution, excessive force, wrongful conviction and I have other civil rights cases as well.

Lopez v. Ramos

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 02:50

Plaintiff was in Yonkers City Court observing arraignment of his brother’s killer when he got into dispute with court officer, who claimed plaintiff was being too loud. Court officer arrested plaintiff for criminal contempt of court and used excessive force during arrest. Plaintiff was acquitted at trial. Plaintiff had pre-existing shoulder injury and the force caused exacerbation of pain/injury.

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