Semester Clerkship - Spring 2023

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Semester Clerkship - Spring 2023
The candidate will substantively contribute to firms' cutting-edge civil-rights litigation. Will conduct legal research; help develop litigation strategies for active and potential cases; and help draft discovery requests, motions, and briefs filed in both state and federal court. Have been involved in projects as diverse as: Researching appellate court treatment of FTCA actions to support United States Supreme Court merits briefing on the application of the FTCA’s judgment bar in a police brutality case. Participating in moots for dispositive-motion hearings in a challenge to protectionist mobile vending regulations. Analyzing discovery objections in a civil forfeiture class action lawsuit. Assessing how to certify a new class and add new plaintiffs to an existing class action. Developing litigation strategies for potential challenges to licensing requirements in several states across the country. Helping prepare motions to exclude expert witness testimony and reports. Researching and preparing a United States Supreme Court cert. petition regarding just compensation in an eminent domain action. Drafting portions of opposition briefs to motions to dismiss and for summary judgment in both state and federal court.

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