Law Student - Government in Chicago, IL

Job Description:
Volunteer Law Clerk
The law clerks gain invaluable hands-on legal experience by working on complex and diverse projects with Law Department attorneys. Will participate in negotiations and Client advising meetings, conduct research and analysis to draft dispositive motions on constitutional or procedural issues of law, and - utilizing an Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 license - appear on behalf of the City in Court or before Administrative Tribunals. Will be placed in the Torts - Litigation Team. Students with an Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 License can expect to gain hands-on litigation experience working in the Torts Division. Will appear in court, answer pleadings, draft, file, and argue contested motions, conduct legal research and write legal memoranda, propound and answer written discovery, depose and present witnesses, conduct Rule 90 arbitrations, draft motions in limine and jury instructions, and may try cases in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Should be able to commit a minimum of 10 weeks.

Application Period: January 1 to March 1

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