Majority Leader Karen Bass Issues a Call for Candidates to Apply for The Emilia Lechuga-Bass Civil Rights Internship

LOS ANGELES --- For the second year, Majority Leader Karen Bass calls for candidates to apply for The Emilia Lechuga-Bass Civil Rights Internship with the Litt, Estuar, Harrison & Kitson Law Firm. The internship is for recent college graduates who are planning to attend law school with the objective of becoming civil rights/public interest lawyer.

This internship is named after Emilia Lechuga-Bass, who was a young woman planning to attend law school with the hope of practicing civil rights law. Emilia, who came from a politically active family in Los Angeles, was scheduled to work at the firm on a range of issues and to introduce her to the world of civil rights law. She was to link the firm’s civil rights impact work with the goals and needs of Los Angeles communities by collaborating with community organizations. Tragically, Emilia was killed in a car accident just before beginning her work at the firm.

In order for others to reach their goals, the Litt, Estuar, Harrison & Kitson Law Firm has created an annual internship in Emilia’s name to provide experience for young people hoping to attend law school with the goal of practicing civil rights and public interest law. The internship will provide an introduction into these areas by gaining real world experiences in a civil rights/public interest law firm.

Interns will gain practical legal experience by working on public interest and civil rights cases, including a number of class action cases. Application materials for the Internship that begins July 2008 must be received no later than March 1, 2008. Received applications will be screened and interviews will be scheduled with selected applicants. A decision by the Internship Committee will be made by April 30. Interns may not accept any other employment during the term of the Civil Rights Internship.

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Individuals who wish to apply must submit the attached Application plus the following:

1. College Transcript issued from your school (official or unofficial)
2. One Letter of Recommendation from each of the following:
(a)   Professor
(b)   Former or Current Employer(s)
(c)   Political or community groups with which you have worked
3. Resume
4. Writing sample. The writing sample must be an example of your own original writing, unedited by others, and be no more than ten (10) pages in length

Please send Applications to:

Emilia Lechuga-Bass Civil Rights Internship
Litt, Estuar, Harrison & Kitson, LLP
1055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1880
Los Angeles, CA  90017

You can also e-mail a completed application to lechuga-bass@littlaw.com. Letters of recommendation and transcripts included in e-mailed applications should be scanned and attached in PDF format. The remainder of the application materials may be attached as Word or PDF documents.

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