Winter Term 2017 Independent Clinical – Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

Deadline: October 28, 2016

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a non-profit law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious faiths.  The Becket Fund seeks interns for the Winter Term to work in its Washington, D.C. office on a variety of Supreme Court, appellate and trial-level matters.  Such work might include representing: religious ministries seeking protection from the federal contraception mandate; Native Americans seeking the right to use eagle feathers in their religious ceremonies; prisoners seeking the right to exercise religion while incarcerated; members of the military seeking accommodations to allow them to continue to serve while meeting religious requirements for their appearance or dress; and mosques, churches, and temples challenging zoning decisions that restrict their ability to build houses of worship or other ministries.

Interested students are requested to send a resume and cover email to clinical@law.harvard.edu and Elizabeth Dobak at edobak@becketfund.org by Friday, October 28, 2016.

Students who are selected by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty will be eligible for housing expense reimbursement from the Becket Fund.  Students seeking reimbursements for travel will need to submit a funding request to the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP) by November 1, 2016 (http://hls.harvard.edu/dept/clinical/advising-and-services/funding-domestic).