Center for Disability & Elder Law
Center for Disability & Elder Law
Posted about 2 months ago
Internship
Chicago, Illinois
Hybrid
Smart Summary
Responsibilities
The intern will assist with various legal practice areas including estate planning, guardianship, and housing law. Responsibilities include interviewing candidates, reviewing documents, and drafting simple legal correspondence.
Qualifications
You are a student interested in Elder Law, Disability Law, Public Interest, or Housing Law. You will gain experience in various practice areas and develop skills in interviewing, document review, and drafting simple legal documents. CDEL will provide complete training and supervision for this primarily remote internship.
Must Have Skills for ATS
Estate planning
Guardianship
Housing
Collections
Financial Abuse
Family Law
Interviewing candidates for service
Document review
Drafting simple documents and correspondence
Job Description
Center for Disability & Elder Law
Undergraduate Remote Intern
The Center for Disability & Elder Law (CDEL) hosts Undergraduate Interns each academic year and during summer months. For Fall 2026, the Undergraduate Intern will participate in a primarily remote internship. CDEL will provide complete training and supervision of the student.
Participation in in-person activities is wholly voluntary and not required for participation in the Undergraduate Remote Internship.
The internship is unpaid. CDEL works with schools offering externship credit and there may be funding options available for interns through schools or outside agencies. CDEL will work with students and their advisors in setting up the internship.
The student will gain experience in the following practice areas and develop the stated skills:
Practice Areas
Skills
Estate planning
Guardianship
Housing
Collections
Financial Abuse
Family Law
Interviewing candidates for service
Document review
Drafting simple documents and correspondence
Special projects as needed
Students interested in Elder Law, Disability Law, Public Interest and Housing law are specifically invited to apply.
CDEL is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming community that engages, encourages and empowers those who are members of underrepresented communities. We are a dedicated advocate for our clients who hold many diverse identities and experiences, across race, color, sex, age, religion, class, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military discharge, source of income, housing status and gender identity. We believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized and underrepresented communities to apply for this position. We also encourage you to read our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement available on our website.
Applications are considered as they are received.
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