ADL Summer Associate Research Program

ADL's Summer Associate Research Program provides law firm summer associates the opportunity to complete pro bono legal research projects on cutting edge civil rights issues while furthering the mission of the Anti-Defamation League. There is no cost to participate in the program.  

2011 is the fourth year of the program in Denver.  Under the direction of a supervising attorney, each summer associate researches an assigned topic and provides a memorandum to ADL. All of the issues researched are important to ADL as we encounter them in our daily work. Last year’s topics involved issues of religious liberty, immigration, free speech/hate speech, civil rights, homelessness, reproductive rights, and international law.

The participating law firms in 2011 include:

• Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck, LLP
• Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, PC
• Faegre & Benson LLP
• Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP
• Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Holme Roberts & Owen LLP
• Kutak Rock LLP
• Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti, P.C.
• Patton Boggs LLP
• Sherman & Howard LLC

In addition to researching legal issues, the summer associates will be invited to special events, hosted by the law firms and ADL. Last year's events included presentations by Colorado Senate President Brandon Shaffer and Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, as well as a telephone conference call reviewing the U.S. Supreme Court term featuring Constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky.

The feedback from the firms participating in this program has been extremely positive. All felt that everybody came out a winner: the summer associates researched challenging, cutting edge legal issues; the law firms had the opportunity to observe and evaluate that work and expand the associates' social/collegial network; and ADL received the benefit of important pro bono research.

The program is open to any interested Colorado or Wyoming law firm.

Please call 303-830-7177 to participate or to learn more.