Galanda Broadman, PLLC, an Indigenous rights firm with seven lawyers and offices in Seattle and Yakima, Washington, and Bend, Oregon, seeks a rising second- or third-year law student to work as an Indigenous Human Rights Fellow during the fall 2024 or spring 2025 semesters.
Galanda Broadman is an Indigenous owned firm dedicated to advancing tribal and tribal citizen legal rights and tribal business interests. The firm represents tribal governments, businesses, and citizens in critical litigation, business and regulatory matters, especially in the areas of Treaty rights, tribal sovereignty, land rights, cultural property protection, taxation, commerce, gaming, serious/catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, disenrollment defense, and Indigenous human/civil rights.
We seek Fellows who are deeply committed to representing Indigenous interests; curious and persistent in crafting creative legal strategies; and enthusiastic to dive into an enterprising & fast-moving practice. We seek students who can commit from 15–40 hours per week for 8–12 weeks for credit or outside funding. We work with students to get class credit from their schools.
Fellows will work throughout all areas of our practice depending on their interests and on the firm’s needs. Fellows will get the chance to work with each member of our team. In the past, projects have included: researching and writing briefing for federal, state, and tribal court litigation; conducting written discovery; working with clients to identify civil rights claims; crafting legislative advocacy materials with Indigenous stakeholders; and developing longer-term research projects and novel strategies for clients.
Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter tailored to this announcement, as well as a résumé, writing sample, transcript, and list of at least three educational or professional references, to Alice Hall, the firm’s Office Manager, at alice@galandabroadman.com.
Applications directed elsewhere will not be considered.
For more information about Galanda Broadman, visit galandabroadman.com.
