Open Internships and Volunteer Opportunities

Applications for Spring and Summer 2012 interns

• General Law Clerk 
• Video Project Law Clerk
• Public Relations Intern
• Web Development Intern
• Video Production Intern

POSITION: General Law Clerk

Title: General Law Clerk - Summer

Practice Areas: Public Interest, Internet, Intellectual Property, and Communications law  

Job Description: New Media Rights is seeking law students interested in Technology/IPⁱ law for Fall, Spring, and Summer positions. General law clerks will work on legal research projects answering support requests from our contact form, drafting agreements and contracts, and depending on the time of year, drafting policy comments to the FCCⁱ or California Public Utilities Commission.

Our work varies broadly depending on the questions the public presents to us each week, and we prefer to "solve problems" rather than attack each issue with a purely legal solution. Therefore, we prefer candidates who (A) want to see a broad spectrum of media and IP law issues, (B) don't have pre-conceived notions as to what a lawyer does/doesn't do and (C) have an interest in working on independent  self-generated projects.

We also prefer candidates with an interest in the arts or technology.

Qualifications: 1Ls who have completed their first year, as well as 2Ls and 3Ls are eligible. Copyrightⁱ, trademark, licensing, and/or other related classes are also preferred but not required.

Salary: California Western CSE work study available. Volunteer, work study, or public interest grant; Pro Bono credit also available.   

Requested Items: Resume, Cover Letter, Writing Sample

Anticipated Start Date: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, San Diego based internships typically begin in January, May, or September.  Remote internships may begin at any time based on applicant’s qualifications.

Hours:   Part-time

Employer Contact:       

Art Neill
Executive Director
New Media Rights
3405 Kenyon St. Suite 402
San Diego, CA 92110

Application Instructions:  Please send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample along with why you think you meet the qualifications to:  shaun@newmediarights.org | Ph #: (619) 591-8870

POSITION: Video Project Law Clerk

Title: Video Project Law Clerk - Summer

Practice Areas: Public Interest, Internet, Intellectual Property, and Communications law

Job Description: New Media Rights is seeking individuals interested in Technology, IP, and Entertainment law for Spring, Summer and Fall positions. Video project law clerks will spend low percentage of their time doing the general law clerk tasks: answering support requests from our contact form and drafting agreements and contracts. Their primary focus will be working on a long-term educational project, re-appropriating Creative Commons legal guides into videos to make them useful to the public.

As a video project legal clerk, you will be primarily be doing legal research for this educational multimedia project. Thus, in addition to strong legal research skills, we also hope to find someone with a strong interest in one or several of the following areas: new media, film distribution, creative writing, and/or filmmaking.

The work at New Media Rights varies broadly depending on the questions the public presents to us each week, and we prefer to "solve problems" rather than attack each issue with a purely legal solution. Therefore, we prefer candidates who (A) want to see a broad spectrum of media and IP law issues, (B) don't have pre-conceived notions as to what a lawyer does/doesn't do and (C) have an interest in working on independent self-generated projects.

Qualifications: 1Ls who have completed their first year, as well as 2Ls and 3Ls are eligible. Interest in public interest, new media, technology, communications, and internet related law; strong writing and organizational skills. Copyright, trademark, licensing, and/or other related classes are also preferred but not required.

Salary: California Western CSE work study available. Volunteer, work study, or public interest grant; Pro Bono credit also available. 

Requested Items: Resume, Cover Letter, Writing Sample

Anticipated Start Date: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, San Diego based internships typically begin in January, May, or September.  Remote internships may begin at any time based on applicant’s qualifications.

Application Instructions:  Please send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample along with why you think you meet the qualifications to:  shaun@newmediarights.org | Ph #: (619) 591-8870

Hours:   Part-time

Employer Contact:       
shaun@newmediarights.org

Shaun Spalding
Advocate
New Media Rights
3405 Kenyon St. Suite 402
San Diego, CA 92110

POSITION - Public Relations Intern

New Media Rights is a non-profit looking for a graduate or undergraduate Public Relations Intern during either the Spring, Summer, or Fall semesters.

WHO WE ARE
New Media Rights is a non-profit legal clinic that provides one-to-one assistance to artists, startup companies, non-profits and anyone else who creates and shares their work online. When not helping individuals, we focus on assisting organizations that provide better access to public information, more business and government accountability, or new cultural perspectives.

Working at New Media Rights allows you to be a part of the engine that helps people nationwide create art, create new businesses, and exercise their rights to communicate online.

WHY WE WOULD BE GREAT TO WORK WITH
We are retooling the way we reach out to the press and other organizations, so we would love someone to be in charge of helping us strategize and implement those plans. In addition to providing you with high-level challenging work and treating you as an integral part of our team, at New Media Rights you will also be able to

• Work with our existing contacts in the tech, entertainment, non-profit, and legal communities and develop new contacts in those industries
• Work on personal, independently generated projects based on your interests
• Work closely with an experienced former marketer of online commercials / viral videos
• Rest assured that you won't simply be "updating Facebookⁱ and Twitterⁱ" like many other internships


WHO WE HOPE YOU'LL BE

We would like someone who meets the following requirements.

• Enrolled in college or a graduate program
• Have an interest with working with a small, grassroots non-profit organization
• Very strong computer skills and interest in online marketing
• A keen interest in storytelling and writing for an audience

Ideal candidates will also have
• An interest in the Internet, media policy, art, technology and how the law applies to all of the above
• An interest in statistics and learning about evidence based PR and Communication strategies
• Ability and interest in organizing events
• The ability to work independently

If this describes you, we'd love to talk to you about how we can work together.

HOW TO APPLY
Please send a resume and other supporting link(s) along with why you think you meet the qualifications to

shaun@newmediarights.org
Ph #: (619) 591-8870

COMPENSATION
Interns/Volunteers not receiving college credit will be considered if they can commit at least 15 hours a week for 3 months. This position is open until filled.  Work schedule, days/hours and duration are flexible.

POSITION: Web Development Intern

New Media Rights is a non-profit looking for a graduate or undergraduate Web Development Intern during either the Spring, Summer, or Fall semesters.

WHO WE ARE
New Media Rights is a non-profit legal clinic that provides one-to-one assistance to artists, startup companies, non-profits and anyone else who creates and shares their work online. When not helping individuals, we focus on assisting organizations that provide better access to public information, more business and government accountability, or new cultural perspectives.

Working at New Media Rights allows you to be a part of the engine that helps people nationwide create art, create new businesses, and exercise their rights to communicate online.

WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT WORKING WITH US
We would like someone who can increase the usability of our website and possibly even our database. Working with New Media Rights would allow you to

• Have full control over what changes in the front-end and back-end of the New Media Rights website
• Have control over designing and implementing one or several new large-scale projects
• Work on personal, independently generated projects based on your interests


WHO WE HOPE YOU'LL BE
As an intern, you'll have high-level challenging work and will be treated as integral part of the team. We would like someone who meets the following requirements.

• Enrolled in college or a graduate program
• Previous design and development experience: either independent work or at a previous job or internship will suffice
• Familiarity with Content Management Systems (how they work generally and the framework behind editing and customizing them)
• A keen sense of how to organize content in an easy-to-access, logical way
• Interest in usability and user-interfaces

Ideal candidates will also have
• An interest in the Internet, media policy, art, technology and how the law applies to all of the above
• Knowledge of Drupal 6
• Knowledge of CSSⁱ
• Knowledge of databases and MySQL
• The ability to work independently

If this describes you, we'd love to talk to you about how we can work together.


HOW TO APPLY
Please send a portfolio link(s) along with why you think you meet the qualifications to

shaun@newmediarights.org
Ph #: (619) 591-8870

A resume would be helpful but is not required.

COMPENSATION
Volunteers not receiving college credit will be considered if they can commit at least 15 hours a week for 3 months.This position is open until filled.  Work schedule, days/hours and duration are flexible.

POSITION: Video Production Intern

New Media Rights is a non-profit looking for a graduate or undergraduate Video Production Intern during either the Spring, Summer, or Fall semesters.

WHO WE ARE
New Media Rights is a non-profit legal clinic that provides one-to-one assistance to artists, startup companies, non-profits and anyone else who creates and shares their work online. When not helping individuals, we focus on assisting organizations that provide better access to public information, more business and government accountability, or new cultural perspectives.

Working at New Media Rights allows you to be a part of the engine that helps people nationwide create art, create new businesses, and exercise their rights to communicate online.

WHY WE WOULD BE GREAT TO WORK WITH
We would like someone who can help us focus more on our outreach and educational programming using video. In addition to providing you with high-level challenging work and treating you as an integral part of our team, at New Media Rights you will also be able to

• Help choose what equipment we purchase with existing grant funding
• Work on personal, independently generated projects based on your interests
• Work closely with an experienced former producer/director of online commercials
• Rest assured that all equipment, computers, and production tools will be provided for you


WHO WE HOPE YOU'LL BE
We would like someone who meets the following requirements.

• Enrolled in college or a graduate program
• Have experience with, or an interest in learning all aspects of production - from formulating the idea, to producing, shooting, editing, to converting the end product into deliverable content.
• Knowledge of Final Cut Pro
• A keen interest in storytelling and writing for an audience

Ideal candidates will also have
• An interest in the Internet, media policy, art, technology and how the law applies to all of the above
• Knowledge of Adobe Premiere and After Effects or Motion
• Basic understanding of Youtube, Vimeo and other video sharing websites
• The ability to work independently
• Knowledge of GIMP or Photoshop

If this describes you, we'd love to talk to you about how we can work together.

HOW TO APPLY
Please send a portfolio link(s) along with why you think you meet the qualifications to

shaun@newmediarights.org
Ph #: (619) 591-8870

A resume would be helpful but is not required.

COMPENSATION
Volunteers not receiving college credit will be considered if they can commit at least 15 hours a week for 3 months. This position is open until filled.  Work schedule, days/hours and duration are flexible.