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SAMPLE COVER LETTERS

Kaitlyn J. Sanders

1500 Pearl St. #103

Denver, CO 80203

Ms. Nardos Lemma

Assistant to the Legal Director

Center for Constitutional Rights

666 Broadway, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10012

RE: Ella Baker Internship Application

Dear Ms. Lemma:

I have worked with U.S. permanent residents from Iran who are detained because they are from Iran and

with day laborers who work and are not paid because their employers can get away with it. I have also

worked with women who have been raped and beaten, yet when the police show up, the woman is

arrested. These experiences are the reasons I went to law school and they are the reasons I want to work

for social change at the Center for Constitutional Rights.

My first semester of law school, I wrote a paper on the revival of the Alien Tort Claims Act.

This paper was my introduction to the CCR. I was captivated by the work CCR has done in the past and

equally so with the checks CCR provides on the government and multi national corporations today.

Since August, I have been working with a group of law students to bring accountability to employers who

exploit day laborers. The problem is huge. Employers, from small cleaning companies to large

construction firms building expensive lofts, hire undocumented workers and take advantage of their

vulnerable status by not paying them. We found a criminal statute in Colorado that spells out that these

actions are criminal. However, the statute has never been enforced. At this time, we have formed a

community coalition, and are working toward the enforcement of this statute.

Last summer, I created a pro bono immigration project at a domestic violence shelter. I recruited over

twenty-five immigration lawyers to donate a case to the shelter. Law students are now working to put the

cases together. With this project, legal representation is now assured for a population that might not

otherwise be guaranteed legal representation.

My interest is focused on the ability to positively effect social change through litigation, whether it is

corporate accountability, international human rights or social and economic justice. CCR would allow me

to use my skills and experiences to make contributions in these areas.

I look forward to having an opportunity to discuss my interest in CCR and the internship in an interview.

I will contact you in a week to follow up on the status of my application.

Sincerely,

Kaitlyn J. Sanders

Enclosures

Sample Cover Letters Assistant To The Legal Director/ Human Resources Director