ACLUF Legal Internship

For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBT community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach. With more than a million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., for the principle that every individual’s rights must be protected equally under the law, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or national origin. Interns will have the opportunity to work on all aspects of domestic litigation and international advocacy. The internship is full-time and typically requires a 10 week commitment. 

Eligibility: This Legal Internship is open to law students who will have completed their first semester of law school before the internship commences.  Interns should possess the following: 

• Excellent research, writing, and communication skills.
• A strong commitment to human rights and civil liberties issues.
• The initiative to see projects through to completion. 

Stipend with other allowance: A stipend is available for those students who do not receive outside funding and/or course credit. Arrangements can also be made with the student’s law school for work/study stipends or course credit.