Summer 2027 Legal Intern, Women's Rights Project

The role

Interns will assist in all aspects of litigation, policy advocacy, and communications campaigns. Work includes legal and policy research, drafting memoranda, and legislative bill tracking.

What you will do

• Conducting legal and policy research
• Drafting legal memoranda
• Researching prospects for new litigation, including both factual and legal claims
• Researching and drafting materials for public education
• Legislative bill tracking and analysis

Required qualifications

• Currently matriculated legal students
• Based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship
• Completed at least one year of law school before the internship commences or in an LLM or SJD program
• Excellent research skills, including conducting internet and legal database research
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing
• Attention to detail
• Excellent organizing and time-management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• The initiative to see projects through to completion
• A commitment to civil liberties, civil rights, social justice, and gender justice

Benefits

• Stipend available for those who are lawfully authorized to work
• Partial stipend for students who receive outside funding to bring total funding up to the ACLU's stipend amount

Before you apply

• Must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship
• Stipend is available for those who are lawfully authorized to work
• If you are a re-applicant to the Women's Rights Project, please note that in your cover letter

About the company

The ACLU has worked for over 100 years to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. The Women's Rights Project fights for gender equity under law.