Summer 2027 Legal Intern, Racial Justice Program

The role

The intern will conduct legal and factual research and support the Racial Justice Program's litigation, investigations, and advocacy efforts. Work includes reviewing discovery productions and producing memos, research reports, and draft briefings.

What you will do

• Conducting legal and factual research
• Reviewing and coding discovery productions
• Producing and editing memos, research reports, drafts of briefing, etc.
• Participating in team meetings
• Participating in meetings with clients, as available

Required qualifications

• Currently matriculated legal students
• Must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship
• Will have completed their first year of school before the internship commences
• Excellent research, writing, and verbal communication skills
• Initiative to see projects through to completion
• Demonstrated commitment to public interest law, civil liberties, and racial justice
• Centering principles of equity, inclusion, and belonging in all work

Benefits

• Stipend available for those who are lawfully authorized to work
• Partial stipend available 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
• Must be lawfully authorized to work to receive a stipend
• All candidates must formally submit an application

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 Racial Justice Program is part of the ACLU's Trone Center for Justice and Equality.