Summer legal internship

• Law students work on many aspects of potential and ongoing cases, such as drafting memoranda addressing the merits of a case and potential defenses, meeting with and interviewing plaintiffs and witnesses, and drafting complaints and briefs
• Students may also be asked to analyze the constitutionality of pending legislation or help with discovery

• Must have finished first year of law school
• Excellent research, writing and communication skills
• Commitment to civil rights and civil liberties
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• must value and respect differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ability and socio- economic circumstance

Students who have studied constitutional law are preferred

If you are unable to secure funding from your law school for a public interest internship, the ACLU can provide funding to make this opportunity more feasible for law students who would otherwise be required to seek paid employment over the summer