Spring 2027 Legal Intern, Racial Justice Program

Summary

The ACLU is a civil liberties organization that works to defend and preserve individual rights and liberties. The Spring Legal Intern will support the Racial Justice Program through legal and factual research and assistance with ongoing litigation, investigations, and advocacy efforts.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

• Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated legal students
• Must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship
• Applicants should be current law school students who 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, embedding the values in program development, policy application, and organizational practices and processes

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated legal students
• must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship
• Applicants should be current law school students who 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, embedding the values in program development, policy application, and organizational practices and processes

Benefits

• This position may be remote or hybrid.
• This internship is for course credit only.
• Part-time internship (10, 15, or 20 hours/week) for 12 consecutive weeks.
• The internship can be remote or hybrid and based in New York City.