[Hiring] Summer Legal Intern @ACLU

Role Description

The ACLU seeks a Summer Legal Intern in the Racial Justice Program of the ACLU’s National office in New York, NY. This position may be remote or hybrid. Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated legal students and must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship.

The Racial Justice Program (RJP) is part of the ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality. RJP challenges racial discrimination and other practices and policies that have a direct or disparate impact on communities of color, including Native American and other Indigenous communities, and people who reside in U.S. territories. RJP has a particular emphasis on:

• Health equity
• Education
• Housing
• Indigenous justice
• Reentry
• Economic justice issues

To advance its work, RJP, working with the ACLU's 53 affiliates nationwide, uses litigation, legislative advocacy, and public education to challenge:

• Unequal educational, housing, and employment opportunities
• Unfair lending practices
• Attacks on civil rights
• A range of civil and criminal justice system practices that unfairly target communities of color

The intern will be responsible for conducting legal and factual research and otherwise supporting RJP’s ongoing litigation, investigations, and advocacy efforts.

Your Day to Day:

• 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

Qualifications

• 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

Requirements

• Be committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU
• Center and embed the principles of equity, inclusion, and belonging in their work
• Be committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflicts

Benefits

• Remote or hybrid internship positions available
• Full-time (35 hrs/wk) for a duration of 10 consecutive weeks
• Start date of May 24 or June 7
• Stipend of $24/hour for those lawfully authorized to work
• Partial stipend available for students with outside funding
• Priority application deadline: November 6, 2026