Legal Intern

About the Role

The ACLU seeks a Summer Legal Intern in the Center For Liberty of the ACLU’s National office in New York City. This is a part-time or full-time position that 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 Team:

The Center for Liberty encompasses the ACLU’s work on reproductive freedom, LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, freedom of religion and belief, and disability rights.

What You’ll Do:

The Center for Liberty intern will work on priority areas for the team, including promoting family integrity and preventing unnecessary separations; advancing veteran’s rights; and mitigating efforts to use religion to justify discrimination.  The intern will work on other Center priorities and issue areas as assigned.

Your Day to Day:

Interns will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience by working alongside the team. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Conduct legal research and analysis to support new and active litigation projects 
• Aid in drafting of legal memoranda, pleadings, affidavits, motions, and briefs 
• Draft and edit public education and non-litigation advocacy materials 
• Provide support and assistance to ACLU affiliates and cooperating attorneys 
• Potential to work closely with clients and participate in outreach with impacted communities, discovery, and trial practice 

What You'll Bring:

This Internship is open to students who are in law school. Interns should possess the following:

• Completion of at least one semester of law school by the time the internship commences or enrollment in an LLM 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 
• Demonstrated commitment to public interest law, civil liberties, and racial justice 
• Demonstrated ability to conduct complex legal analysis and fact finding
• Center principles of equity, inclusion, and belonging in all work, embedding the values in program development, policy application, and organizational practices and processes