Legal Services Intern/Extern Summer 2024
Legal Services Interns carry out a broad mix of direct legal services, impact litigation, research, and government affairs engagement. Our work includes a unique mix of criminal, civil, and administrative matters, ranging from challenges to discriminatory NYPD policies, to civil follow-on litigation for victims of hate crimes, and representation in national security investigations.
Qualifications:
- Open to law students and recent law school graduates (undergraduates interested should apply for our Civil Rights internship).
- Demonstrated interest in privacy rights, technology, civil rights, or preferably the intersection thereof.
- Stellar research and writing skills.
- Comfort with Microsoft Office, Outlook, other productivity tools
- All law students are welcome to apply; preference is given to 2Ls and 3Ls.
- Preferred (not required): minimum availability of 10 hours a week (Fall/Spring Semesters) or 20 hours a week (Summer Semester). Full time placements are always available.
· To apply, please provide a copy of your cover letter, CV, transcript, writing sample, and our DEI Questionnaire (combined as a single PDF) either through Handshake or to jobs [at] stopspying.org using subject: “Legal Services Intern”.
· At this time, internship positions are unpaid and available for outside funding and college credit only. We are currently working towards a paid internship program for the future.