Spring 2026 Legal Intern, Women's Rights Project
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Role
The ACLU seeks a SpringLegal Intern in the Womens Rights Projectof the ACLUs National office in New York City. This internship can be remote or hybrid and is for course credit only.
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:
Since its founding by Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1972 the ACLUs Womens Rights Project has been a trailblazer in fighting for gender equity under law. We engage in systemic legal reform to ensure that everyone has the freedom to live work and learn free from stereotypes harassment and violence based on sex. Our recent work includes fighting the militarys ban on women in combat challenging employment rules that penalize workers for their pregnancies or push them out of the paid workforce altogether and winning a historic settlement against Facebook for targeting ads for jobs housing and credit only at men.
What Youll Do:
Interns will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience by working alongside the team assisting in all aspects of litigation policy advocacy and communications campaigns.
Your Day to Day:
- Drafting memoranda affidavits and briefs
- Conducting legal and policy research
- Researching prospects for new litigation including both factual and legal claims
- Researching and drafting materials for public education
- Legislative bill tracking and analysis
What Youll Bring:
The internship is open to law students who will have completed at least one year of law school before the internship commences or are in an LLM or SJD program. Interns should possess the following:
- 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
- A commitment to civil liberties civil rights social justice and gender justice
Future ACLUers Will:
- Be committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU
- Center and embed the principles of equity inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives
- Be committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflicts
Internship Logistics
- Location: This internship can beremote or hybridout of the ACLUs New York City office.
- Time Commitment: This spring internship is part-time commitment and be: 10 15 or 20/hrs a week.
- Internship Duration: Part-time internships span 12 consecutive weeks; full-time internships span 20 consecutive weeks. This internship has a start date of January 12th or January 26th.
- Stipend: This internship is course credit only.
Why the ACLU
For over 100 years the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether its ending mass incarceration achieving full equality for the LGBTQ community establishing new privacy protections for our digital age or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people.
Our Commitment to Accessibility Equity Diversity & Inclusion
Accessibility equity diversity and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty equality and justice for all. For us diversity equity and inclusion are not just check-the-box activities but a chance for us to make long-term meaningful change. We are a community committed to learning and growth humility and grace transparency and accountability. We believe in a collective responsibility to create a culture of belonging for all people within our organization one that respects and embraces difference; treats everyone equitably; and empowers our colleagues to do the best work possible. We are as committed to anti-oppression and anti-racism internally as we are externally. Because whether were in the courts or in the office we believe We the People means all of us.
With this commitment in mind we strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin marital status citizenship disability veteran status and record of arrest or conviction or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online please email. If you are selected for an interview you will receive additional information regarding how to request accommodations for the interview process.
In order to be considered for this position all candidates must formally submit an application.The ACLU does not accept unsolicited calls or emails from candidates regarding their application status.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Organizational skills
- Growing Experience
- FileMaker
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Auto Restoration
About Company
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona is the state’s premier guardian of liberty, working daily in the courts, Arizona Legislature, and communities statewide to defend and preserve individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all by the Constitution.
