Internship

Summer Associate position for 1L or 2L with Cohen&Green, a small NYC-based civil rights firm that focuses mainly on cases involving police misconduct. In recent years, much of our work has been related to violations of individuals’ constitutional rights in the context of protests, county and state correctional facilities, and federal prisons. Our practice areas also include LGBTQ+ rights and equal protection, criminal defense, and trusts and estates. Full time for 10 weeks. Position can be be hybrid (2 days/week in person) or fully remote.

Our firm (Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP) offers summer internships to one or two law students per year. We encourage students to seek a stipend from their law school, but, if they are unable to do so, we pay a weekly salary consistent with the rate paid by local non-profit organizations. We also offer in-semester for-credit externship sponsorships for one or two law students each semester.

Philadelphia (in-person strongly preferred) but remote will be considered for excellent candidates.

Lawyers for Civil Rights works with communities of color and immigrants to fight discrimination and foster equity through creative and courageous legal advocacy, education, and economic empowerment. In partnership with law firms and community allies, we provide free, life-changing legal support to individuals, families, and small businesses. We focus on impact areas that represent the front lines in today’s battle for equality and justice. LCR is headquartered in Boston.

Mitchell Shapiro Greenamyre & Funt, LLP is looking for both interns and externs, positions could be flexible during the academic year and/or summer.

For externships receiving credit, this would be unpaid; summer internships would be paid. Salary for summer internships is to be determined.

The Center for Constitutional Rights offers paid, part-time, remote and hybrid semester-long internship or externship opportunities to law students. Contact Leah Todd at volunteer@ccrjustice.org to learn more.

Each term, an internship opportunity is posted at https://ccrjustice.org/home/get-involved/jobs/internship-legal-intern. Our spring internship deadline has passed, but we will begin our fall recruitment process in late spring/early summer 2024.

Summer internships and semester externships at Pennsylvania civil rights organization. Philadelphia or Pittsburgh (hybrid arrangements will be considered).

I am a solo practitioner focusing mostly on prison abuse (inmate on inmate and officer on inmate), wrongful death in prison, false arrest, malicious prosecution, excessive force, wrongful conviction and I have other civil rights cases as well.

Open to all law students, remote available, $1,500 stipend and college credit available, ~15 hours per week.

We are willing to host more law student externs if they are able to find a funding partner. We host Civil Rights Externs on a quarterly basis.