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ACLU

Legal Intern, Immigrants' Rights Project

ACLU

Legal Intern supporting the Immigrants' Rights Project at ACLU. Gaining valuable experience in litigation and legal advocacy for immigrants' rights.

Posted 6/9/2026internshipSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • The interns will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience working with IRP.
  • They will learn about impact litigation and other legal advocacy tools on immigrants’ rights issues by working closely with attorneys in developing and litigating cases across various jurisdictions.
  • 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
  • Centering principles of equity, inclusion, and belonging in all work, embedding the values in program development, policy application, and organizational practices and processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Current enrollment in accredited U.S. law school
  • 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, and social justice.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • This internship is for course credit only.
  • Priority Application Deadline: June 26, 2026
  • While there is a priority deadline, our project is committed to reviewing all applications on a rolling basis until the closing of posting.

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Hard Skills & Tools
legal researchdrafting memorandadrafting affidavitsdrafting briefslegislative bill trackingpolicy analysisimpact litigationfactual claims researchlegal claims researchpublic education materials drafting
Soft Skills
excellent research skillsexcellent communication skillsattention to detailorganizing skillstime-management skillsinitiativecommitment to civil libertiescommitment to civil rightscommitment to social justiceequity and inclusion principles