Fellowships & Internships

DESCRIPTION

Task Force Holley Policy Law Fellowships and externships are available full-time each summer in our Washington, DC Office (currently hybrid schedule). Holley Policy Law Fellows work in our Advocacy and Action Department on local, state, and federal policy advocacy. Through our annual Brown Bag lunch series and other events, Holley Policy Law Fellows will have the opportunity to meet and work with a diverse network of LGBTQ and allied legislative/policy experts and attorneys working on a variety of progressive issues.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants should possess excellent interpersonal, legal research and writing skills, and a strong interest in LGBTQ policy and/or nonprofit lawyering. 2Ls, 3Ls and LL.M. candidates are eligible. Competition for positions in the program is high. For Summer positions, applicants must agree to work 10 weeks full-time starting June 2, 2025 – August 8, 2025.

COMPENSATION

$20 per hour.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Click the link below and submit a cover letter detailing why you are interested in our law fellowship program, resume, writing sample of approximately three (3) pages (your own unedited words) and copy of undergraduate and law school transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable). Applications are accepted until Friday, March 14, 2025.

DESCRIPTION

The Victory Empowerment Fellowship is a six-month fellowship for LGBTQ+ leaders of color and/or transgender leaders who seek to expand their campaign skills and policy-making power and to join a strong cohort of movement leaders from across the country.

The Victory Empowerment Fellowship consists of three key components provided by the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute – the Candidate & Campaign Training, International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference – and a six-month mentorship progra

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications for the 2025 cohort are due by Monday, March 10 at 11:59 PM PT.

DESCRIPTION

This fellowship honors the memory of Tyron Garner, one of the men Lambda Legal represented in our groundbreaking Supreme Court victory Lawrence v. Texas (which struck down all remaining state sodomy laws in the country). Mr. Garner passed away in 2006, after his case vindicated the constitutional right to express sexual intimacy in adult relationships.

Through the Garner Fellowship, Lambda Legal seeks to support law graduates dedicated to LGBTQ issues within African American communities in ongoing engagement with civil rights work on behalf of LGBTQ individuals and people living with HIV. The Garner Fellowship contributes to Lambda Legal’s expansion of our current work to serve communities of color and address the intersection of LGBTQ discrimination and racism that affects African American LGBTQ communities.

QUALIFICATIONS

With the understanding that no one person will offer every desired skill and characteristic outlined below, compelling candidates will offer much of the following:

-Candidates may be recent law school graduates, completing another fellowship or judicial clerkship, or looking to transition out of another form of law practice.

-The fellow will be expected to become admitted to the bar of the state where they will be practicing law.
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Interested applicants can apply here.

Description

We now seek third-year law students or recent graduates as applicants for a sponsored fellowship such as Justice Catalyst, school-specific fellowships, or other public interest fellowships to begin in September 2025. This attorney will work across our two practice areas. We are open to project proposals for which an applicant has expertise or a particular passion but we are also happy to work with our selected fellow to develop a project.

Qualifications

-A law degree and a license to practice law in a U.S. state or a plan to sit for any state bar, within the 2025-2026 bar application year.

-An unflinching commitment to our values, which are that people in prison, jail, and immigration detention centers should be treated with humanity, care, and dignity.
Excellent legal research and writing skills.

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Application Procedure

Because of the demographics of the prison system and our organizational priorities, many RBB clients are Black, Latino, and Native American; are transgender; come from low-income backgrounds; and/or have various disabilities. Applicants who share one or more of these traits with our clients are particularly encouraged to apply, as are people who have had experience with incarceration, either personally or through their family.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, legal writing sample, and list of three references to applications@rightsbehindbars.org. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Description

Summer interns primarily assist attorneys with litigation and policy tasks. This may include legislative research and tracking, investigation, research and drafting in ongoing cases, prospective cases, and amicus curiae briefs, in all areas of sexual orientation, gender identity, and HIV discrimination. Interns may also research, draft, and/or edit publications on these issues for public education and may assist in maintenance and expansion of resources for our national legal Help Desk. res and programs, and perform other related duties.

Qualifications

Successful candidates will welcome the opportunity to work in a racially- and gender-diverse environment and to contribute to a positive and inclusive atmosphere. Interning at Lambda Legal requires a demonstrated awareness of and commitment to the concerns of the breadth of the communities that Lambda Legal serves.
Due to the focused and challenging nature of the work Lambda Legal does, we prefer to hire law students who have some experience with issues relating to our mission. Thus, a background in or familiarity with issues important to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and those living with HIV will greatly strengthen an application. Commitment to public interest law also greatly strengthens an application. Considering the amount of independent work required, second- and third-year students are preferred. Lambda Legal encourages applications from people of color and people with disabilities, including HIV.

Compensation

Because we have limited resources, Lambda Legal requires applicants to make diligent efforts to secure summer funding from their law schools. However, to ensure that economic barriers do not dissuade talented applicants, Lambda Legal is prepared to provide compensation for students for whom funding is not available. If you are not able to get funding from your school, or your school provides funding at a lesser amount, we will provide you with summer funding or will supplement your school’s funding. Selected students will receive more information about this process after receiving notice of their acceptance.

Application Procedure

Students interested in summer internships should apply beginning in the Fall. We begin hiring as the applicant pool allows and continue until all spaces are filled.

Description

Summer interns primarily assist attorneys with litigation and policy tasks. This may include legislative research and tracking, investigation, research and drafting in ongoing cases, prospective cases, and amicus curiae briefs, in all areas of sexual orientation, gender identity, and HIV discrimination. Interns may also research, draft, and/or edit publications on these issues for public education and may assist in maintenance and expansion of resources for our national legal Help Desk. res and programs, and perform other related duties.

Description

California ChangeLawyers® (formerly California Bar Foundation) is a statewide foundation that empowers the next generation of lawyers, judges, and activists to create a more diverse legal profession, a fair justice system, and a better California. The foundation believes that a state as diverse as California should have a justice system led by advocates of all ethnicities and races.

The position is within the Border Butterflies project and will provide direct legal support to LGBTQ asylum seekers living in the United States. This position will begin as a supportive role, with progressive responsibility and with the ideal candidate representing clients under supervision.

Border Butterflies is a project anchored by Black LGBTQ Migrants Project, Transgender Law Center, Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, and other Tijuana based organizations.

Qualifications

A Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
Experience practicing immigration law including but not limited to in law school clinics, internships, and volunteer work.

Fluency in Spanish and English.

For full job description and required qualifications visit: https://tlcenter.bamboohr.com/careers/81

Description

– Prisoner Advisory Committee (PAC)
– Interns with MBT would primarily be supporting the work of the Prisoner Advisory Committee. Learning and engaging with SRLP’s prison work to help advance the work of PAC, working closely with the Director of 
– Outreach and Community Engagement and other staff in assisting with tasks related to the Prisoner Advisory
– Committee (PAC) including but not limited to;
– Participating in outreach, coordination and logistics related to PAC card writing events and other MBT related events.
– Review and update publication materials.
– Co-facilitate, skill shares and participating in workshops around abolition and SRLP’s PIC work.
– Conducting research and building workshop materials around the impact that trans and gender non-conforming folks experience within the prison industrial complex.
– Supporting the development and production of our bi-annually newsletter “In Solidarity” that goes out to PAC members on the inside.
– Design and layout production and design of our annual calendar.
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Qualifications

Applicants must have a commitment to working towards self-determination for gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence as SRLP is a collective organization founded on the understanding that gender self-determination is inextricably intertwined with racial, social and economic justice. People of color, trans people, gender non-conforming people and people with intersex conditions are strongly encouraged to apply. Must be willing to work individually and in a team setting. Fluency in Spanish is preferred but not at all a requirement. Microsoft Publisher, InDesign and other graphic design platforms preferred.

Compensation & More

Internships are 15-20 hours/week during the summer and usually last twelve weeks. Internships are unpaid. Please indicate hours of availability and date available to start in the cover letter. The office is open from 10-6pm M-F. Dress code; Casual

Application Requirements

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to kimberly@srlp.org

Description

– Assist in managing the priorities and projects of the Legal Department
– Provide legal referrals for external litigation requests
– Assist in the tracking and cataloging of HRC priority legislation
– Prepare and proofread political correspondence
– Assist in the production of the Municipal Equality Index and the State Equality Index
– Coordinate with interns in other departments for assignments

Qualifications

– Over 18 years of age
– US Citizen; OR US Green card; OR classified as a US
– Person under IRS tax code.
– Currently enrolled Sophomore, Junior, or Senior at an accredited university; OR currently enrolled Graduate
– Student at an accredited university; OR Graduated from an accredited university in the past 6 months.
– Located in the US throughout the entire internship semester

Application Requirements

Qualified applicants are to visit: https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/hrc_internship_program

Description

This position is a one-year fellowship reporting to the Director of Decrim Department. It focuses on movement lawyering and community-led advocacy campaigns to push for decriminalization. LRP’s Decrim Department uses a movement lawyering and organizing model that centers the leadership of LRP’s community advocacy team as they lead a Decrim campaign and support the advocacy/ community support needs of Black and Indigenous direct rep clients. (If the client wants advocacy/ community support.

Qualifications

– JD or equivalent.
– Experience working with POC LGBTQ+ populations.
– Ability to become barred in WA within 1 year.
– Experience with community-led campaigns and/or community organizing.
– Awareness of current and historical issues and viewpoints central to the needs and concerns of
– QT2BIPOC folks and disabled individuals.
– Familiarity with leadership development programs
– Demonstrated experience working in a by and for Black trans organizing space.
– Experience with criminal law or justice impacted legal cases.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is Grade 29: $86,555-$134,161
The hiring range for this position is: $86,555-$95,000

Application Procedure

Please include your resume and cover letter, along with contact information of two work references. Send to: recruiting (at) lavenderrightsproject.org, or visit our website listing.
BIPOC, Trans, Nonbinary, TLGBQ2SIA persons are highly encouraged to apply.

DESCRIPTION

Immigration Equality seeks highly motivated law school students or new law school graduates based in the United States or Canada for full-time remote summer 2025 legal internships. Immigration Equality is a U.S.-based organization fighting for equal immigration rights for LGBTQ and HIV+ communities. We provide legal services to LGBTQ/HIV+ immigrants and refugees both domestically and internationally, and fight for administrative and legislative changes in U.S. immigration law.

This summer, the interns will be working closely with our refugee team and have a large focus on international work with LGBTQ refugees. Many of the clients we are working with remotely live in the MENA region or in Africa.

QUALIFICATIONS

Immigration Equality is an affirmative action employer: immigrants, racialized people, and LGBTQ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Arabic, Dari, Pashto, French, Farsi, or Spanish-language fluency is highly desirable, but not required. Immigration Equality fosters a progressive and professional LGBTQ-friendly work space. Although a start date is negotiable, ideally interns should be willing to work for 10 weeks (end of May to August). Preference will be given to candidates who can commit to a full-time schedule.

COMPENSATION

The internship is unpaid, and we can only accept candidates who have external funding or who will do the internship for school credit. We are happy to assist with any paperwork needed for your external funding or school credit.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Immigration Equality is accepting applications now and will make decisions on a rolling basis. To apply for an internship, please send a chronological resume and a compelling cover letter with “2025 Summer Law Student Internship” in the subject line to awhitfield@immigrationequality.org.

Description

Each summer, the New York State Court System provides an excellent learning opportunity to law students from all over the country through the Judicial Internship Program. The Law School Summer Judicial Internships Program is part of an effort to allow law students an opportunity to observe and understand the workings and administration of the courts and related organizations by working directly with judges, judicial chambers staff, and other dedicated professionals in the non-judicial ranks of the Unified Court System.
The opportunity to intern in a Judge’s chambers provides a student with an insider’s view into the decision-making process and a chance to participate in that important process. Interns’ tasks will include conducting legal research, drafting memos and briefs, preparing decisions, observing court, and assisting chambers staff with day-to-day operations.

Qualifications

Any first or second-year law and joint degree, or LL.M. student may apply to participate in the program. Space is limited and interviews will be conducted. Candidates should have basic legal research and writing skills as well as strong communication skills. Acceptance into the program is at the discretion of the Judge.

Application Procedure

Interested law students who would like to apply to the 2025 Summer Judicial Internship Program for Judge Marnin’s chambers, should complete the employment application and email it, along with a cover letter (explaining why you are interested in an internship with Judge Marnin’s chambers and what areas of law interest you), resume, and official transcript to JudgeMarninChambers@nycourts.gov.