2023 Fall Legal Internship- Law Student

Immigration Equality seeks highly motivated law school students or new law school graduates for summer internships. Immigration Equality is a national organization fighting for equal immigration rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-positive community. We provide legal services to LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants, and fight for administrative and legislative changes in U.S. immigration law.

Responsibilities

Legal Interns work closely with our legal team to provide legal services to LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants. Among other tasks, legal interns may assist members of the legal team in direct representation, participate in intake interviews, draft affidavits and other documents for administrative proceedings, and research issues about U.S. immigration law and policy.

Specifications & Details

Immigration Equality is an affirmative action employer: immigrants, people of color and transgender individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. French, Russian, Portuguese, or Spanish-language fluency preferred. Immigration Equality fosters a progressive and professional LGBTQ-friendly work space. Although a start date is negotiable, ideally, interns should be able to work for at least 10 weeks (September through November or December), at least 10-12 hours per week. However, if an intern has more availability, please indicate that in your cover letter, as well as the specific dates and times available. We cannot offer any remuneration for interns, but we are happy to assist with any paperwork needed to apply for a grant or scholarship. All work for interns will be remote, and you will need to have access to your own computer and telephone. 

How to Apply

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 “Fall Law Student Internship” in the subject line to internships@immigrationequality.org.