Job Description
Organization: Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***) Job Title: 2025 Summer Legal Internship Program Experience: Law students only Salary: Up to $6000 for 10 weeks (supplemental funding available for those who cannot secure funding or receive lower funding from their law schools) Location: New York, NY (hybrid in-office/remote work policy) Application Deadline: Rolling basis, priority given to 2L students
H1: **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW*** 2025 Summer Legal Internship Program H2: Protecting and Promoting Civil Rights for Asian Americans
- Founded in 1974, **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW*** is a national organization that uses the community lawyering model for social change. - Program areas include anti-Asian violence, economic justice, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, immigrant justice, and voting rights/democracy. - The summer internship program is ten weeks, from May 27 to August 1, 2025. - Interns will work full-time with a hybrid in-office/remote work policy and receive training and education on legal skills in civil rights issues. - Interns may work on litigation, legal and policy advocacy, legal services, legal research and writing, community outreach and education, and/or client intakes. - A weekly brown bag series on public interest legal topics is also offered. - Applicants are expected to seek funding from their law schools, but **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW*** will supplement funding up to $6000 for those who cannot secure funding or receive lower funding. - To apply, interested applicants should email a cover letter, resume, and writing sample as a single PDF document to **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW*** with the subject line "Summer Legal Internship Search". - Bilingual ability in Bangla, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Gujarati, Hindi, Khmer, Korean, Urdu, and Vietnamese is a plus. - Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and only those with interviews will be notified of their advancement. - For more information, contact **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. - **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW*** is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.