Teams at American Civil Liberties Union

Two-year human rights fellowship with Human Rights Watch and the ACLU. Responsibilities include monitoring U.S. human rights developments, conducting field research, drafting reports, advocacy, and supporting litigation strategy. Candidates must be recent or upcoming J.D. graduates, pass the bar before starting, qualify to practice law during the second year, demonstrate strong analytical and communication skills, and show commitment to human rights and justice.

The Pauli Murray Fellow supports the ACLU’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging team through event coordination, internal communications, accessibility support, EDIB data collection and analysis, reporting, trainings, employee resource group requests, and special projects. This entry-level, 18-month fellowship emphasizes organizational leadership, project management, collaboration, discretion, restorative practices, and commitment to civil rights, civil liberties, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Develop and execute advocacy communications strategies for the ACLU’s national and affiliate networks. Responsibilities include producing rapid-response resource digests, coordinating nationwide communications meetings, maintaining communications resources, supporting community building, and completing a capstone project focused on expanding supporter engagement. The fellow will build skills in strategic communications, internal campaigns, resource development, project management, stakeholder coordination, and meeting facilitation.