Jobs at Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Conduct policy and legal research, support client outreach and factual investigations, draft legal documents, and provide administrative assistance while working with civil rights attorneys. Interns contribute to projects across areas including voting rights, criminal justice, digital justice, educational opportunities, economic justice, housing, and public policy. The role requires current law-degree enrollment, civil rights commitment, collaboration, confidentiality, legal writing, and Microsoft Office proficiency.

Supports civil rights and racial justice initiatives through policy and legal research, client outreach, factual investigation, and administrative assistance. Interns collaborate with departments including Educational Opportunities, Criminal Justice, Election Protection, and Policy. The role requires undergraduate enrollment, commitment to civil rights, Microsoft Office proficiency, strong organizational skills, and attention to detail. This is a full-time summer internship with remote or Washington, DC office work options.

Support civil rights and racial justice initiatives through research, report and presentation preparation, document organization, scheduling, administrative assistance, project planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Interns may work across departments such as communications, human resources, operations, information technology, and the executive office. The role offers meaningful projects, mentorship, and flexible full-time or part-time scheduling for currently enrolled undergraduate students.

Legal interns support civil rights and racial justice advocacy through legal research, drafting documents, organizing case files, communicating with clients under attorney supervision, analyzing legal issues, summarizing legal documents, and providing administrative support. Interns must be enrolled in law school and demonstrate strong research and writing skills, independence, and an interest in public service, government, public policy, and civil rights.

Develops, writes, edits, and publishes communications content including emails, web content, blog posts, op-eds, talking points, essays, and annual reports. Translates complex civil rights issues into accessible narratives, ensures editorial and brand consistency, supports digital audience engagement, manages content calendars and production workflows, and collaborates with communications, development, consultants, and organizational leaders.

Senior Counsel will lead complex civil rights litigation and advocacy involving digital justice, discriminatory data practices, algorithmic systems, emerging technologies, and online harms. Responsibilities include developing litigation strategies, conducting investigations and legal research, drafting briefs and pleadings, managing co-counsel and stakeholders, advising organizational leadership, mentoring legal staff, producing public-facing materials, and monitoring developments affecting digital rights and equal opportunity.

Lead accounting operations, month-end/year-end close, internal controls, grant and restricted-fund accounting, audit and compliance support, supervise finance staff, manage outsourced accounting vendor, and improve processes to ensure accurate financial reporting and audit readiness.

The Senior Counsel will support educational equity through litigation, policy advocacy, and community engagement in racial justice, focusing on PK-12 and higher education.

Serve as the senior finance leader for a $25M+ operating budget and $60M asset portfolio. Lead financial planning and analysis, budgeting, scenario modeling, cash and investment oversight, compliance, internal controls, finance systems modernization (Sage Intacct preferred), and Board/committee reporting. Supervise Finance Manager and oversee accounting operations, outsourced vendors, and cross-functional financial guidance to support organizational sustainability and mission-driven decision-making.

Provide high-level administrative and strategic support to the President and Executive Director, managing complex calendars, travel, meeting preparation, executive communications, task-tracking systems, and confidential matters. Coordinate with Communications and Development teams, attend meetings to take notes and ensure follow-up, and support events including evening/weekend commitments. Serve as primary internal/external liaison and ensure efficient execution of executive priorities.

Fellowship to support litigation and advocacy at the intersection of civil rights and technology. Conduct fact research, engage communities and stakeholders, develop and potentially implement litigation or advocacy strategies focused on surveillance pricing or generative AI discrimination.