Summer 2026 Internship - Legal / Media Law and First Amendment

Posted 11 Days Ago
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New York, NY
In-Office
25-25
Internship
Digital Media • Fintech • Information Technology
The Role
The internship involves conducting legal research, drafting memoranda, and addressing issues related to media law and free speech for Dow Jones.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Description:Summer 2026 Internship – Legal / Media Law and First Amendment Intern Application Deadline: November 14, 2025 We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible, as internship applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Internship Dates: June 8, 2026 – August 14, 2026 (You must be available to work during this period.) About Our Organization Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile, and live events. For more than 130 years, Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content and today operates one of the world’s largest news-gathering networks. Our portfolio includes leading publications and products such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, OPIS, and more. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV). About the Role Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is soliciting applications for its Media Law and First Amendment Internship. The position is hybrid and you will join Dow Jones’ legal department in its New York City offices for ten weeks in the summer of 2025. Working primarily with Dow Jones’ litigation and press attorneys, you will focus on matters affecting publication, access to information, newsgathering, and domestic and international free-speech laws. This role is a hybrid, based in our NYC office. You Will Conduct research Draft memoranda Help resolve the daily issues that arise in publishing The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron’s, and other publications Be exposed to matters involving business transactions, labor and employment law, intellectual property, and other issues You Have One or two years of law school completed (are a first or second-year law student) Demonstrated interest in and commitment to media law and a free press Salary: $25.00/hour #LI-Hybrid

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Legal

Job Category:

Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $40.00 - $40.00

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
4,898 Employees
Year Founded: 1882

What We Do

When you join Dow Jones, you become part of the most dynamic, creative and savvy news and information companies in the world. As a global leader in news and business intelligence, we're newswires, websites, newspapers, apps, newsletters, databases, magazines, and video --including some of the widest-read and most-respected brands, like The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.

Our products inform the discussions and decisions that are vital to the world's commerce, while our databases make the business world more transparent. We continually develop technology to transform information into insight and prosperity. We enlighten and inspire audiences around the globe with authoritative, differentiated and trusted content.

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