Summer 2025 Intern

Legal Services for Children provides free legal and social work services to children, adolescents and young adults who require legal assistance to stabilize their lives and realize their full potential.  LSC is seeking law student applicants for full time internships during the summer of 2025.  Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.  Law student interns during summer 2025 will be paid $18.75 per hour.

Intern Duties include:

• Conducting intake interviews with callers to our agency’s “warm line”
• Assisting our staff attorneys with all aspects of direct representation, including client interviews, legal research and writing, drafting of declarations and other pleadings, and attendance at court hearings
• Engaging in advocacy and education efforts on behalf of children, including conducting community presentations for children, families, schools, and community organizations
• Conducting outreach to underserved youth populations, such as queer youth, homeless youth, immigrant youth, young women, and youth involved in the juvenile justice system

Qualifications

• Must have completed at least one year of law school before the internship begins
• Demonstrated commitment to the rights of children and interest in advocating for children
• Well-organized, motivated, creative, and independent, yet also able to work in a team-oriented environment
• Commitment to providing culturally competent services
• Available to work full-time over the course of 10 weeks
• Spanish fluency preferred; fluency required for interns working on the immigration project

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please submit a cover letter and resume. In your cover letter, please indicate the practice area(s) you are interested in (guardianship, dependency, or immigration) and address the following:

LSC’s clientele is extremely diverse, and the majority of our clients are low-income youth of color. To ensure that our agency is best serving these children, LSC strives to promote an evolving set of behaviors and attitudes amongst our staff, as well as policies that enable us to work effectively in all cross-cultural situations, with clients, with our coworkers, and with the community. How do you think your personal background or experiences, professional or otherwise, have prepared you to contribute to our commitment to cultural humility and diversity amongst our staff? Feel free to think broadly about your response to this question, applying various aspects of your life and personal experiences.

Bilingual/bicultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. To promote social justice and best serve our clients, LSC is committed to maintaining a diverse staff and providing culturally competent services.  We strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities and historically oppressed groups, as well as bilingual and bicultural candidates, to apply.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: 02/05/2025