Internship Opportunities

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Meet Our Interns

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Undergraduate & Graduate Students

The Legal Aid Society offers students the opportunity to work directly with attorneys, paralegals, investigators and staff on client cases. Internships are unpaid and can be part time or full time. Academic credit can be considered if your school offers that opportunity.

Legal Internships

The Legal Aid Society offers exceptional legal internships in the Civil, Criminal and Juvenile Rights Practices. We also attend Career Fairs and conduct On-Campus Interviews at local and nation law schools.

Internship Application Deadlines

The application open dates and deadlines for fall, spring, and summer internships for the 2026-2027 term can be found below. It is recommended that first-year law students (1L) check the website in early December each year for internship opportunities and updates. All internship positions will be available for application from the specified open date. Fall and spring internships are part-time, while summer internships are full-time and typically last 10-12 weeks, depending on the schedule. Offers for fall, spring, and summer legal internships for both first-year (1L) and second-year (2L) students will be made on a rolling basis throughout each hiring period, so early application submissions are encouraged. Applications will not be accepted after the deadline.

Undergraduate Internships
The Legal Aid Society offers undergraduate internship opportunities based on unit need. Please visit this site periodically for updates. If an undergraduate position becomes available, it will be listed in our current internship opportunities list. We do not have an estimated time frame for when positions will become available.

Intern Investigator Program

We also offer an Intern Investigator Program that provides students interested in a career in law with an exciting, hands-on, in-the-field experience in criminal defense law.

Stipends & Benefits

All internships are unpaid. Interns may be eligible for financial assistance, public interest funding, or academic credit through their law school. These internships may also qualify for pro bono credit.

Additionally, interns may apply for the Howard Rossbach and Mary Boresz Pike Stipend administered by the Legal Aid Society.

The Howard Rossbach stipend was established in memory of Judge J. Howard Rossbach, Attorney-in-Chief of The Legal Aid Society (1950-1952, 1953-1955), whose mentorship encouraged young lawyers’ dedication to civic engagement through legal aid.

The Mary Boresz Pike Intern Fund was established by Richard S. Rosenthal in 2026 to support law school internships at LAS. The fund honors Mary Boresz Pike, a brilliant, principled, and tenacious attorney whose career was defined by her unwavering commitment to civil liberties and human rights, especially in defense of individuals persecuted for exercising beliefs or viewpoints suppressed by their governments.

The J. Howard Rossbach and Mary Boresz Pike Internship Stipends, awarded through a lottery system, aim to support interns at The Legal Aid Society who demonstrate financial need and lack funding for their internships.

To be considered for these stipends, interns:

• Must be enrolled as a law student at any accredited institution
• Must ultimately be accepted to participate in an internship program at LAS
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must lack funding for their internship

How to apply

To be considered for a stipend, simultaneously fill out the Internship Stipend Form during the submission of your internship application. Only one application per applicant per year is permitted. Please do not submit multiple forms even if you are applying for multiple internships. Selected interns will be notified prior to the start of their internships. The stipend will be treated as taxable income.

Application deadline: Stipend opportunities are awarded seasonally; deadlines may vary.

For additional information or inquiries about the internship stipend, please reach out to TalentAcquisition@legal-aid.org.