Electronic Frontier Foundation is hiring a
If you are in law school or have just graduated with a U.S. law degree, we encourage you to apply for a legal internship with EFF! We are seeking individuals with a demonstrated interest in and enthusiasm for civil liberties or technology-related legal issues, along with excellent research and writing skills and the initiative and energy to see projects to completion in a fast-moving environment.
Fall Application Deadline: June 30th for the Fall Semester (typically for an internship August-December).
You are encouraged to apply early, as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Although all candidates local and remote are welcome to apply, preference will be given to candidates who are able to work in person at EFF's San Francisco office at least one day per week. Reasonable accommodations will be considered for anyone with a disability that makes in-person work a hardship.
Job Description: Legal interns assist in all aspects of litigation, including legal research, factual investigation, and drafting of memoranda and briefs, while also helping with policy research, client counseling, and the development of public education materials (e.g., blog posts). EFF's docket ranges across the technological and legal landscape, from online fair use of copyrighted materials to illegal government spying; take a look at http://www.eff.org/cases/ and https://www.eff.org/work for details about our work preserving constitutional values in the digital world.
For fall internships we require at least 2****0 hours per week. Internships are generally unpaid*, therefore arrangements should be made with the student's law school for course credit or work/study stipends.
*In recent years, EFF has been able to offer limited stipends to interns who exhaust other sources of funding and need supplemental funds in order to accept an internship. Application decisions are need-blind, and EFF will allocate any funding on a case-by-case basis.
Qualifications: U.S. law students of all levels, including LLM students, are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in and enthusiasm for civil liberties or technology-related legal issues, along with excellent research and writing skills and the initiative and energy to see projects to completion in a fast-moving environment. Unfortunately, EFF is not accredited to sponsor J visas.
Application: Please include a resume, cover letter, and writing sample in PDF format. Please also answer the extra question in the online form. The cover letter you submit should explain why you want to work with EFF and why we should want to work with you, followed by two references. Please be sure to include both your phone number and your email address in your cover letter. Please upload your writing sample in the same document as your cover letter. The writing sample should be 10 pages or less. Note that writing samples on civil liberties and/or intellectual property issues are highly preferred, as are litigation oriented or otherwise persuasive writing samples. (No phone calls please.)
Apply through the link below. Application materials are not accepted via email.
If you have any questions regarding EFF’s legal internship or application process, please email legalintern@eff.org