American Civil Liberties Union
LEGAL FELLOWSHIPS

The ACLU sponsors a number of exciting fellowships within its National Legal Program. The Legal Program has over eighty attorneys, who work on a broad range of civil rights and civil liberties issues, including: racial justice, free speech, national security, human rights, reproductive freedom, drug law reform, prisoners’ rights, women’s rights, and immigrants’ rights.

The responsibilities of fellows will vary depending on the Project or Program in which they work but generally include: analysis of Supreme Court cases; legal research; drafting of legal memoranda, briefs and pleadings at all levels of the federal and state judiciary; participation in trial litigation, including discovery and motion practice; analysis of requests for ACLU assistance; and coordination with ACLU affiliates and volunteer lawyers.

Fellowships are for one or two years, depending on the fellowship. Each of our fellowship opportunities is listed below, along with their corresponding locations:

• Karpatkin Racial Justice Fellowship, NYC
• Brennan First Amendment Fellowship, NYC
• National Security Applied Research Fellowship, NYC
• Reproductive Freedom Project Fellowship, NYC
• Drug Law Reform Project Fellowship, Santa Cruz, CA
• National Prison Project Fellowship, Washington DC
• Aryeh Neier Human Rights Fellowship, NYC
• Women’s Rights Project Fellowship, NYC

The Immigrants' Rights Project does not fund its own fellowship, but it frequently sponsors applicants for the Skadden, Equal Justice Works, Soros, or other post-graduate fellowships.

To learn more about these opportunities, or to apply, please follow the instructions contained in the appropriate job announcement on the ACLU website. Deadlines may vary by Project.

The ACLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbians and gay men to apply.