A summer internship provides a way to gain valuable legal experience while offering support in an area that is typically under-funded and understaffed. Application deadlines range from late October through May, with some agencies using a rolling deadline. Information and applications for the following summer internships are available in the Career Services Public Interest Summer Internships (California) binders.
The office also has information about internships located nationwide. Online information may be accessed from several sites, including the Public Service Law Network Worldwide www.pslawnet.org, the Public Interest Clearinghouse www.pic.org and Equal Justice Works www.equaljusticeworks.org.
USD's School of Law Financial Aid Office provides a limited number of Summer Community Service Grants to help fund internships. Please check with USD's School of Law Financial Aid Office early in spring semester for information and application forms.
| AGENCY |
LOCATION |
DEADLINE |
SALARY |
| A ^ |
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ACLU Foundation of Northern CA |
San Francisco |
December |
$1800 |
ACLU Foundation of Southern CA |
Los Angeles |
Fall |
Poss. Stipend |
Alliance for Children's Rights |
Los Angeles |
March |
Unpaid |
Animal Legal Defense Fund |
Petaluma |
Not stated |
Not stated |
Asian Law Caucus |
San Francisco W/S |
Not stated |
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Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center |
Los Angeles |
April |
Unpaid |
Asian Pacific American Legal Center |
Los Angeles |
February |
Unpaid |
| B ^ |
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Bay Area Legal Aid |
Oakland |
Not stated |
W/S |
Bet Tzedek Legal Services |
Los Angeles |
Ongoing |
$500 - $5,000 |
Break the Cycle (Teenage Dating Abuse) |
Santa Monica |
February |
Unpaid |
| C ^ |
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California Indian Legal Services |
Throughout CA |
April |
$10-$14/hr |
California Lawyers For the Arts |
Santa Monica |
Spring |
Unpaid |
California Rural Legal Assistance |
San Francisco |
March |
W/S |
California Teachers Association |
Santa Fe Springs |
January |
$10-$21/hr |
California Women's Law Center |
Los Angeles |
March |
$4,000 |
Catholic Legal Immigration Network |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
Center for Governmental Studies |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
Not stated |
Center for Health Care Rights |
Los Angeles |
March |
Unpaid |
Center for Law in the Public Interest |
Los Angeles |
February |
$500 stipend |
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) |
Los Angeles |
March |
Unpaid |
Cesar Chavez Foundation |
Los Angeles |
Spring |
Unpaid |
Child Care Law Center |
San Francisco |
February |
W/S |
Children's Law Center (was Dependency Court Legal Services) |
Monterey Park |
March |
Unpaid |
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
Not stated |
Constitutional Rights Foundation |
Los Angeles |
March |
$4,000 |
Consumers Union |
San Francisco |
December |
$340/week |
| D ^ |
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Disability Rights Advocates |
Oakland |
Not stated |
Not stated |
| E ^ |
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El Rescate Legal Services |
Los Angeles |
Ongoing |
Unpaid |
Environmental Defense Center
|
Santa Barbara/Ventura, CA |
January |
Unpaid |
Environmental Defense |
Los Angeles |
April |
Salary |
| F ^ |
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Fair Housing Council of San Gabriel Valley |
Pasadena |
February |
W/S, grant |
Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights |
Santa Monica |
Ongoing |
Not stated |
| G ^ |
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Geffner & Bush |
Burbank |
Not stated |
Paid |
Glendale YWCA |
Glendale |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
| H ^ |
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Hadsell & Stormer |
Pasadena |
Not stated |
Paid |
Harriett Buhai Center For Family Law |
Los Angeles |
March |
Unpaid |
Heal the Bay |
Santa Monica |
Not stated |
W/S |
HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
Homebase |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
Homeless Action Center |
Berkeley |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
Housing Rights Center |
Los Angeles |
February |
W/S |
| I ^ |
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Inner City Law Center |
Los Angeles |
Ongoing |
Unpaid |
| J ^ |
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| K ^ |
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Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
| L ^ |
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Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund |
Los Angeles |
February |
Unpaid |
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area |
San Francisco |
January |
Not stated |
Legal Aid Association of CA (Dan Bradley) |
Throughout CA |
April |
$2,500 |
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
W/S |
Legal Aid of Orange County |
Santa Ana |
Not stated |
Not stated |
Legal Services for Children |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
Not stated |
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
Not stated |
Legal Services of Northern California |
Sacramento , CA |
February |
$8.00/hr. |
Legal Services Program for Pasadena &
San Gabriel-Pomona Valley |
Pomona |
Ongoing |
Unpaid |
Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center |
Los Angeles |
January |
Not stated |
Litt & Associates |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
Salary |
Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice |
Los Angeles |
March |
Unpaid |
Los Angeles Free Clinic |
Los Angeles |
Ongoing |
Unpaid |
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Legal Services |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
Not stated |
| M ^ |
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Mental Health Advocacy Services |
Los Angeles |
March |
Unpaid |
Mexican American Legal Defense and
Education Fund (MALDEF) |
Los Angeles |
March |
Unpaid |
Minority Fellowship in Environmental Law |
Los Angels |
January |
$5,000 |
| N ^ |
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NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund |
Los Angeles |
February |
Unpaid |
National Center for Youth Law |
Oakland |
February |
W/S |
National Health Law Program |
Los Angeles |
February |
Unpaid |
National Immigration Law Center |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
National Lawyers Guild |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
$5,000 |
National Senior Citizens' Law Center |
Los Angeles |
February |
W/S, Stipend |
Natural Resources Defense Council |
Los Angeles |
Dec. /Feb. |
Not stated |
Neighborhood Legal Center |
Los Angeles |
Open |
Unpaid |
Neighborhood Legal Services |
Paicoma |
Ongoing |
W/S, stipend |
Network Project |
Santa Monica |
Not stated |
Varies |
| O ^ |
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| P ^ |
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Pacific Institute for Women's Health |
Los Angeles |
Rolling |
W/S |
Protection & Advocacy, Inc. |
Los Angeles |
Ongoing |
Salary |
Public Advocates, Inc |
San Francisco |
March |
Unpaid |
Public Counsel |
Los Angeles |
March |
Unpaid |
Public Law Center |
Santa Ana |
Not stated |
Unpaid |
| Q ^ |
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| R ^ |
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| S ^ |
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San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services |
Pacoima |
May |
Paid, W/S |
San Pedro Community Legal Services |
San Pedro |
Not stated |
W/S |
State Bar of California |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
$20/hr. |
State PIRGs |
Nationwide |
Not stated |
Paid/Unpaid |
Sweatshop Watch |
Los Angeles |
April |
Poss. funding |
| T ^ |
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|
|
Takasugi Summer Fellowship |
Northern/So CA |
January |
$5,000 |
Taber & Voorhees |
Pasadena |
April |
$1,500/mo. |
Thomas Steel Summer Internship (National Lawyer's Guild) |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
$5,000 |
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice |
Oakland |
Fall |
Poss. stipend |
| U ^ |
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| V ^ |
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| W ^ |
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Western Center on Law and Poverty |
Los Angeles |
Fall |
Unpaid |
Western Fair Housing Council
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
April |
$3,000 |
Western Law Center for Disability Rights |
Los Angeles |
Fall |
Unpaid |
WLALA Fran Kandel Public Interest Grant |
Los Angeles |
March |
$5,000 |
Working People Law Center |
Los Angeles |
April |
W/S |
| X ^ |
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| Y ^ |
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Youth Law Center |
San Francisco |
February |
Not Stated |
| Z ^ |
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MONTH |
AGENCY |
LOCATION |
SALARY |
| DECEMBER |
|
|
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ACLU Foundation of Northern CA |
San Francisco |
$1,800 |
|
Natural Resource Defense Council |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
| JANUARY |
|
|
|
Brayton Purcell |
Novato |
Salary |
|
California Teachers Association |
Santa Fe Springs |
$10 -21/hr |
|
Consumers Union |
San Francisco |
$340/week |
|
Environmental Defense Center |
Santa Barbara/Ventura |
Unpaid |
|
Lawyers' Comm. for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
|
Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Minority Fellowship In Environmental Law |
Throughout CA |
$5,000 |
|
Takasugi Summer Fellowship |
Northern/Southern CA |
$5,000 |
| FEBRUARY |
|
|
|
Asian Pacific American Legal Center |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Break the Cycle (Teenage Dating Abuse) |
Santa Monica |
Unpaid |
|
Center for Law in the Public Interest |
Los Angeles |
$500 Stipend |
|
Child Care Law Center |
San Francisco |
W/S |
|
Fair Housing Council of San Gabriel Valley |
Pasadena |
W/S, grant |
|
HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Homebase |
San Francisco |
Unpaid |
|
Housing Rights Center |
Los Angeles |
W/S |
|
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund |
Los Angeles |
W/S |
|
Legal Services of Northern California |
Sacramento |
$8/hr. |
|
NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
National Center for Youth Law |
Oakland |
W/S |
|
National Health Law Program |
Los Angeles |
Varies |
|
Public Law Center |
Santa Ana |
Unpaid |
|
Santa Monica Baykeeper |
Marina del Rey |
Not stated |
|
Thomas Steel Summer Internship (National Lawyers Guild) |
San Francisco |
$5,000 |
|
Youth Law Center |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
| MARCH |
|
|
|
Alliance For Children's Rights |
Los Angeles |
$4,000 |
|
California Rural Legal Assistance |
San Francisco |
W/S |
|
California Women's Law Center |
Los Angeles |
$4,000 |
|
Center for Health Care Rights |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) |
Los Angeles |
W/S |
|
Constitutional Rights Foundation |
Los Angeles |
$4,000 |
|
Children's Law Center |
Monterey Park |
Unpaid |
|
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Mental Health Advocacy Services |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund & Education Fund(MALDEF) |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Public Advocates, Inc. |
San Francisco |
W/S, Stipend |
|
Public Counsel |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
WLALA Fran Kandel Public Interest Grant |
Los Angeles |
$5,000 |
| APRIL |
|
|
|
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
California Indian Legal Services |
Throughout CA |
$10 - $14/hr |
|
Communities for a Better Environment |
Huntington Park |
W/S |
|
Environmental Defense |
Los Angeles |
Salary |
|
Legal Aid Assoc. of CA(Dan Bradley) |
Throughout CA |
$2,500 |
|
Sweatshop Watch |
Los Angeles |
Possible funding |
|
Traber & Voorhees |
Pasadena |
$1,500/mo |
|
Western Fair Housing Council |
Los Angeles |
$3,000 |
|
Working Peoples Law Center |
Los Angeles |
W/S |
| MAY |
|
|
|
Homeless Action Center |
Berkeley |
Unpaid |
|
San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services |
Pacoima |
Paid |
|
State PIRGs |
Nationwide |
Paid/Unpaid |
| DEADLINE NOT SPECIFIED |
|
|
|
ACLU Foundation of Southern California |
Los Angeles |
Possible stipend |
|
Animal Legal Defense Fund |
Petaluma |
Not stated |
|
Asian Law Caucus |
San Francisco |
W/S |
|
Bay Area Legal Aid |
Oakland |
Unpaid |
|
Bet Tzedek Legal Services |
Los Angeles |
$500 - $5,000 |
|
California Lawyers for the Arts |
Santa Monica |
Unpaid |
|
Catholic Legal Immigration Network |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Center for Governmental Studies |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
|
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice |
San Francisco |
Unpaid |
|
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice |
San Francisco |
Unpaid |
|
Cesar Chavez Foundation |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
of Los Angeles |
Los Angles |
Not stated |
|
Community Legal Services |
Compton |
Not stated |
|
Disability Rights Advocates |
Oakland |
Not stated |
|
El Rescate Legal Services |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights |
Santa Monica |
Not stated |
|
Geffner & Bush |
Burbank |
Not stated |
|
Glendale YWCA |
Glendale |
Unpaid |
|
Hadsell & Stormer |
Pasadena |
Paid |
|
Heal the Bay |
Santa Monica |
W/S |
|
Inner City Law Center |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley |
San Jose |
Unpaid |
|
Lawyers for Clean Water |
Santa Monica |
W/S |
|
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
W/S |
|
Legal Aid of Orange County |
Santa Ana |
Not stated |
|
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
|
Legal Services Program for Pasadena &
San Gabriel-Pomona Valley |
Pomona |
Unpaid |
|
Litt & Associates |
Los Angeles |
$4,000 |
|
Los Angeles Free Clinic |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Legal Services |
Los Angeles |
Not stated |
|
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley |
San Jose |
Unpaid |
|
Lawyers for Clean Water |
Santa Monica |
W/S |
|
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
W/S |
|
Legal Aid of Orange County |
Santa Ana |
Not stated |
|
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children |
San Francisco |
Not stated |
|
Legal Services Program for Pasadena &
San Gabriel-Pomona Valley |
Pomona |
Unpaid |
|
Litt & Associates |
Los Angeles |
$4,000 |
|
Los Angeles Free Clinic |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Legal Services |
Los Angeles |
Not Stated |
|
National Immigration Law Center |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Neighborhood Legal Center |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County |
Paicoma |
W/S |
|
Network Project |
Santa Monica |
Varies |
|
Pacific Institute for Women's Health |
Los Angeles |
W/S |
|
Protection and Advocacy, Inc |
Los Angeles |
Salary |
|
San Pedro Community Legal Services |
San Pedro |
W/S |
|
State Bar of California |
Los Angeles |
$20/hr |
|
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice |
Oakland |
Poss. Stipend |
|
Uncommon Good |
Claremont |
$4,000 |
|
Western Center on Law and Poverty |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
|
Western Law Center for Disability Rights |
Los Angeles |
Unpaid |
