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We welcome applications from law students interested in civil rights litigation and advocacy to work with FJI as interns, both for the summer and during the school semester.   

While assignments for each intern varies, working with FJI involves all phases of civil rights litigation. Interns will write legal research memoranda, draft discovery requests and other legal pleadings, participate in client interviews, visit clients and witnesses in prison, review and organize discovery, draft letters and public records requests, review and respond to letters from incarcerated people and their families seeking assistance, and attend hearings, trials, depositions, mediations, settlement negotiations, and oral arguments as they may occur throughout the internship. Attorney supervisors at FJI take great care to see that each student receives challenging assignments, constant supervision, and regular feedback. Because our staff is so small, we rely on interns to help us with the real legal work that our cases demand.

Applicants should have excellent research and writing skills, a desire to work in a collaborative environment, and a demonstrated interest in social justice (and in particular, representing incarcerated people). Typically, law students working as interns in the spring and fall attend South Florida-area law schools, but we regularly have applicants from around the country doing externships.

FJI may be able to provide compensation, but this is always dependent on FJI’s funding, the applicant’s prior legal experience, the length of the internship, and whether the applicant can work full or part-time. Applicants are encouraged to seek fellowships from their law schools and other outside sources. FJI also regularly works with students so that they may obtain academic credit and/or outside funding for their work. FJI has qualified as an extern clinical placement for academic credit with many leading law schools.

FJI is also looking to work with lawyers and law students who wish to obtain funded fellowships to work at FJI on specific projects, or to contribute to FJI’s general civil rights litigation work. 

All interested internship or fellowship applicants should send a résumé and cover letter in one PDF file to Dante Trevisani.

Applications are accepted year-round. Please specify which time period you are applying for (e.g. summer, fall, spring or winter), and whether you are available to work full or part-time. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to each one. No phone calls please.