September 29 (midnight PT) September 30 (3AM ET) APPLICATION DEADLINE for 2026 Summer Internship with the Center for Constitutional Rights

We're Hiring! Applications are open for the 2026 Ella Baker Summer Internship Program

Applications are now open for the 2026 Ella Baker Summer Internship Program!

We created the Ella Baker Summer Internship Program in 1987 to honor the legacy of Ella Baker, a hero of the civil rights movement, and to train the next generation of social justice lawyers. Through our program, interns gain practical litigation experience and sharpen their theoretical understanding of the relationship between social change, organizing, and lawyering.

Interns will work under the direct supervision of Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys and others on our cases and projects. Interns’ responsibilities will include legal research and writing in support of our litigation, and may include factual investigation, client and witness interviews, policy/legislative research, participation in client and community meetings, and opportunities to attend court proceedings.

The internship will run from Tuesday, June 2, 2026, to Friday, August 7, 2026. The internship has the option of being hybrid or fully remote. Students must have completed their second year of law school by summer of 2026. The Center for Constitutional Rights does not accept law graduates in the Ella Baker program.

Applications are open now until September 29, 2025 at midnight PST. 

Learn more about the program, and how to apply, on our website.