Remote Summer 2025 Legal Internships at Free Speech For People

Overview

Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people by fighting for free and fair elections and against abuse of power! Free Speech For People is a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, founded in January 2010 after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. Since then, we have worked to renew our democracy and reclaim our Constitution for We the People, and not for big money and corporate interests. We’re accepting applications for 2025 summer internships in our Legal Advocacy Program.

What do we do? Our summer 2025 work will differ from past work, but will build on similar themes of our democracy work.

Fighting for free and fair elections. In 2023 and 2024, we went to trial in Texas and Arizona to challenge voter suppression laws and against an extremist organization in Colorado for intimidating voters. We also are litigating to block the dissemination of deepfake, AI-generated election disinformation in New Hampshire. We’ll continue our fight for free and fair elections in 2025.

Fighting big money in politics and corporate abuse of power. We’ve helped develop, pass, and defend cutting-edge campaign finance legislation in Minnesota, San Jose, and Seattle that ends political spending by corporations with significant ownership by foreign investors, and we’re working to help pass similar laws in several other states. We’ll continue to work with local, state, and federal legislators on bold reforms to fight big money in politics and corporate abuse of power.

Fighting corruption and abuse of power in the courts and elsewhere. In 2024, we launched our campaign to demand reform of the Supreme Court in order to restore integrity and accountability to the judiciary. We will continue our efforts to uncover and address corruption in our courts, and we will remain vigilant in challenging corruption at all levels of our government.

Who are you? We’re looking for rising 2Ls or 3Ls who are dedicated to public interest work, write well, and are excited to work for a non-profit leading cutting-edge legal initiatives to defend our democracy. Con Law (especially First Amendment) is a plus but not essential.

What will you do? You might be researching impact litigation, or working on an amicus brief, or drafting legislation, or creating educational resources. Or something totally different. But you definitely won’t just be doing doc review.

Where’s the office? We are accepting applications from students anywhere in the United States. The internship can be carried out remotely; for interns who are in or near Boston, Massachusetts, we can offer a hybrid option in our Sharon office.

When would the internship be? The internship is generally full-time for 8-12 weeks, but we would consider a split summer for an exceptional candidate.