Opportunity type
Training program
Cause areas
Animal welfare
Routes to impact
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Direct high impact on an important cause
Relevant aptitudes
Conceptual & empirical research
Political & bureaucratic
Deadline
2025-10-27
Location
Remote in USA
Description
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is offering a fully remote, paid summer 2026 clerkship for law students interested in advancing animal protection through legal work.
- 10-week, full-time program focused on litigation, legal research, and drafting documents to support animal law cases
- Work closely with experienced attorneys, participate in program meetings, and attend hearings or oral arguments
- $20/hour compensation plus paid holidays; option to structure as an unpaid externship for academic credit if preferred
- Open to current 2L or LLM students at ABA-accredited law schools who are eligible to work in the U.S.; a U.S. address is required
Apply by October 27, 2025, through the Paylocity portal. For questions, contact Senior Student Programs Attorney Kelly Levenda at klevenda@aldf.org.
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