Clerkship, Animal Legal Education and Scholarship Program (Summer 2026)

Clerkship, Animal Legal Education and Scholarship Program (Summer 2026)

Opportunity type
Internship
Cause areas
Animal welfare
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Skill set
Research
Communicator
Academia
Organization building, boosting & running
Deadline
2026-04-06
Location
Fully Remote (U.S.-based position; must provide a U.S. address)
Description
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is offering a fully remote, paid summer 2026 clerkship for law students interested in advancing animal law through research, writing, and program support.
  • 10-week, full-time internship focused on legal and policy research for an upcoming Aquatic Animal Law & Policy Textbook, as well as curriculum and event planning for student chapters.
  • $20/hour compensation plus paid holidays; applicants must be rising 3Ls or LLM students at an ABA-accredited law school and eligible to work in the U.S.
  • Responsibilities include legal research, editing, preparing written work, compiling course materials, and supporting outreach and event planning.
  • U.S.-based remote work; applicants must provide a U.S. address and have access to a computer with internet and Microsoft Suite.
Apply via the Paylocity portal by April 6, 2026. Questions can be directed to Senior Student Programs Attorney Kelly Levenda at klevenda@aldf.org.
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