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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