INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

WLP’s Internship Opportunities 

Women’s Law Project (WLP) is a public interest legal organization working to defend and advance the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in Pennsylvania and beyond. Using an intersectional analysis, our work centers the needs of people facing multiple forms of oppression based on sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, disability, incarceration, pregnancy, and immigration status. We leverage impact litigation, policy advocacy, public education, and direct assistance and representation to dismantle discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, eradicate institutional biases, and advance gender justice.

WLP is a hybrid workplace, and interns are expected to work in-person in either our Pittsburgh or Philadelphia office 2-3 days a week. WLP may be able to support remote internships on a limited basis, where appropriate and reasonable.

Summer Diversity Law Internship

Although WLP does not have funds to subsidize interns generally, WLP offers a summer diversity internship to support a summer intern who is from a diverse background that is underrepresented in the legal community. While this stipend is open to all summer interns, priority will be given to law student interns. For the summer of 2025, the diversity internship stipend is $7,000.

​Legal Internships

Legal interns work closely with WLP staff on a variety of gender justice issues, including reproductive rights, abortion access, pregnancy discrimination, equity in athletics, violence against women, LGBTQ equality, and court reform. Interns perform legal research and writing, help draft legal briefs and amicus briefs, communicate with clients and prospective clients, and assist attorneys with judicial bypass cases. Interns also attend weekly staff meetings and other meetings as opportunities arise.

Deadlines

WLP typically begins reviewing applications for summer internship positions after the Thanksgiving holiday, and on a rolling basis thereafter.

WLP reviews applications for interns seeking a position during the academic school year on a rolling basis. Law students who would like to intern with WLP during the school year must coordinate with their law school to receive academic credits for the work they perform as a WLP intern.

Application Process

Please send an email to jobs@womenslawproject.org with “Legal Internship” in the subject line and include all of the following documents:

  • Statement of interest noting your availability and interest in our work at WLP.
    • In the statement of interest, please describe the identities, perspectives, and experiences that you would bring to WLP that are important to you and/or relevant to our work and mission;
    • whether you are applying for the summer diversity internship stipend; if so, please note whether alternate funding is available to you and provide a description of how you might add diversity to the legal profession;
    • which office (Philadelphia or Pittsburgh) you are applying to work out of.
  • Resume
  • Contact information (email and phone) for two references (at least one academic).
  • Legal writing sample.
  • Unofficial law school transcript.

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Interns

We accept applications for full-time summer and part-time spring and fall internships on a rolling basis until capacity is filled. Please send application materials to infopitt@womenslawproject.org.

For all internship applications, please include:

  • Cover letter specifying hours/days/months of availability
  • Resume
  • Contact information (email and phone) for two references (at least one academic)
  • Sample blog post on current gender justice issue (Check out blog for examples. Please submit between 500 – 800 words max).

Thank you for sharing your talent with Women’s Law Project.

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