Legal Internships
Use these resources as a starting point to gain experience in the legal field & related disciplines
Opportunity Databases:
- Handshake
- Nonprofit Connection - Santa Cruz County
- UCSC Student Volunteer Center - Organization Database
- Idealist
- Volunteer Match
- Santa Cruz County Volunteer Center
- LSAC Pre-Law Summer Pathways Programs
- UCSC Undergraduate Research Opportunities Database
Local Volunteer/Internship Sites (Santa Cruz County):
- Barrios Unidos, Santa Cruz
- California Rural Legal Assistance (Santa Cruz)
- CASA of Santa Cruz County
- Friends Outside (Santa Cruz and Watsonville)
- Santa Cruz County Volunteer Initiative Program - Volunteer with County Government Services
- Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office - Neighborhood Justice Program
- Senior Citizens Legal Services
- Watsonville Law Center
Regional Volunteer/Internship Opportunities:
- East Bay Community Law Center
- East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
- San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
- IRS including IRS Criminal Investigation
- Legal Assistance for Seniors - Alameda County
- Bay Area Legal Aid
- Office of the Public Defender - Santa Clara County
- Superior Court of California – County of Santa Clara
State of California Opportunities:
- ACLU of Northern California
- California Justice Corps Program
- State of California Department of Justice
- Judicial Administration Fellow: Center for California Studies
National Opportunities:
- Public Affairs Council
- Union Jobs Clearinghouse
- Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program
- American Bar Association – Summer Research Diversity Fellowships in Law
- US Supreme Court - Internships