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
• U.S. Department of the Treasury - Internships & Pathway Programs
• 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 - Get Involved
• California Justice Corps Program
• State of California Department of Justice
• Capital Fellows Programs: Center for California Studies 
• Public Policy Institute of California 

National Opportunities:

• Office of Public Affairs Internships - U.S. Department of Justice
• Union Jobs Clearinghouse
• LAWCHA - Labor and Working-Class History Association: Internships
• Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program
• American Bar Association – Summer Research Diversity Fellowships in Law
• US Supreme Court - Internships
• ACLU - National Opportunities
• Law, Societies & Justice Internships Database - University of Washington
• Federal Internship Finder