Law Student Intern – Summer 2025

Position: Law Student Intern – Summer 2025

Status: full time or part time

Location: This position can be remote or work out of TLC’s offices in Oakland or Brooklyn

Reports to: Deputy Director of Policy- Policy Team

Salary: stipend available based on need

About Transgender Law Center:

Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest national, trans-led organization working to set all people free. We champion the rights of all transgender and gender-nonconforming people to make their own choices and live freely, safely, and authentically. Prioritizing BIPOC, disabled, and HIV+ communities, we advance community-driven strategies that harness trans knowledge, power, and joy to ensure that we all not only survive but thrive at all ages and phases of life.

We pursue a multidisciplinary approach to advocacy, including nationwide policy advocacy, impact litigation, public education, and direct services. Our policy work encompasses a broad range of issues facing transgender people across the country at every level of government, including decriminalization, decarceration, and conditions of confinement. You can learn more about our work at www.transgenderlawcenter.org.

About the position: Transgender Law Center’s policy team seeks a law student as a part- or full-time legal intern for the summer of 2025 (dates are flexible). Intern will work remotely, with regular interactions through team meetings, supervision sessions, and participation in our summer intern programming. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Funding is available for those who need it. If you are seeking funding, please indicate that in your cover letter. Requests for funding will not affect your likelihood of obtaining a legal internship.

Policy internships provide law students with a unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience working in transgender rights policy. The policy intern will engage in some of the following tasks under the supervision of Transgender Law Center’s Deputy Director of Policy:

• Research and monitor laws and policies impacting transgender people across the country and provide legal analysis to Policy Team;
• Prepare materials for team and external partners analyzing how legislation and policy will impact transgender and nonbinary people;
• Participate in staff-wide calls and meetings.

Requirements:

• Enrollment in an ABA accredited law school
• Interest in transgender issues and civil rights law
• Commitment to racial and economic justice
• Strong writing and research skills
• Available to work a minimum of 12 hours a week during the summer

How to Apply: Please submit a cover letter and resume through Bamboo. Please include why you are interested in working at TLC, which position you are applying for and whether you are seeking funding. If you are seeking funding, please include any other funding sources you would also be receiving for the time period of the internship.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Transgender Law Center is proud to be an affirmative action employer. All interested individuals, including Black, indigenous, and other people of color; women and femmes; people with disabilities; and people who are transgender, intersex, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer are particularly urged to apply. For more information about Transgender Law Center please visit our website: www.transgenderlawcenter.org.