Summer Undergraduate Internships

The LCAC invites undergraduate students to apply for internships for the summer of 2025. We will start accepting applications in October of 2024.

Interns are assigned to case teams and work closely with LCAC attorneys and mitigation specialists. Tasks that interns typically perform include:

• assisting in the investigation of the facts and circumstances of offenses;

• obtaining and analyzing documentary evidence relating to clients’ life histories;

• collecting data and completing research that inform the LCAC’s litigation;

• helping prepare for and attending court proceedings; and

• visiting clients.

The LCAC provides interns with several days of training and orientation at the beginning of the summer internship program. The LCAC also organizes weekly brown bag lunches for interns, during which staff members from other local criminal defense and social justice organizations present on a variety of topics.

Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and list of two references to Linda Cortez, at lcortez@thejusticecenter.org, with the subject line “Summer Undergraduate Intern Application.” Applications are considered on a rolling basis.

The internship requires an eight- to ten-week commitment to work in New Orleans. 

The position is unfunded.  We encourage applicants to seek financial support from their schools, if available.