Pipeline for Students with Disabilities

ABA Commission on Disability Rights Internship

The ABA Commission on Disability Rights is seeking talented law and undergraduate interns to work on various Commission initiatives, activities, and programs aimed at advancing disability civil rights and fostering the inclusion of law students and lawyers with disabilities in the legal profession.

ABA-Prudential Summer Internship

The summer internship program will provide interns the opportunity to work with attorneys who support the broad reach of Prudential’s businesses.

ABA-Travelers Summer Internship

The intern will work directly with experienced lawyers, conducting research, drafting briefs and motions, and observing court proceedings. The goal of the program is to develop high potential candidates into attorney positions at Travelers.

ABA-Microsoft Summer Internship

The legal intern will have a broad range of responsibilities from across the department, which may include researching legal issues impacting business strategy, drafting transactional documents, attending client meetings and product reviews, and collaborating with internal teams on cross-group projects. Get ready to overcome challenges, forge solutions, and provide direct counsel to the cutting edge of the world’s most dynamic industry.

ABA-Accenture Summer Internship

The summer law intern program will be held at Accenture’s downtown Chicago offices. The program will provide interns the opportunity to work with attorneys who support the broad reach of Accenture’s businesses.

1L Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Scholars Program

Interns, 1L law students, attend the Scholars Summit and work directly with attorneys from LCLD Member organizations.

American Association of Persons with Disabilities DC Summer Internship Program

Ten (10) week (35 hours/week), paid summer internships in a variety of offices. The AAPD provides a stipend, transportation to and from DC, and fully-accessible housing.

Bazelon Center Internship

Unpaid summer and academic year ten-week internships. 2Ls and 3Ls preferred, but outstanding 1Ls will be considered.  Summer applications open from September 1st to October 1st, and school year internship applications are due June 1st for the fall and December 1st for the spring. 

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) Summer Honors Program

Unpaid summer honors program gives students substantive practical experience investigating, medicating, and litigating civil rights cases.

King & Spalding 1L Summer Associate Diversity Scholar

Nine-week summer associate program in Atlanta and DC for second-year law students. 

Knobbe Martens 1L Diversity Scholarship Program

A 1L summer internship program in intellectual property law, with a grant of $5,000 and a potential path to a 2L summer associateship.

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 1L Diversity Summer Program

8-10 week, summer associate positions in San Francisco paid $3,654/week with a split-summer opportunity to also work at a nonprofit.

Washington Lawyer's Committee Spring and Summer Civil Rights Legal Internship Openings

Ten-week, unpaid internships in employment, housing, disability rights, immigration, and prisoners’ rights in Washington, D.C.

Fellowships

1L Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Scholars Program

ABA Business Law Section Fellows Program

BakerHostetler Diversity Fellowship Program

Disability Rights Advocates Sidney M. Wolinsky Fellowship

Fish & Richardson 1L Diversity Fellowship Program

Latham & Watkins 1L Fellowship Program

Morrison & Foerster’s 1L Diversity Fellowship Program

McAndrews Diversity in Patent Law Fellowship Program

Perkins Coie 1L Diversity Student Fellowship

Clerkships

ABA Business Law Section Diversity Clerkship