ncose
Internship: Legal (Fall 2026)
Washington, District of Columbia · Intern · Internship
Sponsorship not specified$24k-$40kDetected 20 days ago
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About the role
- ABOUT NCOSE & INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) exists because people should be free to live and love without sexual abuse and exploitation!
- The Exploitation Prevention & Advocacy Internship program enables you to participate in the ongoing work of defending human dignity.
- Internships offer a unique opportunity to combat sexual abuse and exploitation while gaining new skills through hands-on opportunities that seek to prevent exploitation before it begins.
Responsibilities
- The NCOSE Law Center, our own in-house embedded litigation law firm, has created and is spearheading the legal strategy and effort to end the sex trade as we know it within the next decade.
- NCOSE's Law Center is filing groundbreaking lawsuits, providing critical policy analysis of federal and state legislation, building networks of state-level activists, submitting amicus briefs on potentially precedent-setting cases, as well as training and mentoring the next generation of legal advocates committed to fighting sexual exploiters.
- Opportunities to develop professionally and uncover skills you didn't know you had.
Requirements
- Candidates must be mostly available during NCOSE's office hours of Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm EST in order to coordinate with the team.
- The legal internship is open to law students ONLY **
- Passionate about opposing sexual exploitation, as well as a passion for NCOSE's mission, vision and values.
- High levels of initiative, creativity, work ethic, and good judgment.
- Well-organized, self-directed, and able to complete multiple tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
- Excellent research, writing, analytical, and communication skills.
- A collaborative and team-oriented work ethic.
- Has and can bring a working laptop and charger.
Compensation
- NCOSE internships are unpaid.
- This position requires 24-40 hours per week.
- Candidates must be mostly available during NCOSE's office hours of Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm EST in order to coordinate with the team.
- Our team is in the office on M, W, & Th and remote on T & F.
- Evenings and weekends are typically not eligible for a NCOSE internship.
- This internship is at NCOSE's office headquarters in Washington, DC.
Benefits
- Legal interns are offered a small stipend based on their status as in-person or remote.
Company info
- We are typically inundated with applications.
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