Internships

The Law and Media Program is pleased to announce a number of internships for Summer 2009 with public interest and for-profit organizations. They are openings where students can get valuable experience in media law, defense of the First Amendment and the protection of journalism and journalists.  Current opportunities are shown below and will be supplemented as new listings become available.  

Compensation may be available from the host organization. If not and it is a legally qualified non-profit entity or government agency, you may be eligible to receive up to $6,000 ($500 for up to 12 weeks) through the Law School’s Summer Public Interest Fellowships (SPIF).  Eligibility is based on financial need.  
  
A generous grant from the Knight Foundation also makes it possible for the Law and Media Program to fund two additional internships when the internship is unpaid and with a for-profit firm or, to supplement partial funding provided by the hiring organization for up to 12 weeks and at $500/week.  You may contact Law and Media Program Executive Director Steve Nevas for more information.

Students may sequentially serve in more than one internship and together they may be more than 12 weeks in duration.

The following internships may be available: 

Garvey, Schubert & Barer
Washington, D.C. 
Broadcast and communications law
Contact: Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq.

Media Law Resource Center
New York, N. Y.
A resource center for First Amendment defense
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Minority Media and Telecommunications Council
Washington, D.C.
A leading advocate for minority advancement in telecommunications
Contact: David Honig
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ProPublica
A substantial nonprofit newsroom in the public interest.
New York, N.Y.
ProPublica.org
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Arlington, Virginia
Provides free legal assistance to journalists
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Student Press Law Center
Arlington, Virginia
Advocates for student free press rights and provides free legal assistance to students and teachers
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Talking Points Memo
Online commentary on political events from a left point of view
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