If you are interested in joining the listserv, e-mail Ana Manigat.


Internships at the Immigration Project

Summer Internships

2008 Summer Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowship for Social and Economic Justice: Filled

Academic Year Volunteer Internships

2008 Spring Internship: Filled

2008 Fall Internship: Available

National Immigration Project academic-year volunteer interns assist our staff by taking on projects involving legal research, writing amicus briefs, writing comments on proposed immigration regulations, responding to letters for incarcerated noncitizens, providing technical assistance to lawyers or legal workers around the country (depending on experience), organizing and participating in legal and legislative strategy sessions via conference call on pending issues at the national level, etc. All of our work is focused on immigration law and carried out via email, listservs, telephone, and fax. We serve as a national immigration legal back-up center and do not provide direct service to clients at our office. Hours are flexible, although we ask for a minimum commitment of ten hours per week from academic-year interns.  We give preference to applicants with experience in immigration law.

Email your cover letter and resume or any questions to Ellen Kemp. Ellen can also be contacted by phone 617-227-9727 or fax 617-227-5495.


Other Volunteer and Intern Projects

For more information on immigration-related volunteer opportunities, e-mail National Immigration Project Coordinator, Ellen Kemp. Ellen can also be contacted by phone 617-227-9727 or fax 617-227-5495.

Detention Watch Internships - Directory of Immigration Internships

The Project has joined efforts with the Detention Watch Network (DWN) to provide opportunities for students who wish to work for the rights of immigrants (both children and adults) being held in detention. This Directory was created as a Detention Watch Network Resource by: the American Bar Association’s Immigration Pro Bono Development and Bar Activation Project, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. Click the following link to access the directory. Immigration Internships - Immigration Detainee Defense Initiative Directory.

National Lawyers Guild Internships

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) offers an alternative to students who wish to volunteer in other fields of the law. Every summer, the NLG, through its Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowships, places students in various public interest law agencies. These placements range from work on death penalty cases to advocacy and organizing in low income organizations.

South Florida Internships

For the past ten years, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild has sent law students to South Florida, and more recently, to the U.S./ Mexico border to volunteer in agencies that are at the forefront in the fight for immigrants’ rights. These students have worked during winter and spring breaks with asylum seekers, detainees, and other noncitizens seeking immigration status. In this project, they employ advocacy skills in a context quite different from a clinic or classroom.  Click on the following link for more details. National Immigration Project Volunteer Project.


The New England Immigrant & Detainee Response Network 

Needs volunteers to attend public hearings on detainment and post-9/11 enforcement issues and to help with collecting other kinds of relevant background information on immigrant detainees.  For more information contact Urszula Masny-Latos, President of the Mass. NLG Chapter, at 617 227-7335 or by e-mail.


Post-9/11 Hotline

The San Francisco Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild has started a legal support hotline. If you are interested in helping with on-call intake or legal supervision for this hotline service, please visit www.nlg.org/sf/volunteer.html.

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