Fall 2026 Legal Intern, Reproductive Freedom Project

About the Role The ACLU seeks a Fall Legal Intern in the Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU’s National office in New York City. This position may be remote or hybrid. This position is course credit only. Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated legal students and must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship. The Team: The ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project envisions a world that respects and supports each of us in making deeply personal decisions that determine the shape of our lives: with whom to form intimate relationships, and whether, when, and how to have children. In the world we see, we can all get the health care and other resources necessary to have a child, to prevent pregnancy, or to have an abortion—regardless of where we live, our income, race, age, gender identity, immigration status or whom we love. For five decades, the ACLU has been a leader in the efforts to ensure that every person has access to affordable and stigma-free abortion care. Since the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade , the ACLU has brought dozens of lawsuits seeking to preserve and expand access to abortion. Current cases include challenges to abortion bans and restrictions in states like Arizona, Georgia, and Missouri; challenges to policies that seek to prevent people from traveling to get an abortion; and cases using new state constitutional amendments to strike abortion restrictions and expand access. The ACLU is also a leader in efforts to preserve and expand access to medication abortion and brought the case that led to the FDA lifting rules that prevented people from receiving their medication through the mail. In the current environment, the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project is challenging efforts by the Trump Administration to decimate our nation’s family planning program, and is preparing to challenge further efforts by the Trump Administration to restrict access to abortion, including efforts to restrict access to medication abo