ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT SPRING 2027 INTERNSHIP

ABOUT LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF

Founded in 1972 as the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, LatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP) has been a leading civil rights and social justice organization for five decades. LJP’s core issue areas include voting rights and redistricting, economic justice, immigrant rights, criminal legal system (policing and prison) reform, racial justice, leadership development, and issues related to Puerto Rico. LJP uses impact litigation, advocacy, and community education and engagement, among other strategies, to protect and advance the rights of Latinx and other communities of color. LJP is headquartered in New York City and has staff throughout California, Florida, Texas and Washington, D.C.

About The Advocacy Internship

Working under the direct supervision of the Chief of Advocacy, the Advocacy Intern will report to our New York Headquarters (HQ) and will play an important role supporting the Advocacy Department in increasing legislative and administrative initiatives in advocacy and community engagement campaigns. The Advocacy Intern will be passionate about bringing reforms meant to transform the criminal legal and immigration systems, expand voting and immigrant rights, and support economic justice campaigns. The intern will have basic knowledge of criminal, legal, and voting rights issues; and will be a strong communicator with a collaborative spirit.

General Duties

• Provides support to the Advocacy Team on issues relating to voting rights, criminal legal, economic justice and immigrant rights.
• Helps identify policy reforms that will benefit the Latinx community directly.
• Research laws and legislative amendments and proposals across a range of issue areas.
• Assists with drafting comments and memos of support or opposition across a range of issues.
• Provides administrative support for staff-run training and workshops, especially during legislative sessions, about how the legislature works, to lobby the legislature, how to