Job Opportunities

NELF occupies most of the top floor of a historic renovated loft building at 150 Lincoln Street in Boston. We are a small office of six full and part time staff members, assisted by several law student interns on a rotating basis.

NELF provides medical, dental and savings plan benefits to all employees, but does not have a pension plan.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTERNSHIP POSITIONS NEW ENGLAND LEGAL FOUNDATION LAW STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The New England Legal Foundation announces internship positions for the fall and spring semesters and for the summer.

Program Goals and Activities.  The New England Legal Foundation is a not-for-profit public interest law firm devoted to free enterprise, balanced economic growth and the right to rational, responsive and properly limited government.    The goals of NELF’s Law Student  Internship Program are:

1.       1. To educate law students in public interest law from a free enterprise perspective, with a focus on environmental regulation, employment law, corporate and individual rights, fees, taxes, and regulated industries;

2.       2. To provide law students with exposure to the private legal community, to provide them with legal work experience, to increase their knowledge of the law, and to build their professional confidence;

3.       3. To provide law students with experience in working for a not-for-profit public interest law firm which, in turn, exposes them to law firm operations and client and constituent interactions; and

4.       4. To increase NELF’s capacity while developing the interns’ research and writing skills.

               Law students accepted into the program work under the guidance of experienced attorneys on a variety of issues of regional and national importance which the Foundation is currently addressing.  NELF is currently seeking one or two law students for the fall and spring internships; NELF usually has two to three law students as interns during the summer.

            While each intern’s experience is unique, activities in which law student interns have participated in the past have included:

         1. Researching statutes, regulations, cases and other legal material relevant to issues and cases which NELF is addressing; writing internal memoranda of law summarizing that research;

          2. Drafting pleadings and appellate and trial court memoranda and briefs;

          3. Working on general litigation activities including discovery and court proceedings;

          4. Doing legal and other research in connection with seminar and publication topics; and

          5. Attending meetings relevant to the issues and cases on which the intern is working.

      Law student interns will be selected by NELF attorneys.  The positions are unpaid.   

Requirements.  Applicants in their second or third year of law school are preferred, although NELF will consider exceptional first-year students.

Applications.  Students who are interested in applying for an internship at NELF should send a resume, law school transcript, short writing sample, and brief cover letter to Martin J. Newhouse, President, New England Legal Foundation, 150 Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111.   Applications for the fall semester should be made by the preceding August 15.  Applications for the spring semester should be made by the preceding November 15.  Applications for the summer should be made by the preceding February 28.

To learn more about job opportunities at NELF e-mail us or apply in writing to:

New England Legal Foundation
150 Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts  02111