Application Deadline: March 1 (Applicants are encouraged to apply early.)

Position: Summer Associate based at Free Press' Washington, D.C. office
Term: 10–12 weeks, June 1 to Aug. 20 (flexible)
Stipend: Competitive stipends are possible. This is to be negotiated and will depend on an applicant’s individual circumstances and an assessment of resources from the referring educational institution.

Description: The Summer Associate will work on a range of cutting-edge, high-profile and significant legal cases and proceedings before the D.C. Circuit, other circuits, the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. There will also be some work on congressional lobbying. Free Press legal work focuses on Net Neutrality, media ownership rules, new models for journalism and public media, antitrust law, the use of spectrum, wireless consumer protections and cable television policy. Most of these projects involve briefing against the nation’s top law firms and litigators, and many of them will have a profound impact on First Amendment doctrine and policies, and on our media and Internet landscape.

About Free Press: Free Press is building a nationwide movement for media that serve the public interest. Free Press coordinates the SavetheInternet.com coalition, as well as campaigns on journalism, media ownership and public media under the umbrella of SaveTheNews.org. Free Press engages in public education campaigns, coalition building, congressional and FCC lobbying, and appellate and administrative litigation.

Contact: The Summer Associate works primarily with Free Press policy counsels, and coordinates with other members of our policy team.

How to Apply: Complete our online internship and fellowship application. Please be sure to attach a short legal writing sample (it does not need to refer to media and telecom law).

Questions? Please email Internship Director Josh Stearns.