Description
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is currently accepting applications for unpaid internships in Summer 2016. College and law school students, recent graduates, and graduate students with an interest in Internet and technology policy, human rights, and/or civil liberties are invited to apply.
Summer interns work closely with CDT policy experts, technologists, and attorneys on an array of civil liberties and international human rights issues related to technology and the Internet, including online free expression, electronic surveillance, digital copyright, cybersecurity, Internet governance, and consumer privacy.
We accept applications for three types of internships: legal, policy analysis, and technologist internships. Responsibilities and requirements for these positions are described below.
ABOUT CDT
CDT is a leading nonprofit public interest organization, working at the cutting edge of digital rights policy. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT engages in a variety of strategies to enhance free expression and privacy, including advocacy, public education, and research. CDT works on legislation, participates in agency rule-makings, engages in litigation, and fosters consensus-building among public interest and private sector stakeholders. CDT has offices in Washington, DC, San Francisco, and Brussels. For more information, please visit our About page.
Responsibilities
- Law students and law graduates: Interns who are current law students – or who already earned a law degree – can contribute to CDT’s work by conducting legal and policy research, drafting reports and legal analyses, assisting in the preparation of testimony, presentations, legislative proposals and briefs, and creating online educational resources.
- Policy analysts: Interns with training or experience in policy and advocacy can contribute to CDT’s work by conducting policy research, drafting reports and analyses, assisting in the preparation of testimony, presentations, and legislative proposals, and creating online educational resources.
- Technologists: Interns with technical training or experience can contribute to CDT’s work by conducting research, evaluating technical standards, drafting accessible policy papers about technical topics and reports, assisting in the preparation of testimony and legislative proposals, and designing online educational resources. Students from all technical or scientific majors and degree programs are encouraged to apply.
In a typical summer, we usually host three to five legal interns, and one to three non-legal interns.
Qualifications
Students from all majors and degree programs are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have an interest in Internet and technology policy, civil liberties and/or human rights law, strong research and writing skills, the ability to take initiative and prioritize responsibilities in a fast-paced office environment, and a strong academic record.
CDT is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
COMPENSATION
Internships are unpaid; we encourage applicants to explore public interest funding that may be available through their schools, the Google Policy Fellowship and foundations such as the Ford Foundation. To secure summer funding, you must submit an application directly to CDT in addition to any school or foundation application processes.
TO APPLY
Please send a cover letter explaining your interest in interning at CDT and your current resume to internapps@cdt.org. All selected applicants will be interviewed by telephone, during which time we may ask interviewees to submit references or a writing sample.
Due to the large number of applications, only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
Deadlines
We accept applications for summer internships from November 1 to March 15, but applications are considered on a rolling basis, and we may complete our selection process in mid-February or early March.
Please note: We ask that our interns work full-time in our offices for at least 10 weeks during the summer, starting in late May or early June. We recognize that this requirement will usually preclude interns “splitting” their summers between two employers, but have found that a 10-week internship provides the best experience for interns and their supervisors.
Please send any inquiries to internapps@cdt.org.
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