Institute for Justice Maffucci Fellowships

The Institute for Justice is seeking interns for its Maffucci Fellowship program.  Fellows work closely with IJ’s activism and coalitions team, and assist with exciting research projects, help track controversies and legislation across the country, and provide valuable administrative support to staff on a variety of tasks.  Fellows gain inimitable experience on the front lines of the fight for liberty.

The Maffucci Fellowships are full-time and the duration is flexible, with a minimum commitment of three months.  Fellows receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 that increases to $2,000 with a longer-term commitment of six months or more.  Undergraduates are encouraged to attempt to obtain academic credit for their work.  Recent graduates are also welcome to apply.  Law students should apply to our clerkship program (see below).

Candidates should possess exceptional writing skills, be attentive to detail, and have a strong commitment to individual freedom as well as a demonstrable familiarity with eminent domain abuse, free speech issues, school choice and economic liberty.

Applicants are required to submit a cover letter, resume, two letters of recommendation, and writing sample.  The writing sample must discuss one of IJ's four pillars, and be approximately 600-800 words.  Please send the materials to the attention of:

Lancée Husebo Kurcab
Outreach Coordinator
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
Email (preferred): lkurcab@ij.org

  
Application Deadline for Summer Fellowship: March 30, 2012 

Also accepting applications for Winter/Spring 2012.

No phone calls, please.

Strategic Research Intern

The Institute for Justice seeks an unpaid research intern for its strategic research program, to begin immediately.  The internship will include data collection and analysis for research projects.  The ideal candidate will have facility in mining online databases and data sources, the ability to create and manipulate spreadsheets, and persistence and good judgment in soliciting information and data from state and non-profit agencies.

Based in Arlington, Va., the Institute for Justice is the nation’s leading libertarian public interest law firm, litigating to defend property rights, economic liberty, First Amendment freedoms and school choice.  Its strategic research program is a unique initiative that combines high-quality social science and policy research with IJ’s cutting-edge litigation.

Please send a cover letter (indicating your interest in the Institute for Justice), resume and writing sample to:

Human Resource Department
Institute for Justice
901 North Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA  22203  
Email (preferred): employment@ij.org
Fax: (703) 682-9321

No phone calls, please.

Clerkships and Internships