John Garcia Legacy Summer Internship Program- CAP Program

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 has offices in New York City, Orlando, FL, and Austin, TX.

The Cesar A. Perales (CAP) Leadership Institute at LJP, sponsored by Nixon Peabody LLP, embodies three of LJP's long-term guiding principles: increasing the Latinx pipeline to law school, fostering civil rights awareness and engagement by developing future Latino leaders and engaging our youth in social justice movements. Our pipeline programs are designed for students as young as high school juniors and seniors through working professionals looking to better understand the law school application process and how to finance law school. They provide practical exercises and exposure to folks at all stages of the pipeline. Additionally, our programs provide our constituents with soft skills to better address challenges that Latinx and people of color face in academic and professional spaces. LJP’s headquarters office is located in New York City at 475 Riverside Drive in Manhattan, on 119th Street near the Columbia University Barnard College Morningside Heights campus.

THE JOHN GARCIA LEGACY SUMMER INTERNSHIP

LatinoJustice PRLDEF established the John Garcia Legacy Summer Internship Program to honor the memory and legacy of our former Director of Communications and Community Engagement, who worked at LJP from 2008 to 2018, mentoring dozens of young leaders and activists.

This Summer Internship Program Aims To Support Young People Seeking To Pursue Careers In Communications, Development And/or Community Engagement. The 8-week Program Begins In June 2024. Each Of Three (3) Interns Will Be Assigned To The CAP Leadership Institute, Communications Department, And Development Department. John Garcia Legacy Summer Interns Are Expected To Work Full-time (35 Hours/week) For Eight (8) Weeks, Receiving a Total Stipend Of $4,200.00 From LatinoJustice PRLDEF. Interns Selected Will Be Assigned As Described Below

CAP Leadership Institute- The John Garcia CAP intern will work with CAP Leadership Institute staff and community partners to plan events and conduct general programming research under the supervision of the CAP Leadership Director. The intern will be involved in all stages of planning and developing our CAP educational programming. During this internship, selected CAP Intern will be assigned department-specific projects including, but not limited to:

• Collection and analysis of data of LSAT programs
• Engage with CAP constituents, including program scholars and panelists for our Summer LAWbound™ program.
  
  

Internship Qualifications

We are proud to have a professional team deeply committed to our mission. We look to hire individuals who share our commitment, who are emotionally intelligent, emphatic, and good team players. We strive to maintain a positive, interconnected, value driven culture, where opportunities for individual and professional development are available to all. If this sounds like the kind of place you’d like to be, we invite you to apply. We are seeking:

• Energetic, motivated undergraduate students with a record of commitment to social justice work
• strong writing, research, and communications skills
• Bilingual Spanish/English is preferred but not required.
  
  

Please note: LJP staff works in hybrid model with 60% flexible remote work. At the time of this posting, this internship is designed as hybrid.