Communications Intern (Fall 2025)

Children's Law Center is seeking candidates for the 2025 Fall term.  This position is available to candidates as a hybrid role. Hybrid roles have some expectation of work in-person at Children's Law Center's office in Washington, DC. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 27th, 2025.

Who We Are

Children’s Law Center is a mission-driven organization focused on providing high-quality legal services to children and families in DC.  As an organization, we envision a world in which all children have a strong foundation of family, health and education and are free from poverty, trauma, racism and other forms of oppression. Our mission is to do this work together with DC children and families, Children’s Law Center uses the law to solve children’s urgent problems today, improve the systems that will affect their lives tomorrow and strengthen our community so that change endures.  A key part of our mission is to challenge and reduce ways in which racism and other biases – structural and interpersonal – prevent each of us, our organization and the systems in which we work from providing children a strong foundation from which to thrive.   

Our greatest assets are our people.  We recognize that people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives fuel our ability to provide the best outcomes for our clients and our community. Staff members at Children’s Law Center advance the organization’s mission through their leadership, result-oriented mindset and commitment to cultural humility.  We are looking for individuals who like to be challenged to grow both personally and professionally and value the opportunity to make a difference in their community.  Children's Law Center's continued success depends on recruiting and retaining individuals who possess and exemplify these attributes. 

Program Description

Children’s Law Center (CLC) hosts a comprehensive, hands-on internship program. Law clerk and intern positions are available during spring, summer and fall semesters. Law clerk applicants must be current law students or recent law school graduates. All positions are unpaid and can be taken for credit. Hours are flexible. Generally, spring openings are posted in October, summer positions are posted in November and fall openings are posted in May.

Children’s Law Center’s Communications team oversees the organization’s communications priorities. We utilize a variety of marketing and communications activities, including media, social media, digital communications, print collateral and more. The Communications team plays a key role in Children’s Law Center’s efforts to raise funds that ensure we can support thousands of kids and families across the District each year.  We also assist legal teams by sharing client-centered stories, create materials to help with client outreach or pro bono recruitment efforts and work to advance policy goals that benefit DC kids and families.

Position Summary

The Communications Intern duties may include, but are not limited to: Story writing (such as: participating in client interviews and drafting stories, reviewing/editing stories, and consolidating stories for our organization storybank); digital outreach (such as: assisting in developing social media content for Children’s Law Center channels, conducting social media influencer research, helping maintain and updating website, conducting Google Analytics analyses and assisting in preparing Constant Contact email newsletter outreach); media relations/public relations (such as: preparing resources and background materials including research and drafting press-related correspondence, participating in brainstorming to develop creative angles to leverage in media outreach and PR campaigns, providing thorough debriefing of PR activities); and research/reporting (such as: monitoring and reporting on online activities of relevant organizations, reporting on the performance of social media platforms for communications team, and attending relevant events such as coalition meetings or DC Council hearings/roundtables). This position will also assist with branding and printing of materials for the move to a new office in early November (to be located two blocks from current office). 

Applicants must be a current or former student or have relevant work experience in the areas of writing (e.g., fine arts, English, etc.), communications, journalism, marketing or public relations. Hours are flexible but require a minimum of 10 hours per week minimum during the fall semester. At least 1 year of higher education or relevant experience preferred. 

Application Instructions

Children's Law Center is seeking candidates for the 2025 Fall term.  This position is available to candidates as a hybrid role. Hybrid roles have some expectation of work in-person at Children's Law Center's office in Washington, DC. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 27th, 2025.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter as one PDF file via CLC's website: https://childrenslawcenter.org/get-involved/careers/law-clerks-and-interns/.  
 

Children’s Law Center is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you believe that you need accommodation to search for, or apply for, one of our positions please send an email to Jobs@ChildrensLawCenter.org. In your email, please include the accommodation you are requesting and the job title you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request.

Hybrid Working Conditions

Children’s Law Center is currently operating on a hybrid work schedule.  Employees are required to work in-person from Children’s Law Center’s office a minimum of two days per week.  At least one of these days must be either Tuesday or Wednesday.  The hybrid work schedule is subject to change based on organizational needs and/or best practices for health and safety.  Hybrid work expectations may vary depending upon role responsibilities.

Background Checks

Candidates who receive a conditional offer of employment will be subject to a background check.

EEO

Children’s Law Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for all applicants and existing employees.   We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation. We invite you to visit us here to learn more about our company and our career opportunities (https://childrenslawcenter.org/get-involved/careers/).

Our Commitment 

Children’s Law Center is dedicated to building a world that is inclusive in approach and has equal opportunities and equitable outcomes for all. Our organization is committed to developing and supporting a robustly diverse, equitable, inclusive and anti-racist community, where all members can create and feel a sense of belonging. Through our collective deliberate efforts, we work toward racial and social justice for children and families in DC.