Justice Education Intern Spring 2027

The CCE Justice Education internship program provides a unique opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students to contribute directly and tangibly to District-wide justice reform. Ideal candidates will be passionate about systemic change within the justice system public education and outreach and must have outstanding writing editing and organizational skills.

General Responsibilities

Justice Education Interns at the Council for Court Excellence will participate in hands-on public outreach efforts that directly impact the D.C. community. CCEs justice education work includes developing guides resources and practical tools for D.C. residents to help them understand the complex nature of the legal system disseminating those resources as widely as possible and doing outreach and education to D.C. residents organizations and businesses. Specifically interns can expect to: 

• Draft website and social media content and develop outreachmaterials like one-pagers flyers etc. 
• Research and draft educational guides to increase community understanding of the civil criminal and juvenile justice systems and to improve outcomes 
• Support planning and implementation ofeducational programsincluding logistics support drafting scripts and creating trainings 
• Track and lead outreach work to various community partners including small businesses nonprofit advocacy organizations workforce development organizations job readiness programs etc. 
• Provide substantive and logistical assistance to certain CCE committees through attending meetings researching project leads and reviewing literature 
• Assist with project committees report release events and other special events as needed.

Qualifications :

Undergraduate students are eligible for CCE internships though we also welcome graduate students. Applicants should have a background inpublic education and/or communications work and an interest in one or more of the following areas: public communications civic engagement government journalism or public relations. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. Justice-impacted applicants are encouraged to apply. 

For students who are not receiving course credit or other funding for their internship CCE will provide interns with a stipend of up to $2500 depending on hours worked. CCE also covers public transportation costs to and from required meetings or events.

Availability   

CCE offers hybrid work opportunities (at our office located in downtown Washington DC in a location of your choice or some combination); we often host events in the office or in DC so we prefer locally based interns. We offer three internship sessions that align with the academic calendar: Spring (from January to May) Summer (from June to August) and Fall (from September to December). Interns must be able to work 15 to 20 hours a week or more and we will work with each candidate to find a schedule that works based on their classes and other obligations. For best placement results please apply before the closing deadline listed below for each semester. 

Application Procedure and Deadline 

Prospective interns should submit one PDF document under the resume field containing all of the following: a cover letter indicating interest and your dates and hours per week of availability a résumé and a brief writing sample on any topic (no more than three pages and an excerpt is fine).If you need to create or combine PDFs please use the website . 

Application deadlines: 

• Summer April 1 
• Fall August 1 
• Spring November 1 

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Intern