Paid Liberty-Driven Public Interest Law Clerk (Summer)

Pacific Legal Group; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transportation benefits

Wellness leave

Job summary

Pacific Legal Foundation in the DC area offers a Summer Clerk Program, a full-time, paid internship that immerses you in active litigation. You will perform legal research and writing while studying constitutional and philosophical frameworks of liberty under experienced supervision.

The program runs June 2–August 20, 2026, with an Opening Summit in our DC Office. Clerks work from our Arlington, Virginia location at times and receive transportation benefits and wellness leave.

Qualifications

• One to two years of law school completed by the spring or summer of 2026.
• Excellent writing and legal research skills.
• A demonstrated interest in the philosophical and constitutional principles of individual liberty.

Responsibilities

• Drafting legal memoranda on research questions for active trial and appellate litigation.
• Assisting in drafting motions and briefs before federal and state courts.
• Contributing to the discovery process across all four of our practice areas.

Skills

Legal writing

Legal research

Interest in liberty

Education

Law school (1–2 yrs)

Job description

Pacific Legal Foundation in the DC area offers a Summer Clerk Program, a full-time, paid internship that immerses you in active litigation. You will perform legal research and writing while studying constitutional and philosophical frameworks of liberty under experienced supervision.

The program runs June 2–August 20, 2026, with an Opening Summit in our DC Office. Clerks work from our Arlington, Virginia location at times and receive transportation benefits and wellness leave.