The Texas Civil Rights Project uses legal advocacy to empower Texas communities and create policy change.
In its twenty-five year history, TCRP has brought thousands of strategic lawsuits, defending voting rights, fighting institutional discrimination, reforming systems of criminal justice, and protecting First Amendment values. Our efforts have helped countless low-income and otherwise marginalized Texans — and have widely advanced equality and justice.
Today — with dozens of high-caliber attorneys and professionals in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston and the Rio Grande Valley and an extensive network of pro bono counsel and community allies —TCRP is among the most influential civil rights organizations in the Lone Star State.
Fall 2016 Internships:
Legal Intern:
Interns in the legal department will assist legal managers and attorneys with drafting, reviewing and filings on legal documents in our current and potential cases. They will also assist with legal research and in charge of miscellaneous projects as needed. Our legal interns assist the Austin office with our legal intake program, where they hear firsthand accounts of possible civil rights violations in the community. We assist with providing legal referrals, conducting investigations and finally providing free legal representation on matters that will help us enact systematic change, empowering Texas communities and creating policy change. Our interns learn valuable experience identifying problems and solution to many legal situations, a skill necessary in the fields of law and public interest. They use these same skills in our Jail Mail program where they analyze correspondence from all across the state in search of civil rights violations in Texas’ prisons and jails. Interns are a crucial part of ourimportant work in the areas of: Disability rights, Voting Rights, Economic Justice, Victim’s Rights, Institutional Discrimination and Criminal Justice Reform.
For more information, please visit our website at www.texascivilrightsproject.org and send in your resume, letter of interest, three references and hours of availability to aura@texascivilrightsproject.org with the subject Bridging Disciplines Applicant – Legal.
Development Intern:
Interns in the development department will assist the development, communications and executive departments in projects that are vital to our role as a nonprofit. They learn and assist with research projects on the potential donors, events and grants that fund our organization. They assist all departments in the organization and planning of different events from “friendraisers” to our annual Bill of Rights Dinner. The great work of this organization depends on having the proper resources to help as many communities as we can in the most significant ways possible. This is where our development interns come in. They assist us tracking donations, maintaining our databases, expanding our outreach and keeping us organized. If you are interested in the in and out of nonprofits and public interest work, this internship is a must.
For more information, please visit our website at www.texascivilrightsproject.org and send in your resume, letter of interest, three references and hours of availability to aura@texascivilrightsproject.org with the subject Bridging Disciplines Applicant – Development.