Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School

Program Information

Every year, the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School accepts applications from law student and undergraduate candidates to serve as interns during the summer. Our summer program runs from late May to early August. (Note: on a case-by-case basis, we will also consider proposals for split-summers and summer schedules that begin before and/or end after the formal summer program.)

Located at the crossroads of Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, the Legal Services Center is Harvard Law School’s largest clinical placement, housing multiple clinics and providing direct legal services to hundreds of low-and-moderate income residents in the Greater Boston area each year. Our longstanding mission is to educate law students for practice and professional service while simultaneously meeting the critical legal needs of the community.

Undergraduate Summer Internship Positions

LSC also welcomes college students and recent college graduates to apply for summer internship positions. Interns are unpaid, but are welcome to seek funding from their schools or other sources. These positions entail assisting clinical professors and instructors, legal fellows, and law student interns in representing and advising low-income clients in one or several substantive areas of public interest law practice. Tasks typically include assisting with or conducting: client intakes, legal research, court records searches and filings, client correspondence, case memoranda, and record keeping. Undergraduate interns are invited to attend all of the LSC summer internship programming and events. Again, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.

Clinics accepting applications for undergraduate/recent graduate internships are: 

• Housing Law Clinic (Medical-Legal Partnership)

Once we open the application portal, candidates can apply by submitting (1) a resume, (2) a concise writing sample of 500 words or less, and (3) a cover letter that clearly states that you are an undergraduate or recent graduate applicant and identifies your top two practice-area preferences from the above list. Submit your application materials here.

For general program inquiries please contact: lscsummer@law.harvard.edu

Other Internship Opportunities

In addition to its summer internship program, the Legal Services Center sometimes welcomes college students and recent college graduates to apply for internship positions during the academic year.

The following clinical areas are currently accepting applications from candidates for undergraduate interns for the upcoming fall/spring semesters:

https://legalservicescenter.org/get-involved/internships-and-fellowships/