Democracy Protection Intern - Fall 2025

Human Rights First • Undergraduate Legal Intern • Remote • 6d ago

The Democracy Protection intern will gain valuable experience in legislation tracking, policy research, coalition-building, and advocacy initiatives. Interns will have opportunities to support various Democracy Protection projects including our Democracy Watch tracker and research key extremist threat trends happening in the U.S.

How will you make a difference in the Human Rights space through this internship?

The intern will have the opportunity to receive a behind-the-scenes look at how an advocacy organization and a research team engage in this work.

They will work with a dynamic team to engage in democracy protection efforts, including tracking and mitigating legislative threats, tracking and mitigating first amendment rights abuses, and experience in advocacy strategies with multiple programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Regularly review and analyze U.S. government materials, NGO reports, and media coverage to track relevant legislative and policy developments.
Provide administrative support including scheduling meetings, organizing Hill briefings, planning travel, and tracking expenses.
Produce Democracy Protection advocacy materials, including reports, website content, blogs, Op-Eds, draft communications, social media posts, and written correspondence.
Track development, approval, and production of written materials to ensure completion in a timely fashion; proofread and edit materials, as requested
Track relevant legislation, media, floor debates, and public events, and monitor hearings

Desired Skills and Experience

Strong research, data analysis, writing and proofreading skills, and attention to detail
Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of the operations and structure of the federal government, and knowledge of state government structure a bonus
Strong project management skills, capacity to take initiative, to finish assignments under pressure, and to work collegially with others
Capacity to take on multiple tasks simultaneously, meet deadlines on assignments and function as an effective member of a team
Demonstrated interest in human rights and dedication to Human Rights First’s mission, experience with democracy policy a bonus
Proficiency with Microsoft and Google suite of systems

Education: Undergraduate degree in progress.

Compensation: Unpaid

Start Date: September 2, 2025

End Date: December 5, 2025

Time Commitment: 15-20 hours/week

Submission Deadline: July 28, 2025

Application Instructions: Resume and cover letter.