Job Description

Title: Legal Intern/Fellow

Department: Legal

Location: Bronx, NY

Status: Part-time; schedule based on intern availability

Start Date: February 9th, 2026

About NAICA

Since 1974, NAICA has provided culturally and linguistically client-centered housing, legal, and social support services to residents of the Bronx. Our mission is to promote self-efficacy and improve the quality of life for individuals and families across New York.

NAICA’s Legal Department provides free legal services to low-income households facing eviction and those residents with immigration matters throughout the Bronx. We advise, assist, and represent tenants to prevent displacement, secure essential repairs, and ensure access to critical public benefits. Our Immigration attorney can provide advice, representation and referrals for low-income Bronx residents with immigration matters. Through direct representation, housing advocacy, and community education, NAICA serves some of New York City’s most vulnerable communities.

About the NAICA Legal Support Center

The legal support center provides advice, representation and referrals for underserved and marginalized immigrants in the Bronx. We provide free legal services and consultations in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner, working closely with clients, community partners, the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and social service providers.

Internship Summary

NAICA seeks law students to join our Legal Department as Legal Interns/Fellows during the Fall, Spring, or summer terms. Interns work directly with the Staff Attorney and gain hands-on experience in Immigration law.

This internship is ideal for students interested in civil legal services, immigration law, public interest law, and direct client advocacy.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Staff Attorney handling matters in various Immigration Courts and at Know Your Rights workshops.
• Conduct legal research and draft memos, briefs, motions, and other substantive filings.
• Draft legal correspondence.
• Shadow Staff Attorneys during proceedings.
• Attend client meetings and assist with case preparation.

Qualifications

• Open to 1L and 2L law students (full-time or evening programs).
• Strong interest in immigration law, public interest work, civil legal services, or poverty law.
• Excellent legal research, writing, and analytical skills.
• Familiarity with immigration law and previous immigration internship or clinic experience is a plus.
• Ability to work with clients from diverse backgrounds with sensitivity and professionalism.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Commitment to racial, economic, and housing justice.
• Spanish proficiency is a plus but notrequired.

Learning Outcomes

• Gain direct experience in immigration law.
• Strengthen legal research, writing, and courtroom skills.
• Develop a working understanding of immigration law.
• Learn how to support clients navigating USCIS, the court system, and any applicable public benefits.
• Build the competencies required for public interest legal practice.

Equal Opportunity Statement

NAICA is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds, including women, people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, people from low-income households, and people with lived experience in the communities we serve.

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