Summer Legal Internships

Every summer, NCLC immerses a talented group of law student interns in the world of consumer law and advocacy over a productive 11-week program. We greatly appreciate the contributions of past interns and look forward to welcoming our 2025 Summer Interns.

NCLC legal interns are assigned to teams of five-to-six attorneys, which focus on litigation, non-mortgage lending (credit cards, auto student loans, and various forms of predatory loan products), mortgage lending, bankruptcy, access to utilities, and racial justice and equal economic opportunities issues. Assignments range from researching and drafting litigation memos and briefs to work on NCLC’s manuals, investigative reports, training materials, policy analyses, and articles.

We are not considering candidates for the 2025 Summer Internship.

Meet the 2024 Summer Interns

Working at NCLC has been a very meaningful and positive learning experience. I was able to work on a wide range of litigation and policy issues from class action consumer lawsuits to working on nursing home debt issues with legal service attorneys and AI regulation with federal agencies. The attorneys provided amazing mentorship and truly are experts in their respective fields.

Joshua Allen (University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law)

Working at NCLC has been a transformative experience for me. It has allowed me to develop valuable experience on a broad array of consumer law topics. Just as importantly, however, it has let me comfortably develop into a burgeoning legal professional under the tutelage of some of the brightest minds in this space. I will always be able to look back and recognize the importance that my time at NCLC had on me.

Will Stallings (Greenfield Fellow, Washington University School of Law)

The best part about working at NCLC is the people.  It’s been incredible to be surrounded by a community so dedicated to improving the lives of low-income and otherwise disadvantaged consumers.

Nora Van Horn (Rossman Fellow, Harvard Law School)

My summer at NCLC is an experience that will inform my entire legal career. It was a superb opportunity to work on a broad range of issues and gain insight into the policy making process. Most of all, it was the chance to spend time and connect with such talented, yet grounded, people that will have the most lasting impact on me professionally and personally.

Andrew Schreder (Hobbs Fellow, University of Michigan Law School)

At NCLC, I’ve had the opportunity to learn how to craft a consumer class action case not just by sitting in on meetings but by actively contributing to the legal research, strategy, and drafting. The case aims to stop the unfair practices of a company that preys on tenants with low credit scores. This is just one example of how NCLC puts its renowned expertise into action to help low-income consumers. I am so grateful to have learned from NCLC’s brilliant, kind, and supportive advocates.

Steven Rome (Harvard Law School)

Meet the 2023 Summer Interns

I helped NCLC’s Energy Unit put together materials supporting NCLC’s advocacy for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which helps connect low-income households to essential broadband service. I didn’t know much about policy advocacy before coming to NCLC, but through this project and others, I was able to learn about a whole sphere of public interest law I had never interacted with before.

Frances Maurer (Greenfield Fellow, Washington University School of Law)

While it was a little daunting at first, it’s an incredible privilege to get to spend the summer working among the nation’s experts on consumer law. I could literally walk over to one of the country’s authorities on debt collection and knock on her door to ask a question or to test out a legal theory.

Katie Osborn (University of Michigan Law School)

Working at a nonprofit was a new experience for me, and I had the opportunity to learn about both substantive consumer law issues and everything that goes into running a national nonprofit organization. I really enjoyed working with people who are so dedicated to public service and becoming part of the community at NCLC.

Myron Minn-Thu-Aye (Seton Hall Law School)

By getting to take on a wide range of projects – letters to federal agencies, working on cases, and many others – I’ve gotten exposure to a range of consumer issues, including ones I wasn’t expecting to encounter. As a future public interest attorney, I found it inspiring to see how many ways there are to create change and help people.

Alex Emmons (Yale Law School)

I worked with NCLC advocates to prepare an amicus brief digging deeply into troubling lending practices that we alleged harmed Black and Hispanic communities. It was such a meaningful experience to help fight on behalf of people whose experiences are often discounted. In the future, I want to focus on work that is as important and impactful as the work I’ve done here.

Sydney Brun-Ozuna (Hobbs Fellow, Washington and Lee University School of Law)

NCLC’s 2022 Summer Interns