MLRC Employment Opportunities

NOTE: This page lists opportunities at MLRC only; other media law positions are listed here (long-in required).

The Media Law Resource Center (MLRC) is a nonprofit, membership organization located in New York City, specializing in media and First Amendment law. MLRC does not itself engage in litigation, but serves as a resource center for its members, who include most major publishers, newspapers and television networks, as well as the law firms that defend the media. MLRC closely monitors developments and trends in the areas of free speech, libel, privacy and the rights of journalists and reports on these developments in a variety of publications. MLRC also gives its members litigation resources, such as model briefs, jury instructions and expert witness information.

MLRC Fellowship

The MLRC Fellowship Program offers a recent law school graduate the unique opportunity to join in all MLRC projects and to contribute to and develop specific First Amendment research and/or writing projects.

The MLRC Fellowship begins in September for a period of one year. The Fellowship salary is $35,000.

Interested candidates should send a resume to jobs@medialaw.org.

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MLRC Internship Opportunities

The Media Law Resource Center accepts applications for its fall, spring and summer internship programs on an ongoing basis.

The fall and spring semester internships require students to be available a minimum of 12 hours per week. The position is unpaid, but students may be able to arrange to receive academic credit for their work. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

MLRC's summer internship program offers full-time, paid positions. Applications are accepted beginning in November.

In both programs, Interns' assignments include researching and drafting articles for the monthly MLRC MediaLawLetter, the leading publication in its field for media defense lawyers in the United States; collecting and helping to analyze data for empirical studies published quarterly in the MLRC Bulletin ; reading and editing contributions for MLRC's 50-State Surveys; summarizing briefs and other litigation materials from recent cases for MLRC's litigation support services; and assisting in responding to inquiries from lawyers, journalists, and others.

Applicants should possess excellent writing skills and an interest in First Amendment issues. Interns also need to be computer literate, with at least basic word processing skills.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume and writing sample to: David Heller, Staff Attorney, MLRC, 520 Eighth Avenue, North Tower, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10018

E-mail applications are accepted at jobs@medialaw.org .