Internship Opportunities

All-Aboard Project

The All-Aboard Project is an initiative to address the systemic misuse of the MCAS-Alt (Massachusetts Comprehensive
Assessment System–Alternate Assessment), which inappropriately tracks students with disabilities into less rigorous
educational pathways. Focusing on the high-need districts of Lynn, Lawrence, and Haverhill, the project combines legal
advocacy, community outreach, and policy reform to challenge discriminatory practices and empower families,
educators, and advocates to demand change.

Position Summary
The Community Organizer will play a vital role in building grassroots power and engaging families, students, educators,
and community leaders in the All-Aboard Project. This person will lead outreach, support local partnerships, and drive
community education efforts to elevate awareness of MCAS-Alt misuse and advance equity in special education
placement and access to general curriculum.

Key Responsibilities
* Design and distribute culturally relevant outreach materials to engage community stakeholders.
* Identify and build relationships with key community leaders, including parents, students, teachers, and local advocates.
* Recruit and register community participants for stakeholder workshops and events.

Qualifications
* At least 3 years of experience in grassroots organizing, community outreach, education advocacy, or related fields.
* Deep knowledge of and commitment to education equity, disability rights, and racial justice.
* Experience working directly with low-income communities, families of students with disabilities, and/or multilingual
learners.
* Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
* Bilingual/bicultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply (Spanish or other languages prevalent in Lynn,
Lawrence, and Haverhill).
* Ability to travel within Massachusetts, especially to Lynn, Lawrence, and Haverhill.

Application process

Please submit a letter of interest and resume to Jessica Wynns (hiring@cleweb.org) with the subject line: CLE Community
Organizer Application [Last Name]. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Compensation
This is a contract position. Fifteen to twenty hours a week at @$25.00 an hour with no benefits.

CLE is seeking to hire a fellow that will engage in muti-forum advocacy (administrative,
legislative, community-based, and impact cases) to ensure that students with disabilities and
multilingual learners are held to high standards. The Fellow will be provided opportunities to:
learn and work collaboratively with a team of practicing attorneys as well as CLE’s Acting
Executive Director, who has a history as a community organizer; hone legal research/writing
skills including the strategic integration of empirical evidence into legal/policy arguments; gain
strong knowledge and understanding of education statutes and civil rights law and the ability to

craft creative legal arguments in effectively advocating for student rights; and build client-
management skills to effectively assist a diverse client population. This is a one-year funded

fellowship position that has the opportunity for extension to a second year.

Qualifications
1. Third-year law student or candidate who graduated from law school within the past 30
months;
2. Robust legal research, writing and analytical skills;
3. Experience in addressing social justice concerns and working with diverse groups of
stakeholders;
4. Familiarity with inequities in public education;
5. Teaching or educational background, and other experience working with students, an
asset but not a prerequisite of hire.

Responsibilities
The Fellow will be supervised at all points by CLE staff and will have access to existing
professional development structures, including CLE’s training series covering the education
statutes, civil rights laws, and other legal areas. Specific responsibilities may include:
1. Authoring testimony/comments on proposed legislation and regulatory actions;
2. Supporting CLE’s Federal Education Actions Tracker;
3. Advancing CLE’s work to strengthen state-level civil rights remedies;

4. Working to ensure students are not inappropriately assigned to below-grade-level tracks;
5. Representing multilingual learners and students with disabilities in impact cases;
6. Providing trainings on relevant legal and educational topics to a wide range of legal and
non-legal audiences.

Application Process
Review of applications will begin immediately and hiring must occur by July 1, 2026. Please
submit a letter of interest, resume and legal writing sample by email to hiring@cleweb.org with
Subject Line: BGF Application [Last Name].

CLE is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, class,
color, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender, national origin, race, sexual orientation, or gender
identity or expression. We welcome applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and
experiences. We strive to foster a healthy, inclusive environment where all staff, clients, and
community members are valued, empowered and recognized.

Compensation and Benefits
The Fellow will receive a base salary of $67,500. Benefits include paid sick and vacation time,
health and dental insurance, short-term disability insurance, life insurance, and access to a 403(b)
retirement savings plan.

The Center for Law and Education seeks volunteer law clerks in its Boston and D.C. offices during both the academic year and the summer. Law students will have the opportunity to work on a variety of legal research and writing projects across forums (e.g., administrative, legislative, judicial) and support CLE attorneys advocating on behalf of students from low-income families. Full and part-time work is available. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Experience with education law, policy, or practice is preferred but not required.

Interested students should submit a cover letter explaining their interest, resume, and legal writing sample to Jessica Wynns (hiring@cleweb.org) to apply to the Boston office.

The Center for Law and Education seeks students who can assist us in incorporating education and social science research findings into our legal advocacy on behalf of low-income students and parents. Students will work with CLE attorneys and have the opportunity to gain an understanding of how education and social science research findings can be used in connection with legal advocacy to enforce rights under various laws governing public education. Full and part-time work is available. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Strong research, writing, and analytic skills are
preferred.

Interested students should submit a cover letter explaining their interest and a resume to Jessica Wynns (hiring@cleweb.org) to apply to the Boston office.