Global Labor Justice

Washington, DC

This is the 2027 fellowship description for this mentor organization. 

Organizational Background

Global Labor Justice (GLJ) brings strategic capacity to cross-sectoral work on global value chains and labor migration corridors. GLJ holds global corporations accountable for labor rights violations in their supply chains, advances policies and laws that protect decent work and just migration, and strengthens freedom of association, new forms of bargaining, and worker organizations. 

GLJ has a team of over 20 people, based in our Washington, D.C. office and around the world, committed to defending labor rights and building worker power in the global economy. 

GLJ’s Legal Department works to realize freedom of association, living wages, and decent work for all—centering women, migrants, and workers in the Global South. The Department brings the capacity to expand and enforce labor rights in workplaces and at the policy level, as well as to defend against retaliation. The Department seeks not only to advance campaign strategies but also to reimagine what is possible. We push for transformative changes in law and policy that raise workers’ standards and build worker power to realize and defend their rights. All of the Legal Department’s work is guided by our organizational values, including anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and gender justice, and a deep commitment to working in partnership with unions and worker organizations. We are a transnational movement of lawyers defending labor rights and building worker power in the global economy.  

Position Summary

GLJ is seeking legal interns to work with its legal department for term-time internships during Academic Year 2026-2027 and for Summer 2027. Legal work at GLJ supports worker-led campaigns to win power in the global economy. Current campaigns involve several sectors globally, including garment manufacturing, agriculture, fishing, and hospitality. Our legal team works closely with our campaign staff, partner unions, and civil society organizations to build legal strategies that advance their organizing goals.

Responsibilities

GLJ will host legal interns who will work on ongoing GLJ campaigns under the direct supervision of GLJ attorneys and campaign staff. Responsibilities include drafting factual and legal memoranda and external communications (letters to targets, press releases, etc.). 

Interns will be provided opportunities to attend educational sessions on movement lawyering and ongoing work at the organization. 

Qualifications

Applicants must currently be JD or LLM students and be able to independently secure work authorization to serve as a legal intern in the United States by the internship start date. 

Compensation

GLJ will host interns remunerated via funding from an external funder (e.g. law school or other), academic credit, or other non-monetary remuneration (e.g. credit toward bar-required pro bono hours). 

Dates and location 

For Academic Year 2026-2027 Internships, part-time internship hours to be determined by mutual agreement. 

The 2027 Summer Internship program will be in-person at Global Labor Justice’s Washington, DC office from May 31, 2027 to August 6, 2027.

Application materials

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and writing sample. 

Global Labor Justice is an equal opportunity employer. This description does not constitute an employment contract, implied or otherwise.