Each year, PILI offers over 40 public interest law internships that provide excellent legal training and experience for first or second  year law students.  Interns work at one of PILI's affiliated public interest law agencies in Chicago.  PILI raises the money to fund the internships and then issues grants to its eligible host agencies.  The agencies, in turn, pay their Interns directly.   PILI ensures quality supervision by experienced lawyers at its agencies, and provides a lunch-time educational seminar program.  The Internship program encourages law students to work at --and learn about-- legal institutions that serve the public interest, and engenders a life-long commitment to public interest law and pro bono work.

PILI sponsors a Summer Internship Program for first and second year law students.  The Summer Internship program is open to law students from across the country. Each summer, PILI funds dozens of internships at public interest law agencies in the Chicago metropolitan area. Agencies hosting Summer Interns receive $5,000 to pay an Intern for 10 full-time weeks of work.  PILI ensures quality supervision by experienced lawyers at the agencies, provides a ten-week educational luncheon seminar series, and hosts social and networking events throughout the summer.  

PLEASE NOTE: 

The PILI 2008 Summer Internship application period is now closed.

For more about the PILI Summer Internship Program, click here.

PILI also sponsors a School-Year Internship Program that is limited to second and third year students from Chicago-area law schools. PILI recruits law students from area law schools for internships with one of seven public interest law agencies in the Chicago metropolitan area. Agencies hosting selected school-year Interns receive $2,500 to pay an Intern for 200 hours of work.

For more about the PILI School-Year Internship, click here.