Careers & Internships

The ACLU of Northern California’s Legal Advocacy Department invites law and graduate students to apply for its Democracy, Speech & Technology Externship. Students willing to work with intensity and focus will find an externship at ACLU NorCal to be a rewarding learning experience. Qualified applicants are enthusiastic, creative, and detail-oriented; have strong research, writing, and oral communication skills; and can articulate a commitment to work for social justice and the ideals of the ACLU.

The ACLU of Northern California’s Legal Advocacy Department invites law and policy graduate students to apply for its Criminal Law & Immigration Project externship. Students willing to work with intensity and focus will find an externship at ACLU NorCal to be a rewarding learning experience. Qualified applicants are enthusiastic, creative, and detail-oriented; have strong research, writing, and oral communication skills; and can articulate a commitment to work for social justice and the ideals of the ACLU.

The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU NorCal) seeks an Individual Giving Officer to join our development team during this unprecedented time for civil rights and civil liberties. As we challenge the Trump administration’s discriminatory policies and block efforts to dismantle constitutional protections, you will play a critical role in resisting the rise in anti-democratic and authoritarian threats and actions. As part our development team, you will partner with the ACLU community of supporters—new and long-standing—to mobilize resources to advance the work of the ACLU and build stronger social justice movements regionally and nationwide.

The ACLU of Northern California is an enduring guardian of justice, fairness, equality, and freedom, working to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for all Californians. We’re looking for an Organizing Director for our San Francisco, Sacramento, or Fresno office. The Organizing Director is responsible for developing and leading implementation of the vision and strategy of the organizing, mobilization, and civic engagement/political programs of the ACLU of Northern CA. The Organizing Director also partners with staff from other departments, other California ACLUs, and ACLU National on integrated advocacy strategies. This position is supervisory, full-time, exempt, and is not represented by our union bargaining unit.

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California seeks individuals to volunteer as a Civil Liberties Intake Counselor with the Legal-Policy Department.