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OverviewFIRE offers a ten-week, paid summer internship as part of our efforts to educate students about their rights at colleges and universities. This internship gives current undergraduates the opportunity to assist FIRE in defending civil liberties on campuses across the country. FIRE interns do substantive work and participate in weekly seminars with FIRE staff and other experts on freedom of expression, due process, and much more. Interns will work at FIRE’s downtown Philadelphia office. The 2024 program will run from May 28–August 2 and interns will receive a stipend of $5,250. The internship application process opens on November 1 and will close on Friday, March 1, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. (ET).

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FIRE is excited to offer a semester-long, paid, remote program as part of our efforts to educate and empower students on American college and university campuses. This opportunity gives current undergraduates the opportunity to collaborate with FIRE in defending civil liberties on campuses across the country, while also working with our staff to create and build a personal project to promote FIRE’s mission on their own campuses.

This position is for an immediate opening and will be based in Philadelphia or Washington, D.C. FIRE operates on a hybrid work schedule that allows for a mix of in-the-office and remote work for eligible employees.

FIRE offers a 15-week, course-credited, in-semester Legal Clerkship for law students looking for hands-on experience working for a dynamic, nonpartisan, civil liberties organization. Clerks work with FIRE attorneys part-time during the academic year conducting legal research in emerging areas of law; developing arguments for active cases; preparing various litigation documents for active cases; reviewing university policies and legislative proposals; and much more. Our Legal Clerks can take one of the three tracks at FIRE: Litigation, Campus Rights Advocacy, and Student Press Freedom Initiative. For information on FIRE’s summer opportunities for law students, check out the Arthur D. Hellman Fellowship in First Amendment Litigation.

This position is for an immediate opening and will be based in either Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Washington, D.C. FIRE operates on a hybrid work schedule that allows for a mix of in-the-office and remote work for eligible employees. Fully remote work will not be considered for this position.

This position is for an immediate opening and will be based in either Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Washington, D.C. FIRE operates on a hybrid work schedule that allows for a mix of in-the-office and remote work for eligible employees. Fully remote work will not be considered for this position.

This position is for an immediate opening and will be based in either Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or Washington, D.C. FIRE operates on a hybrid work schedule that allows for a mix of in-the-office and remote work for eligible employees. Fully remote work will not be considered for this position. 

This position will be based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. FIRE operates on a hybrid work schedule that allows for a mix of in-the-office and remote work for eligible employees. Fully remote work will not be considered for this position. About FIRE Founded in 1999, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought — the most essential qualities of liberty. Please visit www.thefire.org to gain a sense of our work and mission.Job ResponsibilitiesFIRE seeks a full-time Program Officer to join our expanding Public Advocacy team, which engages in non-litigation advocacy on off-campus free speech issues. 

At FIRE, we believe that free speech makes free people. The right of the individual to speak their mind is fundamental for a free society. So we're on a mission to promote and defend free speech — and we need an entrepreneurial and enthusiastic individual who can develop and deploy strategies to empower our supporters to join FIRE in this effort. 

FIRE is seeking a Program Associate for our Strategic Partnerships team. This individual will collaborate with teams across FIRE to capitalize on opportunities, identify gaps in the marketplace, and build strategic partnerships. The Program Associate will also manage FIRE’s speakers bureau, as well as provide administrative support for evaluating partners and proposals, events and conferences, and maintain metrics for reporting.   

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This position will be based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. FIRE operates on a hybrid work schedule that allows for a mix of in-the-office and remote work for eligible employees. Fully remote work will not be considered for this position.

The Digital Communications Associate’s performance will be judged on the quantity and quality of the social content they help produce and how that content increases the public’s exposure to FIRE’s mission and messages.

FIRE is excited to offer a semester-long, paid, remote program as part of our efforts to educate and empower students on American college and university campuses. This opportunity gives current undergraduates the opportunity to create and execute a FIRE-funded free speech event on their own campus, while working with FIRE’s outreach staff.