2025 Summer Archives Internship, Legal Defense Fund (New York, NY)
Posted May 28, 2025
Job Description
LDF is seeking a current or recent graduate student in Library and Information Studies for a Summer 2025 Archives Internship. Working closely with LDF archivists, the Archives Intern will primarily assist with surveying, arranging, and describing physical and digital records related to the ongoing fight for racial justice. The intern may also assist with tasks such as research for the LDF Oral History Project, curating content for the Archives website, ingesting files into Preservica, assisting with developing or updating archives policies and procedures, general research and writing about LDF’s history, and other projects. This internship will be a great fit for a collaborative and detail-oriented student interested in legal history and archival program development at a dynamic nonprofit organization. Interns are required to be onsite at the LDF NYC office on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
Position Duties
- Building and managing an archival repository of LDF’s historic records
- Providing library services including research support, and coordinating the process by which records become part of the LDF Archives
- LDF is undertaking a major effort to organize, preserve, digitize, and create a website featuring a substantial portion of our 8,000 boxes of rich historical case files and institutional records
Qualifications
- Current or recent Master of Science in Library and Information Studies student with a specialization in archives
- Understanding of basic principles of archival appraisal, arrangement, and description.
- Strong project management skills; and
- Commitment to the racial justice mission of LDF.
Hours & Compensation
- Seasonal, 120 hours total, $20 per hour.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, applicants must submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample. Click here to apply. The deadline for submission is June 6, 2025.