MHLAC strives to protect and advance the rights of persons with mental health challenges through advocacy, litigation, education, and systemic projects. Areas of focus include family law; school exclusion and discipline; health care reform; due process rights for persons in psychiatric facilities and the community; mental health care for persons in jail; emergency room mistreatment; employment discrimination issues; and access to state services. We welcome undergraduate and graduate school students to assist us with projects and cases. Interns have the opportunity to do legal and factual research and writing and attend meetings, court and administrative proceedings.
Semester Internships
Semester internships are generally part-time, for credit (through the student’s educational institution), and take into consideration students’ class schedules. We also welcome applications for full-time semester internships.
Summer Internships
We are no longer receiving applications for summer 2023.
Only law students will be considered for summer internships; a full-time internship experience for a minimum of 10 weeks each summer. Students will receive a stipend from the MHLAC Hennessey Internship Fund in an amount to be determined depending on the number of interns hired as well as other funding considerations (such as students who receive funding via work study or public interest grants).
To apply
Please send a resume and cover letter to: Lauren Roy, Esq. at lroy@mhlac.org and specify whether you are seeking a full-time summer internship or a full-time or part-time semester internship.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee is committed to providing fair and equitable opportunities for internship, employment and promotion to qualified persons. It is the goal and intent of the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee to ensure that no person shall for reasons of race, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, disability, or Vietnam era veteran status, be excluded from fair and equitable consideration in any employment practice, including but not limited to hiring, transfer, promotion, training and compensation.