Careers
Join our mission to protect and strengthen the rights and dignity of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, especially those that are most disadvantaged, the low-income, and everyone in need.
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Internships & Clerkships
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California offers internships and law clerkships for undergraduate, graduate, and law students seeking work experience at a public interest organization. Due to organizational funding constraints, the budget for our summer law clerk program has been greatly reduced. All law clerk positions for 2026 are therefore unpaid unless otherwise indicated.
Fellowships
AJSOCAL’s first-ever Mark Yoshida Public Interest Fellowship! ⚖️
Do you want to make a difference in your community with your legal degree? Do you care deeply about immigrants in our country? Want to accelerate the start of your public interest career? Then, apply to be our 2026 Mark Yoshida Fellow!
This unique Fellowship allows recent law school graduates to begin their legal career in a service-first, community minded environment, focused on serving AAPIs. Over the next two years, your legal education will be put to the test, learning from experienced immigration lawyers and dedicated community advocates at AJSOCAL.
As an AJSOCAL fellow, you will provide direct legal aid to low-income and marginalized community members to support their immigration needs. You will also learn how to apply community lawyering strategies and find creative solutions for our clients.
Applications close on February 9, 2026.
AJSOCAL happily considers requests to host individuals for fellowships, where the projects align with our areas of expertise and the fellow is able to identify their own outside source of funding.
This includes current law students from any ABA-accredited law school seeking a postgraduate fellowship that is partially or fully funded by an external source, such as a Skadden fellowship, Equal Justice Works, Justice Catalyst, Soros, or a program funded by your school.
If you would like to explore potential opportunities, please contact HR@ajsocal.org
All positions are subject to funding, and non-collective bargaining unit positions are also at will.
