2025 Spring Internship

Speech First is a nonprofit membership organization that protects students’ free speech rights on college campuses across America through advocacy, litigation and education. We are seeking part-time and full-time interns for the spring semester to assist with research and outreach as we fight back against speech-censors and woke activists on campus who don’t adhere to the First Amendment.

The right candidate will have online research and investigative skills, show demonstrated ability in organizing and analyzing data, and possess a strong commitment to free speech.

Position Responsibilities:

Research

• Assist in filing formal records requests on behalf of Speech First and track responses.
• Assist the Speech First Research Fellow with reports that focus on the coercive and censorious practices taking place on college campuses.
• Help to research on the following threats to free speech on campus: mandated diversity training, viewpoint discrimination, Title IX, bias response teams, antisemitism and anti-Jewish efforts on campus, foreign influence on college campuses, and more.
• Maintain updated data on the number and type of bias response teams at colleges across the country.
• Contribute regular content to the Speech First blog.

Outreach

• Manage logistics for Executive Director campus speaking events centered around educating students about their speech rights.
• Assist the Executive Director in finding speakers and topics for the Well Said podcast and in writing questions for Well Said guests.
• Help identify college students to feature in our Student Spotlight articles.
• Attend and represent Speech First at coalition meetings, events, and student conferences.

Required Experience

• Online research skills; policy analysis a plus
• Excellent writing skills
• Previous involvement in a student group
• Knowledge of WordPress a plus

Interested candidates should email their resume and cover letter to info@speechfirst.org.