Jobs and Internships

Legal Internship

The Media Access Project (MAP) generally has openings for 2 full-time interns during the summer, and 1-2 full/part-time interns during the school year.

MAP is a non-profit, public interest law firm that has been practicing telecommunications law for more than thirty years. Its mission is to promote the public's First Amendment right to hear and be heard via the electronic media of today and tomorrow before the Federal Communications Commission, other policy-making bodies, and the Courts.

Previous interns have worked on the following projects: a petition for writ of certiarori to the Supreme Court; briefs and motions before the Federal courts of appeals, filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and helping to prepare MAP staff for Congressional testimony and policy conferences. MAP interns generally have the opportunity to attend meetings with FCC Commissioners and staff, as well as with MAPs clients in the public interest community.

Interns will gain experience in these issues and will develop a wide variety of legal research and writing skills. In previous semesters, MAP's work has focused on:

Fighting cable monopolization of broadband access
and censorship of the Internet.
Creating a new low power radio service.
Ensuring that digital television technology promotes
democracy and civic discourse.
Ensuring broadcast stations afford reasonable access
to political candidates.
Promoting full community, government, and educational
access to cable television and direct broadcast satellite outlets.
Fighting discriminatory deployment of new media.

MAP offers an informal, congenial work atmosphere and strongly encourages women and minorities to apply.

Applicants should be mature, motivated, and dependable individuals who have an interest in telecommunications law and policy issues. A small stipend may be available for the summer position to superior students unable to obtain funding elsewhere, but students should pursue independent sources of financial support. MAP has had significant practice in providing rich internship experiences and considers the mentoring and education of students as part of its core mission.

Interested persons must send a resume and a detailed cover letter describing their interest in MAP to the contact person listed below.

Contact Person:

Parul Desai
Associate Director
Media Access Project
1625 K Street, NW Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006 202-466-7656 (fax)
email: pdesai@mediaaccess.org
No direct calls, please

Communications Intern

Media Access Project (MAP), a 35 year old non public interest law firm, is seeking a communications intern for fall employment.

MAP is looking for a responsible and self directed individual who can devote 10-20 hours per week to research and write overviews of various legal and policy issues for its new website. Interns will work closely with MAP's Associate Communications Manager to draft website content and assist with various communication activities.

The internship offers a great opportunity to gain substantive work experience. The ideal candidate is an undergraduate junior/senior or graduate student in communication, political science or public policy with some knowledge of media and telecommunications policy and excellent writing and computer skills.

Media Access Project is an equal opportunity employer.

Interested persons must send a resume, writing sample, and detailed cover letter describing their interest in MAP to the contact person listed below.

Contact Person:

Benjamin Lennett
Associate Communications Manager
Media Access Project
1625 K Street, NW Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006 202-466-7656 (fax)
email: blennett@mediaaccess.org
No direct calls, please

This position is unpaid.

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