The Center for Public Health Law Research is offering internship opportunities for law students for the Spring and Summer 2026. We are accepting application materials now, on a rolling basis until February 6, 2026.
See program and application details for each opportunity below. Please indicate which internship you are interested in (or both) in the cover letter, and when you are available to start.
For the Spring and Summer 2026, CPHLR is looking to fill paid internship positions in connection with the JoAnne A. Epps Fellowship in Drug Policy and Substance Use Treatment, a collaboration between Temple Law School and Jefferson University, which will primarily be supervised by Evan Anderson, JD, PhD, Associate Professor at Jefferson University and inaugural Drug Policy and Substance Use Treatment Fellow leading this partnership. Positions will begin as soon as possible. Interns working with Professor Anderson will conduct legal research and qualitative interviews on specific projects related to legal barriers to supporting Philadelphia's most vulnerable populations, including those with substance use disorders or serious mental illness.
The Center for Public Health Law Research is looking to fill positions within our Summer 2026 internship cohort (paid, unpaid, work study, or academic credit) through which interns will learn about legal epidemiology and conduct policy surveillance. Legal interns may conduct legal research using legal databases and state legislative resources; conceptualize the scope of research projects on emerging public health law issues; and collaborate with Center staff to perform other research, writing, and collaborative tasks such as writing policy memoranda, research protocols, and other materials that accompany and synthesize the research. The Center’s current research projects focus on some of the most critical issues in public health law, including the regulation of sexual and reproductive health, drug policy, state paid leave laws, and structural racism.
