Thank you for your interest in advocating alongside farmworkers in Michigan.
Pro Bono / Volunteer
FLS welcomes volunteer attorneys, graphic designers, and students. If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions, please send your resume and availability to fls@farmworkerlaw.org with "Volunteer" in the subject line.
Open Positions
- Employment and Trafficking Staff Attorney (Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, or Ypsilanti)
- FLS Summer Law Clerk
- Immigration and Trafficking Staff Attorney (Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, or Ypsilanti)
- Supervising Attorney (Kalamazoo)
- Temporary Outreach Worker (Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, or Ypsilanti)
Summer and Temporary Positions
Every summer, FLS hires law students, undergraduates, and outreach staff (generally mid-May through early August); however, FLS may also consider internships or externships throughout the year. Apply for open positions through the links above. If you have questions about internships/externships or part-time employment during the school year, email fls@farmworkerlaw.org.
Interns can expect a highly educational and rewarding summer experience as they work alongside Michigan's farmworker and immigrant communities and FLS staff. General responsibilities consist of client communication, case support, collaboration with agencies that serve farmworker communities, and development and presentation of community legal education materials. Summer staff can expect to visit with farmworkers at farmworker housing two to three evenings per week during the summer outreach season. Staff are expected to communicate with clients in English and Spanish orally and in writing; and candidates with Spanish, Haitian Creole, and indigenous language skills are strongly preferred.
Law students are considered members of the FLS legal team and perform work that FLS attorneys would normally handle. Legal interns will have the opportunity to complete legal research and writing, assist with discovery, interview clients, analyze cases, and present to community groups. Legal interns may also, under the supervision of an attorney, engage in negotiations, represent clients in administrative proceedings, file immigration applications, and attend hearings in federal or state cases. Legal interns also are expected to go on outreach to meet with clients and provide know-your-rights presentations to workers at migrant labor camps and community events.
- Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps JD (formerly Summer Corps). Availability of funding depends on EJW's current priority areas.
- Equal Justice America Legal Services Fellowships
- PSJD compiles a list of many summer funding resources.
- Many law schools have their own summer public interest fellowships.
Guillermo Martinez Memorial Interns
As of 2021, an intern can also seek employment at FLS under the Guillermo Martinez Memorial Internship Program. The Guillermo Martinez Memorial Internship is an 8-to-10-week-long paid internship at Michigan Advocacy Program, likely within the farmworker advocacy unit of Farmworker Legal Services, to memorialize Guillermo’s lasting contributions to the cause of farmworker legal advocacy in Michigan. Bilingual college-bound, college, graduate, and law students or recent graduates who are bilingual in Spanish and English and have a farmworker background and strong interest in advocating alongside farmworkers in Michigan are encouraged to apply. This internship honors Guillermo Martinez, who was an invaluable member of the Michigan Advocacy Program governing board and the Farmworker Legal Services advisory board until his untimely death in July 2020. The dual objectives of this internship are: (1) to develop leadership potential from within farmworker communities by providing hands-on professional advocacy experience and tutelage to committed students; and (2) to enhance the ability of the farmworker advocacy programs to effectively serve Michigan farmworkers. For more information about the Guillermo Martinez Memorial Internship, click this link.