KIP Fall 2024 - Law Clerk Intern - National Taxpayers Union Foundation

The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid, 10-week experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers meaningful work experience at non-profits all over the country tackling some of our nation’s most pressing challenges. Throughout your internship with a partner organization, Stand Together Fellowships hosts virtual professional development sessions every Thursday from 1-5 pm ET, wherein you will be mentored by seasoned professionals as you craft a capstone project on the topic that matters most to you.  Interns will receive either a $5,500 or $3,300 stipend from Stand Together Fellowships depending on whether they are participating full-time (40 hours/week) or part-time (28 hours/week).

Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff, so we strongly encourage you to apply in advance!

About National Taxpayers Union Foundation

National Taxpayers Union Foundation is a nonpartisan research and educational organization. NTUF’s mission is to show Americans how taxes, government spending, and regulations affect them. Through data collection, analysis, and commentary, we empower citizens to engage in the critical policy debates of our time and hold elected officials accountable. To educate our target audiences, we perform incisive research and analysis on a wide range of policy issues with a particular focus on tax, technology, interstate commerce, legislative scoring, and trade. We also have a newly launched public interest litigation project that has extended our work into the judicial sphere.

About the Role

NTUF's Taxpayer Defense Center engages in public interest litigation on behalf of taxpayers, focusing on cases that challenge administrative abuses by the IRS and state tax authorities, guard against unconstitutional burdens on interstate commerce, and would roll back or end  retroactive tax increases.

The Law Clerk will assist our Taxpayer Defense Center with substantive research, authoring, and editing assistance in preparing motions and amicus curiae briefs to appellate courts and reports on important legal and economic issues relating to tax. Applicants should have completed at least one year of law school by the start of the clerkship and should have some familiarity with economic principles. Applicants should also have demonstrated interest in federal and state constitutional law and/or tax law, such as issues involving the Commerce Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and state uniformity clauses. 

Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participants and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.