Careers

The Southern Poverty Law Center desires diverse, experienced candidates with the character, capabilities, and commitment for our challenging mission. Applicants are encouraged to apply for positions that fit their needs and abilities.

Positions include full-time and part-time employment, legal internships, and two-year fellowships. The SPLC does not offer a formal internship program for college undergraduates.

After an initial review by our Human Resources department, resumes and materials are forwarded to the appropriate departmental supervisor to be further reviewed before preliminary interviews are scheduled.

The SPLC is an equal opportunity employer. We believe everyone has something important to contribute. Respecting individual differences is an integral part of our culture, and we endeavor to make our differences work for us to achieve our mission.

Communications

This position will develop interfaces for SPLC web projects in close collaboration with backend developers.

New Media Director

Full time, Montgomery, AL

The New Media Director is SPLC’s chief online strategist and advocate.

Development

Development Direct Response Manager

Full time, Montgomery, AL
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a leading civil rights organization located in Montgomery, Alabama, seeks an experienced and creative Direct Response Manager for the Development Department.

Editorial

Teaching Tolerance seeks a dynamic, creative Managing Editor with a passion for social justice who can oversee the program’s online and print editorial initiatives, including the award-winning Teaching Tolerance magazine.

Teaching Tolerance Internship

Internship, Montgomery, AL

Internship open to local candidates only. The intern will assist in all aspects Teaching Tolerance’s publishing and curriculum work, including, but not limited to, fact-checking and research, coordinating permissions and rights for new publications, cataloging our online assets, occasionally drafting newsletter items, and helping on Teaching Tolerance projects as needed. This internship runs from January-May.

Human Resources

Director of Human Resources

Full time, Montgomery, AL

The Southern Poverty Law Center is seeking a dynamic strategically-focused and results-oriented Director of Human Resources to join our team.

IT

Senior Systems/Exchange Administrator

Full time, Montgomery, AL

The Southern Poverty Law Center, located in Montgomery, Alabama, is seeking a Senior Systems/Exchange Administrator for its Information Technology Department.

Legal

Staff Attorney—Miami Office

Full time, Miami, FL

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) works to improve educational outcomes and reduce the imprisonment of children by advocating for educational and juvenile justice reform. SPLC works to limit policies and practices that push children into the juvenile justice system; end school disciplinary practices that exclude students from public schools; stop the abuse and neglect of children in the juvenile justice system; and ensure that all child-serving systems are humane.

Staff Attorney

Full time, Montgomery, AL
The Southern Poverty Law Center seeks an attorney to join its Montgomery, Alabama office. The Center is a national non-profit organization dedicated to reducing bigotry and oppression through education and litigation. Currently, the Center’s areas of legal advocacy include juvenile justice, immigrant justice, education reform, LGBT rights, and combating hate groups.

2012 Summer Legal Intern

Internship, New Orleans, LA

The New Orleans office of the Southern Poverty Law Center offers summer internships to exceptional second-year law students who possess strong academic backgrounds, excellent research and writing skills, and a commitment to public interest law.