Careers & Internships

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas seeks to hire an experienced, passionate, strategic, and innovative Political Director. This position will have primary responsibility for functions related to Kansans United for Civil Liberties (the IRS Section 527 organization), managing a non-partisan and non-endorsing political program that educates voters about candidates' positions on the issues, implementing get out the vote (GOTV) programs, facilitating collaboration with critical organizational partners, leading the organization’s engagement on state and local ballot initiative campaigns, and serving as a key point of contact for current and prospective elected officials throughout the State of Kansas. The position is a full-time, salaried position and reports to the Executive Director. The position is a senior management position, part of the organization’s leadership team, and is not eligible for participation in the organization’s collective bargaining unit.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas seeks to hire an experienced, passionate, and innovative Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney to investigate and litigate civil rights cases in Kansas state and federal courts. The selected candidate will work primarily on voting rights cases, including cases to provide greater access to the polls and statutory disenfranchisement.

The Bonney Legal Fellowship is a paid summer internship in the Legal Department of the ACLU of Kansas—the civil rights litigation arm of this integrated advocacy organization. Our department uses litigation as a tool to vindicate constitutional rights, critique unacceptable government practices, and support the policy and advocacy efforts of grassroots organizers. Our efforts are focused on serving and defending reproductive rights, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, First Amendment rights, immigrant rights, voting rights, criminal justice reform, and privacy rights; with 80% of our efforts and resources dedicated to protecting voting rights and criminal justice reform in 2026.

The ACLU of Kansas now seeks a dynamic, innovative, and seasoned professional to build on the organization’s field organizing infrastructure and enhance the ACLU’s ability to achieve public policy objectives by mobilizing grassroots supporters.