THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION OF THE SONIA & CELINA SOTOMAYOR JUDICIAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (PAID)

WHO: Be a current high school junior (rising senior in the summer of 2025)

WHAT: The High School Division of the Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program (The Sotomayor Program) encourages diverse and underrepresented high school students from communities among the five New York City boroughs to pursue careers in the law. Selected students will spend the summer interning for a state or federal judge in New York City while participating in supplemental educational programming, college preparation, and mentorship opportunities. The Sotomayor Program is open to and encourages applications from all eligible candidates. 

WHERE: New York, NY 

WHEN: July 2025

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm

HOW:https://www.scsjip.org/highschooldivision

BOSSGIRLS SUMMER PROGRAM (UNPAID)

WHO: Current 9th-12th graders girls and nonbinary students. 

WHAT: If you’ve ever thought about running your own business, inventing something new, or being part of a movement to create change in the world, Bossgirls is for you! You’ll join a community of other bossgirls like yourself to discover entrepreneurship. You and a team of other bossgirls will focus on a problem, come up with an innovative solution for it, research the market, compare competitors, learn how to price your product & prototype it, and create a brand around your idea. At the end of the program, you’ll pitch your idea to an audience--think Shark Tank without the sharks. All the while, you’ll get to meet  entrepreneurs & get advice from expert mentors from Standard Chartered, our program sponsor. And just so your parents know... our goal is to introduce entrepreneurship to you as not only a possible career path, but a mindset that advances any course of learning. Our curriculum puts the customer first, introducing you to a human-centered design approach to problem-solving. You’ll learn how to analyze a problem and find a business opportunity within it. Plus, having this on your resume or college application looks great! Bossgirls is a summer entrepreneurship program from the Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York (CCNY) for high school. The program is fully sponsored by Standard Chartered, as part of its Futuremakers Initiative.

WHERE: The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031

WHEN: The schedule is as follows (subject to change):

                 5 week program

                 Mondays - Thursdays 10:30am-1:30pm

                 First day: Monday, June 30, 2025

                 Last day: Thursday, July 31, 2025

DEADLINE TO APPLY: January 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM

HOW: https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/zahn/bossgirls 

FREEDOM TO READ TEEN AMBASSATOR (PAID)

WHO: 10-19 year old High school Students

WHAT: Are you interested in anti-censorship advocacy? Students ages 14-19 are invited to apply for the upcoming four-day, in-person Freedom to Read Advocacy Institute to connect with peers to discuss book challenges, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Have fun while exploring how to be an effective intellectual freedom advocate in your community. Participants will receive a $200 stipend for completing the institute and continuing to work on advocacy projects throughout the year as Freedom to Read Teen Ambassadors.

WHEN: The next Institute is during the midwinter break (February 18–21, 2025). 

          Ambassadors will then meet in-person every Tuesday until June from 5–6:30 pm

WHERE: Brooklyn Public Library

DEADLINE TO APPLY: January 31st, 2025 at 11:59 PM

HOW:  https://www.bklynlibrary.org/ftr/apply

FILM SCHOOL FRIDAYS (UNPAID) 

WHO: Current High school students ages 13-19

WHAT: Film School Fridays Drop-Ins are an opportunity for young filmmakers to connect with peer mentors and craftspeople in the entertainment industry. Sharpen your skills with us, receive tutoring support in editing, cinematography and lighting, storytelling, and screenwriting, and sit in on our Film School Friday Guest Speaker events! This is a safe space to gather, support, create, and learn.

WHERE: NYC

WHEN: Cycle 3: February 7th - March 14th, 2025, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Monday January 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM

HOW:  https://reelworks.typeform.com/to/FEq8zurL?mc_cid=94ffe1cebe&mc_eid=f1c063dcc1&typeform-source=cepp.newvisions.org

MITES SUMMER PROGRAM (UNPAID)

WHO: 11th Grade High school students.

WHAT: MITES (formerly OEOP) provides transformative experiences that bolster confidence, create lifelong community, and build an exciting, challenging foundation in STEM for highly motivated 7th–12th grade students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. Catalyzing change in STEM, our goal is to advance equity and access through hands-on programs that are free of cost to participants and their families. We strongly encourage applications from students: 

• With backgrounds underrepresented in science and engineering, identifying as African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx or Native American or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander. 

• Who are underserved, defined as coming from low socioeconomic means, which may be indicated by qualification for free/reduced lunch 

• Who are the first member of their families to attend college 

• From families with an absence of science and engineering degrees  

• From high schools with low admittance rates to top-tier colleges, especially rural or predominantly minority high schools

WHERE: 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E17-139 Cambridge, MA 02139

WHEN: Six weeks over the summer, late June through early August

            Classes, recitations, workshops, and tours on weekdays 9:00am to 5:00pm

DEADLINE TO APPLY: February 1st, 2025 at 11:59 pm

HOW: https://mites.mit.edu/discover-mites/apply-to-mites/prepare-your-application-mites-summer-and-mites-semester/