Author: Lauren Hensel, COO, Leadership Initiatives (Lauren Hensel, COO, Leadership Initiatives)

Updated October 18, 2026. Leadership Initiatives, Washington, DC. Search for law internships for high school students and you’ll find long lists of programs that share one label. Look closer and they aren’t the same thing. Some are a week of lectures. Some are mock trials built around a made-up case. A smaller group puts students...

About 79% of high school students say they’d like a work-based learning experience. Only about 2% have actually completed an internship, according to survey research from American Student Assistance (now Britebound). That gap isn’t about ambition. It’s mostly about knowing where to look and what to say. Direct answer: Most high school students get a...