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CLA College Internships: Eligibility & How to Apply

Early-career internships intended to bring classroom learning into real client work, with coaching, cross-team exposure and room to explore professional-services paths.

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College yearCollege students · opening-specific eligibility
CompensationCheck opening
Location / arrangementCLA offices · opening-specificRole and office specific
Availability at reviewCheck current CLA early-career internship openings

Who can apply?

  • CLA's early-careers page offers internship and associate opportunities but does not state one college year, degree, GPA, term, authorization or CPA-credit rule for every internship.
  • Use a current college-level opening to establish eligibility. CLA also operates a separate high-school program, which should not be mixed into a college internship application.
  • Current opportunities can span audit, tax, digital, consulting, outsourcing, wealth advisory and industry-focused work; the selected requisition determines the actual service line and qualifications.
Easy to miss

CLA's broad early-career page establishes that college internships exist, not that every office is currently hiring or that one national eligibility rule applies.

Dates, pay & program timing

No universal cutoff confirmed

CLA directs college candidates to current openings and does not publish one nationwide internship calendar on the early-careers page. Search by role and location, then use the requisition's term and closing information.

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These details reflect the sources at the review date. An overview is not a live job offer. Check the official page for today's application status and the selected opening's written terms.

How to apply to CLA

  1. Follow Current Openings from CLA's early-careers page and select a role explicitly identified as a college internship in a location you can accept.
  2. Read the current requisition for education, graduation timing, GPA, professional-credential plans, authorization, schedule, pay and application materials.
  3. Submit through CLA's official route and prepare examples of learning quickly, serving another person's needs and producing work that someone else could review.
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How to prepare a stronger application

Pick the service line first and learn what its entry-level work looks like; a tax, digital, audit or consulting application needs a different evidence story.

Prepare one example of turning classroom knowledge into a useful result and one of asking for clarification before an error reached the next person.

Your preparation, on this device

Make it a plan.

Checking an item saves this program. These are planning prompts, not a substitute for the employer's full requirements.

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CLA: questions before applying

Which college years can apply?

CLA's overview does not set a universal class-year rule. Use the current opening's education and graduation requirements.

What do CLA interns do?

The employer describes real-life experience that brings classroom learning into work and lets interns get to know and serve clients from day one.

Where should I apply?

Use Current Openings on CLA's official careers site and select a role clearly labeled for early-career internship applicants.

Official sources & update notes

We reviewed these publisher pages on . They establish the program facts above; our preparation suggestions are independent editorial guidance.

We do not infer deadlines, remote eligibility, or guaranteed offers from older recruiting cycles. Read our editorial process.

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