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About the Role
The Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice (JRP) has non-paid internship openings for law students dedicated to children's issues and juvenile justice. Interns will work directly with JRP attorneys in an inter-disciplinary team with social workers, paralegals, and investigators, providing legal representation to children and adolescents in New York City Family Courts.
Responsibilities
- Legal research
- Motion writing
- Home/school visits
- Interviewing of children and caretakers
- Motion practice and trial preparation
- Other tasks as assigned
Requirements
- Current law school student in good standing
- Only 2Ls and 3L evening students can apply
- Relevant clinical program or work experience preferred
- Commitment to children's issues and juvenile justice
- Ability to deal effectively with children, adolescents, and family members
- Ability to work collaboratively in a high volume practice
- Demonstrated commitment and interest in serving racially and socioeconomically oppressed communities
- Applicants must be enrolled as a law student at any accredited institution
- Ultimately be accepted to participate in an internship program at LAS
- Demonstrate financial need
- Lack funding for their internship
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Internship
- Non-paid
Experience Level
- 2L
- 3L evening students
Education Level
- Law student
Salary/Compensations
- No salary
Benefits
- Opportunity to receive a $1,000 stipend from the Howard Rossbach fund for eligible interns
About the Company
- The Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice (JRP) provides legal representation to children, ages 0 to 21, who are before New York City Family Courts on child welfare, PINS (Persons-in-Need-of-Supervision), juvenile delinquency, and termination of parental rights petitions.
- The leadership of The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation.
- We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs.
Equal Opportunity
- As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth); gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.