Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Tailor your resume to this Law Clinics (Spring semester 2027 In-House Clinics) role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL OF LAW's job description. Free.
Tailor your resume to this Law Clinics (Spring semester 2027 In-House Clinics) role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL OF LAW's job description. Free.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Law Clinics (Spring semester 2027 In-House Clinics) posting at ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL OF LAW — free, in seconds.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Law Clinics (Spring semester 2027 In-House Clinics) posting at ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL OF LAW — free, in seconds.
Responsibilities
- Represent children (newborn through 21 years of age) involved in family court and immigration court cases, in which the children are the subject of abuse or neglect allegations in New York, or are fighting deportation based on abuse or neglect in their country of origin (unaccompanied child migrants).
- Appear in family courts throughout the five boroughs and Long Island, and in Immigration Court at 26 Federal Plaza.
- Represent low-income, elderly residents of Queens County who would not otherwise have access to legal representation.
- Work on all aspects of real cases involving foreclosure defense, mortgage loan modifications, deed theft, home improvement contractor fraud, and consumer debt.
- Interview and counsel clients, draft pleadings and motions, conduct discovery and appear in court.
- Represent adults charged with misdemeanors in New York City Criminal Court.
- Handle all aspects of a client’s case including interviewing clients, reading a RAP sheet, making bail arguments at arraignment, conducting investigations, litigating discovery and other pre-trial motions, interviewing witnesses, developing mitigation memos, negotiating with prosecutors and judges, conducting hearings, and advising clients regarding immigration and other collateral consequences.
- Develop skills in client-centered advocacy, learn about how racism and white supremacy are dominant forces in the criminal legal system, and will be introduced to criminal legal reform movements in New York City.
- Represent under-served investors in securities arbitration claims involving misrepresentation, unsuitability, unauthorized trading, excessive trading (“churning”), and failure to supervise, among other claims before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
- Handle all phases of the client’s case and, thus, gain valuable practical lawyering skills such as client interviewing and counseling, negotiation and advocacy, as well as substantive legal knowledge of securities laws and the securities arbitration process.
Requirements
- Submit one application for up to 3 law clinic choices.
- Students may not withdraw and/or drop the clinic without the consent of the Professor and the Associate Dean for Student Services once an offer to participate in a clinic is accepted.
- Withdrawal from a clinic is reserved for extraordinary personal or family circumstances that prevent a student from meeting the clinic's requirements.
Skills
- Client interviewing and counseling
- Negotiation and advocacy
- Drafting pleadings and motions
- Conducting discovery
- Appearing in court
- Developing mitigation memos
- Negotiating with prosecutors and judges
- Conducting hearings
Location
- New York
Work Type
- One semester clinic
About the Company
- Child Advocacy Clinic (One semester clinic – 5 credits)
- Consumer Justice for the Elderly: Litigation Clinic (One semester clinic – 5 credits)
- Defense and Advocacy Clinic (One semester clinic – 5 credits)
- Securities Arbitration Clinic (One semester clinic – 5 credits)