Senior Partners for Justice, a unique pro bono initiative at the Volunteer Lawyers Project, is pleased to offer an internship program for law students who want to provide critical assistance to low-income clients while gaining hands-on experience in the family court.
ABOUT SENIOR PARTNERS FOR JUSTICE
Founded in 2002 by Hon. Edward M. Ginsburg, a retired justice of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court, Senior Partners for Justice (www.spfj.org) includes practitioners of all levels of experience, from retired attorneys and judges to new bar admittees and law students, who handle family law and other matters pro bono for low-income clients who would otherwise go unrepresented.
ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Interns are placed in the Suffolk, Middlesex, and Norfolk Probate and Family Courts, working directly alongside courthouse staff. This is an unpaid, non-credit internship, but it offers invaluable experience and a flexible schedule that can fit around other commitments.
The program is offered in the summer, fall, and spring semesters and runs for approximately ten weeks. We ask interns to spend at least one full day (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or two half days, preferably mornings, at their courthouse each week.
The nature of the internship is a little different at each court:
• At Suffolk (located near North Station and Government Center), interns staff the very busy Register’s office and have the chance to help the Lawyer for the Day and observe court proceedings.
• At Middlesex (located in East Cambridge, at the Lechmere stop of the Green Line), interns rotate between different departments, gaining broad exposure to areas including Divorce and Paternity.
• At Norfolk (located in Canton, accessible only by car), interns work directly with the court staff members who assist unrepresented litigants, and they have a chance for more one-on-one interaction at a less busy court.
All participants in the internship program will receive support from the Senior Partners staff and invitations to trainings, luncheons, and other events through Senior Partners and VLP.
REGISTRATION
If you have questions or would like to sign up, please contact Dyana Boxley at 617-423-0648 x129 or dboxley@vlpnet.org and indicate which days you are available and which courts you prefer. You may also sign up online at http://vlpspj.wufoo.com/forms/pro-bono-internship-in-the-probate-family-court/. The Fall 2010 internship will run from approximately September 13th to December 3rd.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy--Law Clerk (Work Study Position)
The Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy (Center) at New England Law Boston’s Center for Law and Social Responsibility is seeking current day or evening students who have completed their first full year to work part-time (10-20 hours/week) during the fall ($10.00/hour).
The Center works with the New York State Department of Health and communities around New York to develop policies to reduce the availability of tobacco products, protect non-smokers from secondhand smoke, and minimize or remove tobacco advertising. The Center is directed by Professor Berman.
Duties:
* Assist with legal and policy research projects by conducting research, drafting memoranda, creating fact sheets, and working on policy reports
* Assist with workshop preparation and logistics
* Other items as assigned by the Center’s director, assistant director, or center administrator
Preference will be given to those students showing a sincere interest in public health law or public interest law.
Please contact Financial Aid to determine work-study eligibility.
Interested students should e-mail a resume, writing sample, (unofficial) transcript, and a brief statement explaining their interest in working at the Center to tobacco@nesl.edu.
Deadline for applications is Monday, August 30, 2010. Interviews will be conducted the week of August 30.
Any students who would be interested in volunteering with the Center for at least 5 hours a week are encouraged to send an email to tobacco@nesl.edu expressing their interest and availability. Students who volunteer with the Center are eligible for the Public Service Transcript Notation Program.
The Center works with the New York State Department of Health and communities around New York to develop policies to reduce the availability of tobacco products, protect non-smokers from secondhand smoke, and minimize or remove tobacco advertising. The Center is directed by Professor Berman.
Duties:
* Assist with legal and policy research projects by conducting research, drafting memoranda, creating fact sheets, and working on policy reports
* Assist with workshop preparation and logistics
* Other items as assigned by the Center’s director, assistant director, or center administrator
Preference will be given to those students showing a sincere interest in public health law or public interest law.
Please contact Financial Aid to determine work-study eligibility.
Interested students should e-mail a resume, writing sample, (unofficial) transcript, and a brief statement explaining their interest in working at the Center to tobacco@nesl.edu.
Deadline for applications is Monday, August 30, 2010. Interviews will be conducted the week of August 30.
Any students who would be interested in volunteering with the Center for at least 5 hours a week are encouraged to send an email to tobacco@nesl.edu expressing their interest and availability. Students who volunteer with the Center are eligible for the Public Service Transcript Notation Program.
Hanna S. Cohn Equal Justice Fellowship
Applications are currently being accepted from students entering their third year of law school for the Hanna S. Cohn Equal Justice Fellowship-an exciting, two-year, public interest fellowship opportunity. The Fellowship is a full-time position.
The Fellow will be placed at the Empire Justice Center, a statewide, multi-issue, multi-strategy non-profit law firm focused on changing the “systems” within which poor and low income families live. The Fellow will work with advocates in Empire Justice Center’s Rochester, New York office representing low-income clients in complex areas of litigation and other types of advocacy.
The Fellowship is being funded in memory of Hanna S. Cohn, a remarkable attorney who began her 25-year career in poverty law as a public interest fellow. Hanna was the Executive Director of Volunteer Legal Services Project (VLSP) a pro bono program that, because of Hanna’s leadership, is recognized as one of the best of its kind in the country.
Applications for the term beginning September 2011 and ending August 2013 are available for download at http://www.empirejustice.org/. The direct link to the application is: http://www.empirejustice.org/assets/pdf/press-release/hanna-s-cohn-fellowship-2.pdf
The Fellow will be placed at the Empire Justice Center, a statewide, multi-issue, multi-strategy non-profit law firm focused on changing the “systems” within which poor and low income families live. The Fellow will work with advocates in Empire Justice Center’s Rochester, New York office representing low-income clients in complex areas of litigation and other types of advocacy.
The Fellowship is being funded in memory of Hanna S. Cohn, a remarkable attorney who began her 25-year career in poverty law as a public interest fellow. Hanna was the Executive Director of Volunteer Legal Services Project (VLSP) a pro bono program that, because of Hanna’s leadership, is recognized as one of the best of its kind in the country.
Applications for the term beginning September 2011 and ending August 2013 are available for download at http://www.empirejustice.org/. The direct link to the application is: http://www.empirejustice.org/assets/pdf/press-release/hanna-s-cohn-fellowship-2.pdf
