Summer Legal Internship

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Summer Legal Internship Opportunities

Legal Interns assist prosecutors in the Juvenile, District, and Superior Courts and the Appeals and Training Bureau. First year law students gain experience in legal research, writing, and case preparation. Second year law students who are certified under SJC Rule 3:03 may appear in Juvenile and District Courts as a student prosecutor, supervised by an Assistant District Attorney can apply.

Work for Division : Appeals & Training Bureau

The Appeals & Training Bureau is responsible for handling all appellate matters before the Appeals

Court and the Supreme Judicial Court. This internship presents the student intern with

opportunities to develop legal writing and researching skills, with a concentration in appellate

practice. The student intern will work closely with an experienced appellate practitioner on actual

cases on appeal that are pending before the Massachusetts Appeals Court. The intern will be

responsible for reviewing the entire trial court record, researching the law pertaining to the legal

issues raised by the defendant/appellant, and drafting appellate briefs. Upon approval of the

Bureau, student interns may conduct the oral argument before the Appeals Court when the

student intern’s cases are scheduled for oral argument. There may be additional opportunities to

get involved with other aspects of post-conviction practice, such as working on motions for new

trial, drafting legal memoranda in opposition to motions, or assisting in the argument of such

post-conviction motions.

Company info

Middlesex District Attorney's Office
Aliya Khalidi
15 Commonwealth Avenue
Woburn
Massachusetts
United States 01801
Website : http://www.middlesexda.com/