Internship Opportunities - Summer 2023

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Internship Opportunities - Summer 2023
The candidate will join Youth Advocacy Division. Will work with lawyers committed to ensuring that every indigent child in Massachusetts has access to zealous legal representation, which incorporates a Positive Youth Development approach in delinquency and youthful offender cases. Assist lawyers and work closely with social workers to represent juveniles. YAD provides effective representation in court as well as educational advocacy and individualized referrals to community-based resources. This unit will provide interns with a wide range of opportunities, including, legal research and writing, arraignment and bail advocacy, second seating trials, and pretrial investigations, including visiting crime scenes and locating and interviewing witnesses. Assist Youth Advocacy Division Juvenile attorneys who oversee a panel of skilled and zealous private lawyers who represent clients in two distinct types of assignments: direct appeals and screenings. These assignments arise from delinquency, youthful offender, and juvenile murder cases. We collaborate with the adult Private Counsel Criminal Post Conviction and Appeals Unit on “emerging adult” cases, where individuals were between the ages of 18 and 25 at the time the offense was committed. Have the opportunity to do legal research and writing, policy discussions, and assist in developing and implementing training. Should have a demonstrated commitment to the principle of zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, and the protection of fundamental constitutional and human rights. Must have access to reliable transportation in order to travel to courts, clients, and investigation locations that are not easily accessible by public transportation; and, Have access to a personal computer with home internet access sufficient to work remotely.

Deadline: 3/1/2023.

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