Description:
Position Overview:Interns will work with lawyers committed to ensuring that every indigent child in Massachusetts had access to zealous legal representation, which incorporates a Positive Youth Development approach, in delinquency and youthful offender cases. Interns will 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, but not limited to, legal research and writing, arraignment and bail advocacy, second seating trials, pretrial investigations including visiting crime scenes, and locating and interviewing witnesses.
Qualifications:
Minimum Entrance Requirements:
Interested candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to the principle of zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, and the protection of fundamental constitutional and human rights.
Candidates must also:
- Have access to reliable transportation in order to travel to courts, clients, and investigation locations that are not easily accessible by public transportation;
- Have access to a personal computer with home internet access sufficient to work remotely
Application Information
Interested applicants should submit (1) Resume, (2) Personal Mission Statement (no more than two pages) detailing your interest in the internship, your personal qualities and background, and what draws you to this work, and (3) Writing Sample.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
Interns work directly with attorneys, investigators, and social service advocates on the following:
- Client interviews
- Arraignment and bail arguments
- Legal research
- Drafting pretrial motions, affidavits and legal memoranda
- Pretrial investigation, including visiting the locations of alleged crimes and interviewing witnesses
- Jury and bench trials in criminal cases
