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Full-time law student internship
Legal Services—Summer semester
| Due to the overwhelming number of applicants, inMotion is no longer accepting applications for 2010 Summer Internships. |
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Position description
InMotion seeks law student interns for the summer. This position requires a commitment of 35 hours per week for a minimum of 10 weeks. Internships are unpaid, however interns may apply work-study, public interest law fellowship or clinical credit through their law schools to their internship. InMotion has offices in Manhattan, Bronx and Queens. Site placements will be made based on the needs of each office.
Organization description
InMotion is a non-profit agency providing free legal services to low-income women throughout New York City. Since 1993, inMotion has helped thousands of women free themselves from abusive relationships, stay in their homes and win the financial support to which they—and their children—are legally entitled. Our mission is to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of women—low-income, under-served, abused—by offering them legal services designed to foster equal access to justice and an empowered approach to life. We fulfill our mission by providing free legal services, primarily in the areas of matrimonial, family and immigration law in a way that acknowledges mutual respect, encourages personal growth, and nurtures individual and collective strength. Informed by this work, inMotion promotes policies that make our society more responsive to the legal issues confronting the women we serve. Learn more about our work and mission.
Position responsibilities
Interns work under the supervision of inMotion’s staff attorneys and legal services director. Interns’ responsibilities will vary depending on their interests and inMotion’s program needs. Assignments include substantial opportunities to work directly with clients. Interns conduct intake and assist in case assessment. They also draft responsive pleadings and motions, providing brief services to women proceeding pro se, and assist clients with securing uncontested divorces or immigration status through VAWA self-petitions and battered spouse waivers.
In addition, interns play an active role in supporting inMotion’s Summer Associate Program at major law firms, helping to staff inMotion’s CLE trainings at the beginning of the summer and assisting with updating program materials and manuals. Some interns may help to organize and conduct information sessions and outreach programs for community-based organizations on topics of interest to these groups. Others may work on on-going New York State legislative policy initiatives.
Qualifications
- Law students who have completed their first or second year of law school
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- Good interpersonal and organizational skills, self-starter, and highly motivated
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- Knowledge of family, matrimonial and/or immigration law or domestic violence helpful but not required
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- Ability to work collaboratively and independently
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- Bilingual English/Spanish a plus
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Apply for a full-time law student summer
internship at inMotion
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- Cover letter with two references
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| Please note: applications submitted without a formal cover letter and writing sample will not be considered. Only applicants being considered for the position will be contacted by inMotion. |
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| Due to the overwhelming number of applicants, inMotion is no longer accepting applications for 2010 Summer Internships. |
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