Current Opportunities
Student applications will be accepted from Wednesday, Feb. 20 through Feb. 27. All applications must be hand-delivered to the Externship Office and received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27.
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Available externships
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Active Externships in practice area: Criminal Defense
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Dekalb County Public Defender, Appellate   | Criminal Defense | Semester requirement: 1 SITE DESCRIPTION Criminal procedure and evidence is helpful and may be taken concurrently with the externship. Interns will work in the appellate division under the supervision of a Senior Assistant Public Defender. Students will summarize and analyze trial transcripts, research appellate issues, and draft legal memoranda and/or briefs in cases pending before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court. Interns will also attend oral arguments as their schedule permits. Interns may also be assigned research issues in connection with motions and trials. STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS Preferences:
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS A writing sample must accompany resume
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| Dekalb County Public Defender, Litigation | Criminal Defense | Semester requirement: 1 SITE DESCRIPTION STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS Prerequisites:
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NO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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| Georgia Innocence Project | Criminal Defense, Post-Conviction | Semester requirement: 1 SITE DESCRIPTION Students will work at the Georgia Innocence Project under the supervision of the Executive Director. The Georgia Innocence Project is a non-profit organization. The project reviews post-conviction cases, using new DNA technology and other scientific methods, to determine if inmates in Georgia have been wrongly convicted. This position offers students interested in criminal law - both prosecution and defense - the opportunity to be involved in the determination of cases viable for consideration by the Georgia Innocence Project. Students will review inmate correspondence to determine if the project can be of assistance. After cases are determined to be suitable for further review, each student will be assigned a specific number of cases to follow. During this stage, each student will be paired with an established criminal defense attorney. Students will follow and participate in each stage of the post-conviction process, allowing an opportunity for a hands-on learning experience. The student externs will be responsible for reading inmate mail, sending out informational packets to be completed by all inmates, reviewing information provided by inmates, conducting cases investigation, contacting state officials, and monitoring the progress of their individual caseload. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the Innocence movement in Georgia. For more information on the Georgia Innocence Project, visit our website at www.georgiainnocenceproject.org. STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS Prerequisites: Students must be organized, confident, able to follow direction, detail-oriented, assertive, able to work independently and with a team, responsible, comfortable investigating a criminal case, able to conduct complex research, and committed to public interest work. Preferences: None ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Students will be responsible for setting a firm schedule with the staff. |
| Georgia Justice Project | Criminal Defense | Semester requirement: 1 SITE DESCRIPTION Students work at the Georgia Justice Project, Inc. (GJP). The GJP provides representation to indigent criminal defendants in municipal, state and superior court (felonies as well as misdemeanors) as well as counseling, GED classes, group meetings, and employment to our clients. Students work in preparing all aspects of a case. During the semester students will assist in interviewing potential clients, gathering information from court and police personnel, visiting crime scenes, interviewing witnesses, negotiating with probation officers and district attorneys, legal research, writing and filing motions, and observing in court proceedings. Students will be supervised by one of the four project attorneys at the GJP. STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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| Southern Center for Human Rights | Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Post-Conviction | Semester requirement: 1 SITE DESCRIPTION The Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR)'s internship program provides students with hands-on training in all areas of capital and civil rights litigation and advocacy. Externs assist staff attorneys in all aspects of our work. Externs should expect to do several of the following tasks while they are at the Center: conduct legal research and draft pleadings, motions, and briefs; locate and interview witnesses; visit and interview clients; monitor court proceedings for human rights violations; represent inmates before the Alabama parole board; participate in case strategy sessions; locate, obtain, and organize documents; gather statistical data; read and digest transcripts; assist in conducting inspections of jails and prisons; conduct social science and other research; assist in locating and preparing expert witnesses; research public policy issues and prepare policy reports; and attend depositions, press conferences, court hearings, and arguments. We give our externs a great deal of responsibility, and they have been instrumental in many of our successes. We expect our externs to be committed, to work hard, to have fun, and to learn a great deal. As many of SCHR's clients are in prisons outside of the metropolitan Atlanta area, our externs are often asked to travel with attorneys, investigators, and other interns and externs throughout Georgia and Alabama. SCHR’s small staff size ensures that externs receive regular supervision and support. Upon completion of assignments, externs review their findings with the attorneys and develop follow-up action plans. The Southern Center for Human Rights is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. SCHR does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religious creed, national original, ancestry, disability, or sexual orientation. SCHR encourages applications from minorities, women and other groups that are under-represented in the legal profession.
STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS
Criminal Procedure
NO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS |
