Job Announcement:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Summer Internships (Summer 2012)
LANC offices across North Carolina
Job #423
Background:
Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) is seeking applications for
the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Summer (MLK) Internships for Summer
2012. Each summer, LANC awards paid internships to current law
students to participate in LANC's legal services work over the
traditional 10-week summer internship period. For summer 2012, LANC
plans to place one MLK intern in each of the following LANC field
offices:
4Ahoskie
Office 4Morganton
Office
4Asheville
Office 4New
Bern Office
4Charlotte
Office 4Pembroke
Office
4Concord
Office
4Pittsboro
Office
4Durham
Office
4Raleigh
Office
4Fayetteville
Office 4Sylva
Office
4Gastonia
Office 4Wilmington
Office
4Greensboro
Office 4Wilson
Office
4Greenville
Office
4Winston-Salem
Office
LANC also plans to place a MLK intern in each of the offices
of the following LANC project units:
4Advocates for Children Services (Durham)
4Battered
Immigrant Project (Charlotte)
4Battered
Immigrant Project (Raleigh)
4Farmworker Unit
(Raleigh).
4Medical-Legal Partnership for Children
(Durham)
The MLK Internship Program is an integral part of the LANC's dual goals to:
(1) reduce the inequities in our legal system by ensuring that poor
people, minorities and victims of domestic violence receive equal
justice; and (2) to initiate new lawyers to the lifelong commitment
of providing access to justice for all individuals regardless of
their ability to pay. The summer internship program is named in
honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and is funded in part by
contributions from the North Carolina Bar Association and Lawyers
Mutual Liability Insurance Company.
LANC is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in
civil matters to those whose income falls below 125% of the federal
poverty guidelines. LANC operates in all 100 counties through 24
geographically based offices and also operates seven statewide
project units that focus on special areas of the law. Depending on
the casework demand at any particular time, the LANC offices and
statewide projects litigate cases in civil matters and practice
extensively in the state, federal and tribal courts.
Responsibilities & Duties:
The MLK Internship Program places talented law students into the
real world of legal aid advocacy in order to work on actual cases. MLK interns experience client contact, courtroom participation and
legal research and writing on actual cases under the supervision of
seasoned legal aid attorneys. Each day of the fellowship, MLK
interns are challenged to put classroom training and talent to work
on behalf of the many needy individuals that LANC serves and to work
creatively to reduce the barriers to a more just society.
Qualifications:
Current law student, preferably 2L. Applicants will be expected to
have a strong interest in poverty law and to be able to relate well
to low-income people.
Stipend:
A stipend of $3,500 based on a 10-week summer internship.
On-Campus Interviews:
Second year students (2L's) interested in applying for one of the
MLK Internship positions should send a resume and a cover letter
(explaining his/her interest in the internship) to his/her career
services office in accordance with the school's protocol. Interviews
can be arranged on campus. After the interview period is closed,
applications for positions will be accepted.
Applications - 2011 MLK Summer Internships:
Open until filled. Applications must be received by
October 30, 2011.
Send a cover letter (expressing interest in the internship and
stating a preference for a specific field office or statewide
project), your resume, a writing sample (no more than 10 pages) and
names/contact information of three (3) references to:
MLK Internships
Legal Aid of North Carolina
P.O. Box 26087
Raleigh, NC 27611
OR, by E-mail to:
celiap@legalaidnc.org
Regrettably, LANC is unable to acknowledge receipt of
applications for any of the MLK Summer Internship Program and will
not consider applications without all requested materials. LANC will
contact only those applicants selected for an interview.
Please no phone calls.
*
Legal
Aid of North Carolina is an equal opportunity employer.*
Minorities, women, the elderly and the disabled are encouraged to
apply.
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Mission Statement
Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm
that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income
people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove
legal barriers to economic opportunity.