Student Intern Volunteers (SIVs) are needed to:
Help coordinate
ongoing projects
Educate the community about the services that we provide
Assist our advocates with their cases.
A SIV will be utilized to
do such things as: making community education presentations to groups
and organizations; training community “Justice For All” volunteers;
making calls for events and advocates; filing and copying client documents;
following up information with clients; retrieving information from the
courthouse and government agencies; traveling to other counties in our
service area to retrieve information; being a liaison with community
agencies and organizations; and observing the courtroom process. In
addition, the SIVs will be required to meet the responsibilities, if
any, of their university or school. The minimum time requirement is
a commitment to assist our office for two hours per week for one month.
Qualifications
Must be a high school senior or currently enrolled college student
and must be receiving class credit from
his/her school.
Must have a sincere willingness to help others seek justice. Should
be interested in seeking a career in public interest or law-related
fields. All volunteer interns will receive extensive orientation prior
to being given any assignments. For information on
law student
internships, click here.
Training
Solicitation for Student Intern Volunteers (SIVs) remains open all
year. Orientation sessions will be scheduled as needed.
Contact Information
Send a cover letter and a resume to:
Gricel Guerrero
Legal Aid of North Carolina
102 West Third Street, Suite 460
Winston-Salem, NC 27101.
Feel free to call the Winston-Salem Office, 725-9162, if you have any
questions.
About Winston-Salem Office
LANC of Winston-Salem provides
legal services in civil (not criminal) matters for eligible clients
who reside in a six-county area surrounding Winston-Salem, NC: Davie
County, Forsyth County, Iredell County, Stokes County, Surry County
and Yadkin County. LANC resources are very limited. Our local Winston-Salem
office (which has only six attorneys. Part of our mission is to help
empower people by educating them to represent themselves at forums that
are conducive to self-help. In the future, we plan to offer additional
self-help legal clinics, as well as provide the public with access to
several educational resources on different legal issues such as: unemployment
insurance, health care directives, wills, power of attorneys (POAs),
bankruptcy, domestic violence and child custody.
About Legal Aid of North Carolina
Legal
Aid of North Carolina, Inc. (LANC) is a statewide, nonprofit law
firm with 24 local offices across the state. LANC provides high quality,
civil legal services to low-income people in all 100 counties of North
Carolina, so that they will have equal access to justice and to economic
opportunity. LANC addresses the basic needs of the poor and low-income
families, including legal advice regarding healthcare benefits, consumer
law, protection from domestic violence and rights to decent, safe and
affordable housing. With less than 130 LANC attorneys statewide, serving
3.1 million eligible clients, we have only one attorney for every 19,000
poor people in North Carolina.
*Legal
Aid of North Carolina is an equal opportunity law firm.*
Minorities, women, the elderly and the disabled are encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer
The materials contained on this website
are for information and educational purposes only and do not
constitute legal advice.
Also please note that Legal Aid of North Carolina does not
provide legal assistance by E-mail. Contact your Legal Aid of
North Carolina office or a private attorney if you need to speak
to an attorney regarding your particular situation.
See our
complete disclaimer.
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.