Job Announcement:
MLK Summer Internships - Summer 2009
LANC offices across North Carolina
Job Posting #365
Background:
Legal
Aid of North Carolina (LANC) is seeking applications for the Martin Luther King,
Jr. Summer (MLK) Internships for Summer 2009. Each summer,
Legal Aid of North Carolina (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 2009,
LANC plans to place one MLK intern in each of the following
LANC
field offices:
4Ahoskie
Office
4Morganton
Office
4Asheville
Office 4New
Bern Office
4Boone
Office
4Pembroke
Office
4Charlotte
Office
4Pittsboro
Office
4Concord
Office
4Raleigh
Office
4Durham
Office
4Smithfield
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 four (4) of LANC's
statewide
projects' offices:
4Advocates for Children Services (Durham)
4Battered
Immigrant Project (Charlotte)
4Battered
Immigrant Project (Raleigh)
4Farmworker Unit
(Raleigh).
The MLK Internship 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 - 2009 MLK Summer Internships
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
Initial review of applicants will begin November 1, 2008. Positions
will remain open until filled.
*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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contact your Legal Aid of North Carolina office or a private
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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.