| Volunteer Opportunities:
Internships
HOW CAN I APPLY FOR
AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY?
The Legal Aid Society has Summer, and Fall and Spring semester
internship opportunities for law and undergraduate students.
Interns assist Legal Aid attorneys in representing
individuals and families in adversarial proceedings in D.C.
Superior Court and before a variety of public agencies.
Law student interns are given substantial responsibility
and engage in legal research and writing and extensive factual
investigation of cases. Typical investigative tasks include
witness interviews, home inspections, retrieving government
agency files and review of documents. Undergraduate interns
also assist with investigative tasks, answer Legal Aid’s
intake phone line, file and copy documents in DC Superior
Court and a variety of public agencies. Law student and
undergraduate interns also may have opportunities to attend
hearings, trials and/or administrative hearings.
Summer interns are expected to work full
time. During the school year, interns are required to work
at least 12 hours per week, to be arranged according to
their schedules.
Law student applicants should send a resume, writing sample and cover letter expressing a preference to work within one of Legal Aid's units (landlord-tenant/housing, domestic violence/family law, public benefits, consumer law or appellate) to the address or e-mail below. Undergraduate applicants should send a cover letter, resume and writing sample, but need not specify a preference for any particular substantive unit.
Jodi Feldman
Director of Pro Bono and Intake Programs
Legal Aid Society of D.C.
1331 H Street, N.W, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20005
jfeldman@legalaiddc.org
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