Internships, Summer 2024

1-3 yrs required

Contract, Full-time

No

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Job Title: Summer 2024 Internships at Queens Legal Services (QLS)

Organization: Queens Legal Services (QLS)

Department: Family Law Advocacy Project

Experience: None required, but experience in legal research and writing preferred

Salary: Unpaid

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) commitment for staff and clients

Responsibilities:
- Conduct client interviews and provide support services to survivors of intimate partner violence with family legal matters pending in Queens courts.
- Assist attorneys in court and administrative proceedings.
- Conduct legal research and write memoranda of law.
- Work closely with community partners and provide Know Your Rights clinics, workshops, and legal education programs.

Qualifications:
- Strong commitment to social justice and serving low-income communities.
- Interest in family law and working with survivors of intimate partner violence.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team.
- Fluency in a second language (Spanish preferred but not required).

Application Process:
- Email resume, cover letter, and writing sample (if available) to .
- Indicate practice areas of interest in cover letter.
- Decisions made on a rolling basis, early application recommended.

COVID Vaccination Policy:
- All employees strongly encouraged to receive and maintain up-to-date COVID vaccinations.
- Medical or religious exemptions allowed.

H1: Summer 2024 Internships at Queens Legal Services (QLS)
H2: Join our team and make a difference in the lives of low-income New Yorkers

Bullet Points:
- Queens Legal Services (QLS) is seeking interns for Summer 2024.
- QLS is a part of Legal Services NYC, the nation's largest civil legal aid provider.
- Interns will work in the Family Law Advocacy Project and assist with legal and support services for survivors of intimate partner violence.
- Responsibilities include client interviews, court appearances, legal research, and community outreach.
- QLS is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) for staff and clients.
- Candidates of color, women, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community are encouraged to apply.
- Email resume, cover letter, and writing sample to .
- Fluency in a second language is preferred but not required.
- COVID vaccination strongly encouraged for all employees.
- Medical or religious exemptions allowed.

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Legal research, writing, client interviews, court proceedings, administrative proceedings, community partnerships, Know Your Rights clinics, workshops, legal education programs, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging (DEIB), staff management, LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, women, candidates of color

Currently enrolled in an accredited law school.

Interested candidates should email a resume, cover letter, and writing sample (if you have one), to . Please indicate in your cover letter the practice areas for which you’d like to be considered.

Qualification and Experience Law student enrolled in an accredited law school

Legal