Judicial Resources Committee & Just the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization Announces The Fourth Annual Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project for Summer 2014
The Project’s goal is to provide summer judicial internships for highly-qualified minority, under-represented and economically disadvantaged law students. The Project is national in scope and will place 75 students as judicial interns in federal appellate, district, bankruptcy and magistrate judges’ chambers across the country. Interns will have the opportunity to draft bench memoranda, judicial orders, and opinions on a variety of substantive matters, including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, magistrate judge reports, and habeas corpus petitions. Applicants should possess strong research and writing skills and be prepared to handle the rigors of working in a federal court.
There will be an initial screening, which will identify qualified candidates eligible for a first-round interview conducted in-person or by telephone. Applicants who clear this round will be referred to one of the Project’s Participating Judges for a second-round interview, after which each Participating Judge will make a final hiring decision. Applicants who are hired must commit to attending two mandatory training workshops prior to the beginning of the internship, either in-person or via videoconference, and must be available to work full-time as an unpaid intern for a minimum of six weeks.
The information on how to apply is available here.
All of the program requirements are attached in a Memorandum of Understanding. Ask your CDO advisor if you have any questions.
At present, this is an unpaid internship, so applicants are encouraged to seek law school or non-profit funding. Also, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply to the ABA’s Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, which has been a source of funding for Project interns.
Applications will be received online until 5:00 p.m. EST on Monday, January 6, 2014. Electronic applications will be available online the week of October 28, 2013. Early applications are highly encouraged. Paper applications will not be accepted.