{"id":3997,"date":"2012-08-10T16:06:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T19:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2012-08-10T16:06:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T19:06:20","slug":"americans-for-immigrant-justice-ai-justice-is-seeking-interns-interested-in-immigration-civil-rights-and-criminal-legal-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=3997","title":{"rendered":"Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) is Seeking Interns Interested in Immigration, Civil Rights and Criminal Legal Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) is seeking motivated interns interested in immigration, civil rights, and criminal legal issues. Interns will assist on a project that works with a large immigration detainee population in Southern Florida. The focus of the project is to help provide legal representation to immigration detainees at underserved facilities. In addition, the project seeks to provide advocacy for and assistance to, detainees who have suffered constitutional rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>Florida expanded its immigration enforcement partnership with the federal government through programs relying on state and local law enforcement to identify deportable immigrants. While the stated mission is to target dangerous criminals, government statistics show that the vast majority of immigrants deported through the programs had minor or no criminal convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the programs raise serious civil rights issues. Many immigrants identified through such programs are detained at the Broward Transitional Center (BTC), Florida\u2019s largest immigration detention facility and the only one used exclusively for immigrants with little or no criminal history. AI Justice is one of the few organization providing <em>pro bono <\/em>services there, and currently has limited capacity to do so. Interns will allow us to provide legal representation to a large, underserved population and to systematically identify and address civil rights violations in immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>This project is headed by an Equal Justice Works Fellow at AI Justice. Interns will work under the supervision of the Fellow. AI Justice is an independent, non-profit legal services provider located in Miami, Florida, which helps advocate for immigrants\u2019 rights nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Specific Responsibilities include the following<\/span><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interns\u00a0will interview immigration detainees<\/li>\n<li>Research\u00a0legal issues and draft memos of law<\/li>\n<li>Assist detainees apply for immigration benefits<\/li>\n<li>Investigate cases and draft summaries to volunteer attorneys and organizations in\u00a0order to recruit <em>pro bono <\/em>legal \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 services for detainees in need of such services<\/li>\n<li>Assist\u00a0with the creation and revision of the Know Your Rights curriculum and\u00a0materials<\/li>\n<li>Assist\u00a0during Know Your Rights presentations at the detention centers<\/li>\n<li>Help train project volunteers<\/li>\n<li>Interns may have an opportunity to take on their own cases. Interested interns\u00a0will approach. Fellow with potential cases for review and evaluation.\u00a0(Habeas Petitions, BIA Appeals, 11th Circuit Appeals, Motions to Reopen or Reconsider, Motions to Suppress, Padilla Related Issues and Cases, Bond detainer issues, Specific interests of the intern)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Attributes<\/span><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to\u00a01Ls, 2Ls and 3Ls looking for an opportunity to fulfill a pressing legal\u00a0need while getting\u00a0a first-rate, hands-on learning experience at the intersection of\u00a0immigration, constitutional\u00a0and criminal law<\/li>\n<li>Ability\u00a0to work with and communicate with a variety of different multi-ethnic populations<\/li>\n<li>Strong\u00a0Spanish language skills <strong>preferred\u00a0<\/strong>(written, speaking, and reading)<\/li>\n<li>Other\u00a0languages that are important to our ability to serve certain populations at the facility\u00a0are: Creole, Portuguese and Chinese<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge\u00a0or experience in any combination of the following areas:\u00a0Immigration Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Litigation, Criminal Law and Procedure<\/li>\n<li>Clinical\u00a0experience preferred<\/li>\n<li>Journal\u00a0or moot court experience a plus<\/li>\n<li>Strong\u00a0organizational skills and work ethic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Openings<\/span><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Semester in Practice<\/span> \u2013\u00a0Willing and able to host a law student wishing to spend a Fall or Spring semester working on this project as an externship for school credit.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Semester Internships<\/span> \u2013 Looking for interns or volunteers to work from during the Fall or Spring semesters for either <em>pro bono <\/em>volunteer credit or for the practical experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Summer Internships<\/span> \u2013 Looking for interns to work with us during the summer months.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Financial Information<\/span><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The position is unpaid<\/li>\n<li>AI\u00a0Justice is willing to work with schools so that interns can receive course\u00a0credit for externships<\/li>\n<li>AI\u00a0Justice is willing to advocate for interns in their efforts to secure\u00a0funding for their internship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Closing Date<\/span><\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Applications will be considered until positions are filled.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Application Submission<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Send a cover letter and resume ONLY to <a title=\"link\" href=\"mailto:ftorres@AI Justice.org\" target=\"_blank\">Franco Torres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Details are available on the <a title=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/aijustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) is seeking motivated interns interested in immigration, civil rights, and criminal legal issues. Interns will assist on a project that works with a large immigration detainee population in Southern Florida. The focus of the project is to help provide legal representation to immigration detainees at underserved facilities. 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