Legal Intern - Policy Department

The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to avoid future injustice.
 
The Innocence Project’s Policy Department takes the lessons learned from wrongful convictions and promotes procedural and policy reforms that can prevent their recurrence. To this end, the department implements national and state-based campaigns to change the criminal justice system. It also scrutinizes current procedures, protocols, policies and practices across the nation, researches best practices rooted in scientific research and creates model legislation.

Legal Interns will contribute to the policy department’s daily operations and will work on long-term efforts. Qualified candidates must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment and open to a broad range of research projects.

Assignments might include:

•  Analyzing statutes, regulations and legislation pertinent to innocence reforms
•  Assessing relevant grant programs and exploring how grant recipients use allotted monies
•  Performing legal research

Qualifications:

We are seeking law students or law-school graduates to work at least 15 hours per week during the Spring 2009 semester.

The department cannot compensate interns for their work.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to Anthony Richardson, Policy Assistant, at arichardson@innocenceproject.org.

Applications will be accepted until November 30, 2008.