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Law and Release Programs

  • Alexandria Public Defenders Office
    Alexandria, VA
    W&L Law Students Only. This internship has a training and speaker program associated with it. If accepted into the Alliance, interested applicants will need to complete an additional application due to the competitive nature of this opportunity.
  • Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc.
    Richmond, VA
    Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc., provides free legal assistance to low-income residents of Richmond and surrounding counties. Note: This position is appropriate for interns interested in Housing Access and Case Management, also. AmeriCorps Eligible: no Language: Spanish preferred
  • The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
    Washington, DC
    It is the mission of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia to provide quality, zealous legal representation to the indigent people facing a loss of liberty in the District of Columbia. Note: This position is appropriate for interns interested in Youth Outreach and Case Management, as well. AmeriCorps Eligible: yes Language: Spanish preferred
  • Department of Public Advocacy
    London, KY
    The Department of Public Advocacy serves the homeless and indigent charged with criminal offenses in regional offices throughout the state of Kentucky. AmeriCorps Eligible: no Car: required
  • Georgia Justice Project (GJP)
    Atlanta, GA
    GJP serves the homeless and indigent of metropolitan Atlanta charged with criminal offenses. Note: This position is appropriate for interns interested in Job Training and Case Management, as well. AmeriCorps Eligible: NO
  • Georgia Law Center for the Homeless
    Atlanta, GA
    OPEN TO LAW STUDENTS ONLY The Georgia Law Center for the Homeless provides representation for homeless people in administrative and judicial proceedings of a civil nature, with attorneys and paralegals. The Law Center performs significant community outreach to make its services available by visiting homeless shelters, transitional housing and community kitchens on a regular basis. Note: This internship is for law students only. AmeriCorps Eligible: No
  • House of Ruth Domestic Violence Legal Clinic
    Baltimore, MD
    The House of Ruth Domestic Violence Legal Clinic (the Clinic) is recognized as one of the foremost shelter-based domestic violence legal clinics in the nation. Note: One position is for law students only; a second is open to undergraduate students. AmeriCorps Eligible: no Car: preferred for law school student position Language: Spanish preferred for law school student position
  • Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc.
    Helena, AR
    Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc. (LAA), is a nonprofit charitable law firm providing free legal assistance to low-income residents. Note: This position is appropriate for interns interested in Youth Outreach, as well. AmeriCorps Eligible: No
  • Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington County, Inc. (OAR)
    Arlington, VA
    Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington County, Inc., a private nonprofit organization, has been assisting incarcerated individuals and ex-offenders since 1974. OAR offers community-managed programs in Arlington County, the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, as well as Washington, D.C., aimed at restoring offenders to the community as productive and responsible citizens. Note: This position is appropriate for interns interested in Job Training, as well. AmeriCorps Eligible: yes
  • Tapestry Inc.
    Atlanta, GA
    Tapestri, Inc. is dedicated to ending violence and oppression in refugee and immigrant communities, using culturally competent and appropriate methods. As advocates for refugee and immigrant families affected by domestic violence, sexual assault and exploitation, we are committed to using education, community organizing, direct services and advocacy to effect change in the lives of these families. Our name, "Tapestri," symbolizes the different threads of society coming together to form a safe cover to protect its many colored communities. We have been providing services for victims for over 15 years. Note: This position is appropriate for interns interested in Immigration, also. AmeriCorps Eligible: yes Car: required Language: Spanish preferred
  • Women's Law Center of Maryland
    Baltimore, MD
    The Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc. (WLC), a non-profit organization established in 1971, advocates for an equal playing field in the law for women and children. For more than a quarter of a century, the WLC has fought and won many battles to protect and preserve the rights of women--by educating the public and the judiciary on the effects of legal decisions affecting women, by monitoring compliance with the law, by seeking to change unjust laws and unjust lawmaking, and by implementing innovative programs to pave the way for systemic change. Note: This internship opportunity is only available to W&L School of Law students. AmeriCorps Eligible: no Language: Spanish preferred
  • Youth Courts
    Chester, PA
    Youth Courts (also called teen, peer and student courts) are programs in which youth sentence their peers for minor delinquent and status offenses and other problem behaviors. A law student is preferred for this internship. Note: This position is appropriate for interns interested in Youth Outreach, as well. AmeriCorps Eligible: yes Car: preferred Language: Spanish preferred