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Innocence Project New Orleans welcomes applications from
law students and undergraduates from the U.S.A. and abroad.
The deadline for summer 2008 internship applications is February
29, 2008. We will interview applicants and make offers in
March. Applications may be considered and a decision made
prior to March if the applicant has special circumstances
requiring an exception. IPNO only takes interns who can work
a full time, ten week summer. Applications should consist
of a resume (including 2-3 references), a non-legal writing
sample if possible and a cover letter explaining
your interest in working with IPNO. Applications may be submitted
by mail or email to Carolyn Matthews (carolynm@ip-no.org).
If you wish for your application to be considered early, please
inform IPNO as soon as possible and explain why you need early
consideration.
For year-round or semester-long internships or externships,
please send the same materials as above to:
carolynm@ip-no.org with "school year internship"
in the subject line and be sure to provide the dates for which
you would like to complete an internship and the number of
hours per week you would like to work. Tulane, Loyola, Southern,
LSU, Mississippi College of Law and University of Mississippi
Law School students are encouraged to enquire with their schools
about externships for credit.
While IPNO provides legal representation to prisoners, a
large part of any internship will involve investigative work
on individual cases. Both law students and undergraduate interns
should expect to spend a significant portion of their time
at IPNO doing case investigation.
Co-Counsel
IPNO's case successes would not be possible without the countless
hours put in by pro bono co-counsel. If you are a lawyer and
you or your firm would like to co-counsel a case with IPNO,
please send an e-mail explaining your interest to
emily@ip-no.org.
Voluntary Work
We get many offers of voluntary help and we have a very limited
capacity to accommodate volunteers: the demands of our casework
mean that we are generally looking for people with specific
skills. If you are interested in giving some of your time
to IPNO, please send an e-mail to
carolynm@ip-no.org.
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