Intern | Extern Opportunities
The Alliance for Children’s Rights offers continuous intern | extern opportunities for law students, social work students and undergraduates. Interns and externs work with Alliance staff to advocate for impoverished and abused children and youth.
Please contact Diego Cartagena, Esq., Pro Bono Manager at (213) 368-6010 x 127 or d.cartagena@kids-alliance.org or read below for our program-specific Program opportunities.
A legal externship | internship with The Alliance for Children's Rights offers a broad range of legal and advocacy experiences for law students. It provides hands-on client contact and direct provision of legal services to people who might not otherwise have access to legal representation.
The atmosphere is collegial, cooperative and supportive. Your experience at The Alliance for Children's Rights is one you will long remember.
Please send resumé and cover letter to Diego Cartagena, Esq. or Fax: 213-368-6010.
In addition to specific program work, all interns | externs will participate in answering calls through our community intake line. These telephone calls provide the first contact potential clients have with The Alliance.
The calls come from a variety of sources – parents, foster parents, social workers, teens, attorneys – who are often facing a crisis. The calls are compelling and the circumstances facing these potential cleints may be dire and urgent. The intake worker will review the information with an attorney to determine the appropriate course of action for the caller.
Case review with staff attorneys provides a valuable learning experience for law students. It is an opportunity to discuss factual situations and applicable legal theories relating to child welfare, while exposing the interns to a variety of cases, circumstances, conflicts and resolution.
Work on Specific Programs:
• Prepare paperwork for a variety
• of legal matters.
• Attend court proceedings such
• as fair hearings, mediations,
• trials and the like.
• Attend meetings relating to
• children’s issues.
• Attend and participate in legal
• and community trainings.
• Tour facilities for children, such
• as the Children’s Court.
• Assist in the development of
• resource | informational
• materials for clients.
• Conduct legal research and
• prepare pleadings and
• memoranda.
Conduct Client Intake:
• Analyze and assess individual
• clients’ needs.
• Participate in direct communication
• with clients.
• Review each case with a staff
• attorney to determine what
• assistance is needed.
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