Internships

Internships at the Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston

NOW RECRUITING FOR THE SUMMER 2012 SESSION!!

General Statement of Duties and Responsibilities:

Student interns are crucial to MLP | Boston’s capacity to meet the increasing demand for legal advocacy in the clinical setting.  We recruit interns from a variety of academic backgrounds ranging from undergraduate students exploring public interest career options, to graduate, public health, law and medical students.

As varied as their backgrounds are, successful MLP | Boston interns have one quality in common: a sincere commitment to maximizing the well-being of families who face the myriad challenges of poverty and other inequalities.

Requirements & Activities:

Prospective candidates must indicate a willingness to commit to a minimum of 16 hours per week during the academic year; interns seeking summer positions will be expected to work full-time from early June to mid-August, with few exceptions. We are unable to offer any paid internship positions due to budget constraints, but are able and willing to support most funding opportunities and scholarships identified by prospective candidates.

Under the supervision of attorneys and advocacy staff at MLP | Boston, interns provide legal advocacy to clients and administrative assistance to program staff.  Interns handle client follow-up, factual investigation, legal research and various advocacy tasks.  Other internship activities may include research and writing projects related to systemic advocacy efforts, assisting in development of training materials, and other program-related activities.

Qualifications:

•  Ability to work independently while seeking guidance as needed.

•  Bilingual skills in highly valued

•  Strong oral and written communication skills

•  Solid interpersonal skills in terms of cross–cultural rapport building with clients, stakeholders and others

•  Facility with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint appreciated

To Apply:

To apply for an internship with MLP | Boston, please submit to tibrine.dafonseca@bmc.org:

• Résumé
• Cover letter
• 2-3 References

Please indicate in your cover letter the semester (Fall, Spring or Summer) for which you are seeking an internship, and why you are interested in working with MLP | Boston. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Due to the volume of applications you will not be contacted about missing documents.

Applications are considered on a rolling basis for Fall and Spring.

Due to the volume of applications recieved, we may not be able to respond personally to every applicant.