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3 people are interested
Legal Internship for Law Students Summer 2014
ORGANIZATION: Sanctuary for Families
Please visit the new page to apply.
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3 people are interested
Sanctuary for Families is the leading nonprofit agency in New York State dedicated exclusively to serving the needs of domestic violence victims, sex trafficking victims, and their children. Sanctuary envisions a world in which freedom from gender violence is a basic human right.
Sanctuary offers a range of comprehensive services including safety planning, counseling, legal representation, shelter, and economic empowerment services. In the past year we provided direct services to 10,500 victims and their children. Sanctuary also engages in extensive outreach, training, public education and advocacy, connecting with nearly 16,000 concerned community members last year.
Sanctuary for Families is currently seeking law students as summer interns within the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services.
Qualifications:
This position is open to law students seeking a summer internship. Spanish fluency is required. Applicants should possess strong interpersonal, analytical and writing skills and have a commitment to social justice. Coursework in immigration law, family law, and/or experience working with gender violence or sex trafficking issues is an asset.
Responsibilities may include:
- Screening potential clients to assess eligibility for immigration and other benefits;
- Under the supervision of an attorney, preparing filings to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services including VAWA self-petitions, petitions for U nonimmigrant status, and applications for adjustment of status and work authorization;
- Educating clients about their legal rights and remedies
- Providing clients with safety planning and referrals to community resources, such as shelters and counseling.
- Engaging in advocacy and providing referrals to meet clients’ diverse needs including those relating to safety, healthcare, public benefits, housing and education.
- Working together with attorneys and advocates in implementing community outreach and education.
- Assisting in research and writing.
This internship is unpaid; however, we will work with students who seek to obtain school credit or outside funding.
How to apply:
Please send a resume and cover letter to the Volunteer Program at volunteer@sffny.org.
More opportunities with Sanctuary for Families
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Sanctuary for Families
Location:
PO Box 1406, Wall Street Station, New York, NY 10268, US
Mission Statement
Sanctuary for Families is dedicated to meeting the needs of victims of domestic violence, while advocating for societal change and raising public awareness to end violence against all women and their children. Central to Sanctuary's work with individual clients and its efforts to advocate and educate is the belief that this is a crime that must not be tolerated. Domestic violence is pervasive, crossing all racial, socioeconomic and national boundaries and affecting people of every age, sexual orientation and immigration status. Since its founding in 1984, Sanctuary has become a recognized model among domestic violence agencies by providing a range of culturally sensitive and integrated services. To protect and empower battered women, Sanctuary provides crisis intervention, emergency and transitional housing, individual and group counseling, job readiness and mentoring programs. Though our legal center, we offer legal advice and direct representation, mentor volunteer attorneys, and advocate legal reform. We believe that our clients must be active participants in claiming control of their lives. To that end, Sanctuary responds to the needs of each client with professionalism and compassion.
Description
Sanctuary for Families is New York's largest nonprofit agency exclusively dedicated to serving the clinical, economic, legal, and shelter needs of domestic violence victims and their children. We offer a comprehensive, interconnected range of services including crisis and transitional housing, individual and group counseling, legal services, housing and benefits assistance, a mentoring program, and a specialized program for children who have witnessed or experienced abuse. Sanctuary for Families envisions a society in which freedom from domestic violence is a basic human right. We are dedicated to the safety, healing, and self-sufficiency of battered women and their children.
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PO Box 1406Wall Street StationNew York, NY 10268
DATE POSTED
May 5, 2014
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