Internship Opportunities

 From Maxwell Velikodny, President of the CSI Pre-Law Club.

Email:  Maxwell.Velikodny@cix.csi.cuny.edu; or  csiprelawsociety@gmail.com

Hello everyone,

I hope you have all been having a restful and relaxing winter break. It has been a very difficult year for us all, but I am hopeful that we may return to some semblance of normalcy by the year’s end. I am currently working on scheduling our first meeting for the Spring semester, as well as a range of speakers in different areas of law. I will notify you all if there are any updates.

 

There are several legal, legislative, and volunteer opportunities open to college students that I am sharing with you all. I have personally worked at the first three of these offices and can guarantee their value as an experience. 

 

1. Richmond County District Attorney’s Office (Note-check other city DA Offices, as well): 

Internships with our office are a tremendous opportunity to explore your career interests and gain invaluable experience as you continue your high school, college, or graduate school career.

Law School, Graduate School, and College Students may apply to intern with RCDA during the Fall or Spring Semesters or during the Summer. High school students may apply for Summer internships with our Community Partnership Unit.

To apply, students should submit a resume and a completed internship application available here to internships@rcda.nyc.gov

Upcoming Program Dates

·         College Summer 2021 Program Dates: June 7, 2021 – August 13, 2021

·         College Fall 2021 Program Dates: September 20, 2021 – November 19, 2021

Application Deadlines

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadlines listed below.

·         Law School, Graduate School, and College Student Summer 2021 Application Deadline: April 9, 2021

·         Law School, Graduate School, and College Student Fall 2021 Application Deadline:   August 13, 2021

2. Richmond County Surrogates Court: 

The Surrogate’s Court continually extends summer internships to outstanding students from the Staten Island Community. These young adults have all expressed an interest in a legal career.

For example, past summer internship groups have included high school students, college students and law school students. They attended some of the following Schools/Universities: Staten Island Technical High School, New York University, Monmouth University, Brooklyn Law School, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Pace University Law School.

Student interns have the opportunity to view Court proceedings, conference cases and then discuss these matters directly with the Surrogate and members of the law department. The interns are also afforded the opportunity to experience the world of a pro-se litigant by working with the Richmond County Surrogate’s Court Help Center. Law School students are also involved with researching and writing decisions on active Court matters. 

Note-there is a possibility this internship will not be available over the summer.

To find out more information, please contact Irini N. Bekhit ibekhit@nycourts.gov.

 

3. New York State Office of the Attorney General:

 

There are several PAID job postings for college students in the New York City Area. Application deadline is April 16, 2021. The link below has more information-

ag.ny.gov/job-postings/undergraduate-graduate-students?j=ug-students