Legal Internship

The University of Texas School of Law Immigration Clinic is currently accepting applications for its Undergraduate Intern position. The internship can be semester-long (Fall 2018) or year-long (2018-2019 school year). Applicants should be rising juniors or seniors at the University of Texas in any undergraduate field of study. The internship is unpaid and sponsored through the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/centers/humanrights/). The internship may be considered for course credit if the student is enrolled in another class requiring an internship placement. The commitment for the intern involves 10 hours per week of work in the Immigration Clinic. Hours are divided to support the various aspects of the Clinic’s work. The Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law provides crucial representation to vulnerable low-income immigrants. The Clinic handles a diversity of cases that illustrate the breadth of immigration practice. The Clinic has handled cases for clients from, among other countries, Colombia, El Salvador, Eritrea, Guinea, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe. The Clinic's cases range from asylum claims to claims of United States citizenship by individuals born abroad to U.S. citizen parents whose status has not been recognized by immigration authorities. An important component of the Clinic's caseload involves representing Central American women and children fleeing gang violence and domestic violence, many of whom are detained at the Karnes County Family Detention Center in Karnes City, Texas and the Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, Texas. For more information, see the clinic website (http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/clinics/immigration/). This internship would be an ideal position for students interested in applying to law school and/or working in the fields of immigration and human rights. Details for the internship position follow: PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Command of the Spanish language, demonstrated organizational skills, demonstrated regular and punctual attendance at work and professional demeanor, as well as experience with internet research, printers, Microsoft Word. PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION: To provide support to Immigration Clinic faculty and students through case work, research, translation and interpreting (English-Spanish). Assist with other projects and tasks directly related to clinic work as assigned. The interns should be ready to start this position at the commencement of the Fall 2018 semester.