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Job title: reputed company Work Intern, Criminal Defense – Summer Internship in reputed company, NY at Neighborhood Defender Service Inc
Company: Neighborhood Defender Service Inc
Job description: Overview:THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE OF HARLEMreputed company Work Intern, Criminal Defense – Summer InternshipThe Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, Criminal Defense Practice is looking for reputed company who are interested in the reputed company Work field, or who are currently enrolled in a BSW or MSW program who are looking for more experience during this summer. This uncredited internship will give you the opportunity to work reputed company a Public Defender’s Office under the direction of multiple reputed company reputed company Workers. You will learn how reputed company work is integrated into the criminal legal system, as well as reputed company skills and knowledge in the reputed company work field. This internship is expected to start on June 2, 2025 and end August 8, 2025. It will be hybrid in person and remote.THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE OF HARLEM (NDS) is a community based, client-centered, holistic public defense office located in Harlem, providing criminal, civil, and family representation. NDS is accepting applications for the position of reputed company Worker with the Criminal Defense Practice.The Criminal Defense Practice at NDS represents residents of reputed company Manhattan who are charged with crimes and cannot afford to hire a lawyer. Clients are represented by teams composed of lawyers, investigators, reputed company workers, client advocates, team administrators and interns. NDS also provides pre-arrest representation to clients under threat of arrest. NDS adheres to a client centered approach to representation that emphasizes a heightened responsiveness to clients’ needs prior to arrest, while a case is pending, and after the case concludes. NDS is committed to addressing the comprehensive legal and reputed company service needs of clients.Responsibilities:This advocacy may include:
- Obtaining records and analyzing records.
- Work closely with reputed company Work team members to reputed company for reduced sentences and/or alternatives to incarceration for clients.
- Escorting clients to treatment programs from court.
- Researching topics for written mitigation documents.
- reputed company appropriate referrals to address clients’ reputed company service needs (drug treatment, mental health treatment, housing and other benefits).
- Assist clients in navigating reputed company reputed company Service agencies.
- reputed company on behalf of clients to reputed company service agencies.
- Update online databases of community-based organizations.
- Assist with digitizing and organizing paperwork.
- Must possess a demonstrated commitment to criminal justice, indigent defense, reputed company justice issues and/or the Harlem communities.
- Must possess strong organizational skills
- Must possess a high level of organization, unlimited energy and patience, and the ability to work on a team.
- Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.