Semesters offered: 
Type: Nonprofit
Categories: Human Rights, Immigration Law
SITE DESCRIPTION
GAIN provides pro bono services through volunteer attorneys, paralegals, and law students to represent immigrant asylum seekers, victims of trafficking, domestic violence and other crimes. GAIN’s staff screen, refer, train, support, and supervise the pro bono attorneys as they represent these cases.
The extern will be expected to assist with screenings, consultations and interviews of our cases and then provide a summary of the case to the volunteer attorneys. The extern will also work closely and assist our volunteer lawyers in providing research of relevant law, country conditions and gathering of supporting documents for these cases. The extern will also have the opportunity to attend meetings between the client and volunteer attorney and observe and assist the volunteer attorneys with their case. The extern will be supervised by GAIN’s staff attorneys in all their duties.
STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS
Prerequisites: None
Preferences: Immigration Law
NO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS