SITE DESCRIPTION The Georgia Advocacy Office is the designated Protection and Advocacy System for the State of Georgia. As the P & A, GAO works on behalf of and beside people who experience disabilities. Student Externs will be exposed to a multitude of practice areas which could include class action and other systemic litigation, representation… Read more »
Category: Civil Rights
Georgia Watch
SITE DESCRIPTION Founded in 2002, Georgia Watch is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan organization working to ensure that Georgians are educated and protected on matters that impact their wallets and quality of life. Through advocacy, outreach and education, Georgia Watch works to make Georgia a model for consumer protection. Georgia Watch safeguards consumer protections in the… Read more »
Office of the Attorney General, State of Georgia
SITE DESCRIPTION Along with research projects, externs will be encouraged to actively participate in matters being handled by the division to which they are assigned; including opportunities to participate in client meetings, mediation sessions, depositions and court proceedings. Students will be assigned a mentor who will insure that the student receives training in the practical… Read more »
Project South
SITE DESCRIPTION Project South will draft legal memoranda, open records requests, Freedom of Information Act requests, demand letters, fact sheets, and human rights reports; help with devising and carrying out Know Your Rights presentations (targeting communities of color, Muslims, and immigrants); and visit imprisoned individuals in Georgia immigration detention centers and prisons to help document… Read more »
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU)
SITE DESCRIPTION The ACLU of Georgia is a non-profit law firm dedicated to protecting civil rights and individual liberties. The ACLU works in the courts, in communities and with the state legislature to protect people’s basic civil rights. Specifically, we focus on impact litigation and advocacy involving a variety of constitutional concerns in a wide variety… Read more »
Southern Center for Human Rights
SITE DESCRIPTION The Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR)’s internship program provides students with hands-on training in all areas of capital and civil rights litigation and advocacy. Externs assist staff attorneys in all aspects of our work. Externs should expect to do several of the following tasks while they are at the Center: conduct legal… Read more »