NATIONAL LAW STUDENT INTERNSHIP AND PLACEMENT PROGRAM FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 19680
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 61 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-DF-99-0018
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National District Atorneys Assoc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIBES PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTORNEY PRACTITIONERS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY ESTABLISHING INTERN PROGRAMS IN PROSECUTION AND PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES WHERE SUCH PROGRAMS DID NOT EXIST.

Abstract

UNDER THE PROGRAM 200 SUPERIOR LAW STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN PROSECUTOR OR DEFENDER OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. AMONG THE DUTIES PERFORMED BY THE VARIOUS INTERNS WERE ADVISING POLICE AND DEFENDANTS OF THEIR RIGHTS AND DUTIES UNDER THE LAW, INTERVIEWING COMPLAINANTS AND WITNESSES, THE DRAWING OF CITATIONS, COMPLAINTS, PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS AND BRIEFS, TRIAL PRACTICE UNDER STATE STUDENT PRACTICE RULES, RESEARCH AND DRAFTING OF TRIAL AND APPELLATE MOTIONS AND BRIEFS, AND THE DEVELOPING OF NEW LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND OFFICE PROCEDURES. AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, 81 PERCENT OF THE PROSECUTORIAL INTERNS AND 83 PERCENT OF THE DEFENDER INTERNS REPORTED THAT THEIR INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE MADE THEM MORE LIKELY TO SEEK A CAREER IN A SIMILAR OFFICE FOLLOWING GRADUATION.