The Justice Collaborative has two opportunities for law students across the country to engage in the work of its Justice Volunteers:
- Law Student Research Team. Students on the research teams work remotely and dedicate between 4 and 20 hours per week to online research on criminal justice issues spanning long-form background work, legislative analysis, policy review, and issue-driven campaigns aimed at holding local elected officials accountable. For more information and application instructions, review: The Justice Volunteers – Law Student Research Team Application.
- Start a student chapter to engage in extended research projects and offer further educational, engagement, and action opportunities for students interested in criminal justice. For more information and application instructions, review: Justice Volunteers Campus Chapters.
Over the summer, law students working on the Law Student Research Team conducted research on juvenile life without parole, clemency reform, as well as identified key criminal justice champions in state legislatures across the country. They are currently doing background research into the various counties where there will be 2020 district attorney elections.
The Justice Collaborative (TJC) is a team of legal experts, researchers, and media strategists collaborating across a collection of strategically aligned projects to advance criminal justice reform. TJC aims to supply deep legal and policy expertise to organizations throughout the country to cut through the complexity and confusion of local, state, and federal laws and procedures that make up the criminal justice system. TJC’s goal is to transform the criminal system so that it’s grounded in human dignity and restraint.
The Justice Volunteers, a project of TJC, is a volunteer task force dedicated to researching a variety of key criminal justice issues. The work done by The Justice Volunteers is incredibly valuable to TJC’s goal of holding elected officials in the criminal justice system accountable, advocating for reform-minded policies across the country, and researching and amplifying important local issues related to criminal justice reform.
Please reach out to keli.young@thejusticecollaborative.com with interest or any questions.