The Judicial Resources Committee of the United States Judicial Conference and Just the Beginning \u2013 A
\nPipeline Organization is pleased to announce the annual Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project (\u201cSJID Project\u201d). The SJID Project\u2019s goal is to provide highly qualified law students from socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds underrepresented in the legal profession with summer judicial internships in the chambers of federal and state appellate judges, federal district judges, and federal bankruptcy and magistrate judges. The SJID Project is national in scope and seeks to place approximately 100 law students as judicial interns across the country.<\/p>\n
Interns will have the opportunity to draft bench memoranda, judicial orders, and opinions on a variety of
\nsubstantive matters, including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, magistrate judge reports, and habeas corpus petitions. Applicants should possess strong research and writing skills and be prepared to handle the rigors of working in a court.<\/p>\n
TO APPLY: Visit our website, jtb.org.
\nPaper applications will not be accepted. The application will ask applicants to submit the following materials:
\n\u2022 a cover letter explaining the applicant’s interest in participating in the Summer Judicial Internship
\nDiversity Project and the importance of diversity in the legal field. Please address your cover letter to
\nCristina Figueroa, Program Director 70 W. Madison St. Suite 2900, Chicago IL. 60602.
\n\u2022 a resume.
\n\u2022 a law school transcript, official or unofficial (if first semester law school grades are unavailable at the
\ntime of the deadline, please upload an undergraduate transcript and send your law school grades to
\nsjidproject@jtb.org as they become available).
\n\u2022 a writing sample (no more than 10 pages in length).
\n\u2022 a list of three references (no family members, please).
\n\u2022 a signed Memorandum of Understanding (see below, page 3). This document stipulates the
\nrequirements and expectations of the program.
\nApplications will be received online until 5:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, January 9, 2022.
\nEarly applications are highly encouraged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Judicial Resources Committee of the United States Judicial Conference and Just the Beginning \u2013 A Pipeline Organization is pleased to announce the annual Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project (\u201cSJID Project\u201d). The SJID Project\u2019s goal is to provide highly qualified law students from socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds underrepresented in the legal profession with summer … <\/p>\n