Posted July 27, 2022

The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) is look­ing for a law stu­dent for a fall 2022 paid intern­ship that will be remote with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of some in-per­son work. This law stu­dent will con­duct legal research about the death penal­ty. The work will include research about pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al mis­con­duct, gov­ern­men­tal trans­paren­cy, the con­sid­er­a­tion of mit­i­ga­tion evi­dence, and racial bias in cap­i­tal sen­tenc­ing. With super­vi­sion by DPIC staff, the legal intern will be guid­ed in per­form­ing legal research, writ­ing mem­os on select­ed top­ics, mon­i­tor­ing lit­i­ga­tion devel­op­ments, and con­duct­ing cross-jurisdictional analyses.

Applicants should have an inter­est in the Center’s work of serv­ing the media and the pub­lic with analy­sis and infor­ma­tion on issues con­cern­ing cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment and be com­fort­able with a small office envi­ron­ment. We are will­ing to work with you to obtain law school cred­it. Law interns are required to work 20 hours per week. If you have ques­tions, please con­tact internships@​deathpenaltyinfo.​org.

To apply, please send a cov­er let­ter addressed to Deputy Director Ngozi Ndulue not­ing your expe­ri­ence and/​or inter­est in cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment (includ­ing pre­ferred hours), resume, and legal writ­ing sam­ple in a sin­gle PDF to internships@​deathpenaltyinfo.​org with the sub­ject line “[LAST NAME] 2022 Fall Law Internship Application”.

Other Considerations:

  • The pay for this intern­ship is $16.10/hour.
  • The intern­ship will begin on September 1st and end in December.
  • DPIC strong­ly encour­ages appli­ca­tions from his­tor­i­cal­ly dis­ad­van­taged groups, includ­ing Black peo­ple, Indigenous peo­ple, peo­ple of col­or, LGBTQ+ peo­ple, and women
  • The intern­ship will be remote with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of some in-person work.
  • Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion required for entry into office (sub­ject to medical exemptions).