One student will help research local reentry services and create reentry resource materials for low-income people accused of criminal offenses in Travis County who are represented by CAPDS-affiliated private appointed lawyers. Students may also have the opportunity to work on other reentry-related projects and/or help CAPDS write text for proposals to obtain funding to support future reentry work.
Organization
Capital Area Private Defender Service (CAPDS)
CAPDS enhances the quality of representation provided to indigent adults accused of criminal offenses in Travis County. CAPDS pursues this goal by establishing meaningful standards for quality criminal defense representation, ensuring appointed counsel exceed those standards, overseeing the work of appointed counsel, and providing educational and mentoring services to support private attorneys appointed to represent indigent clients.
Project Details
- Website
- https://capds.org
- Project Start Date
Monday, January 11 through Friday, January 22; students will not be required to work on the MLK Holiday (Monday, January 18)
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 20 hours per week for 2 weeks
- Training
- Training and supervision will be provided by CAPDS staff throughout the internship on an as-needed basis
- Skills used
- Legal research/writing
- Project location
- Virtual
- Address
- 910 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX 78701
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 1
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Strong research and writing skills required; students with an interest in public defense delivery and the criminal legal system are encouraged to apply
- To Apply
- Register at Eventbrite (link coming soon)