Memphis Immigration Court – Spring 2020 Volunteer Judicial Internship – Application Deadline: September 6, 2019
Please see the below announcement about the Memphis Immigration Court’s Spring 2020 Volunteer Judicial Internship. The deadline to apply for the Internship position is Friday, September 6th. As indicated in the announcement, selected students may be able to earn academic credit through enrollment in the Law School’s Externship Course. Please see Professor Schaffzin with any questions about the Externship Course.
Position Announcement
The United States Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Memphis Immigration Court, is seeking law student interns to participate in an internship opportunity during the spring of 2020. The jurisdiction of the United States Immigration Courts includes all matters brought before the Court by the Department of Homeland Security. The Immigration Judges at the Memphis Immigration Court preside over formal immigration hearings to determine whether aliens are deportable, excludable, inadmissible, or removable from the United States. In addition, the Immigration Judges have jurisdiction to consider applications for various forms of discretionary and mandatory relief, including various waivers, adjustment of status, cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
The internship will entail in-depth research and analysis of legal issues, as well as the preparation of legal memoranda for Immigration Judges. Legal interns will have opportunities to draft decisions that will be taken under advisement by issuing Immigration Judges. Furthermore, interns will have opportunities to complete assignments that may later be used as writing samples and to observe removal hearings.
Although the internship is unpaid, academic credit may be obtained with the permission of the law school. This position is open to 2L and 3L law students. Interns typically work a minimum of ten (10) hours per week, although there is flexibility. Additionally, the position requires that applicants be United States citizens and selected candidates must pass a background security check conducted by the Department of Justice. The application deadline is September 6, 2019.
Interested applicants should submit (preferably in PDF format) a cover letter, resumé, unofficial transcript, and writing sample (no longer than five (5) pages and un-edited by third parties) to:
Eric Brekke, Judicial Law Clerk, Memphis Immigration Court, 80 Monroe Avenue, Suite 501 Memphis, TN 38103, (901) 528-5896, eric.brekke@usdoj.gov
E-mail applications are preferred. If you have any questions regarding the Executive Office for Immigration Review Legal Intern position, please contact Mr. Brekke via email or phone.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
