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Semester Legal Internships (2): With statewide non-profit organization of which the National Lawyers’ Guild, National Consumer Law Center, National Consumer Rights Center are members.
Starting date: As soon as available
Ending date: End of winter/spring semester. Renewable for summer
Location: Can work from almost anywhere in Massachusetts; almost all can be remote
Background preferred: Good writing, research, and organizational skills. Completion of at least one course in real property law a plus.
Project: Interns will help to organize and analyze evidence, assist pro se litigants to organize evidence and assist in drafting of complaints/petitions, as the bases for groundbreaking complex, multi-billion-dollar impact litigation: Qui Tam cases primarily to benefit illegally foreclosed homeowners, including those targeted for foreclosure because of color, gender or national background. Additional purposes for these cases are to help hold multi-trillion dollar financial sector to account, and to help vindicate long-standing principles of U.S. real property law and equal protection that continue historic denial trends and for several decades have been under sustained attack by the U.S. financial sector.
Based on the evidence and on their interest, interns might also research across state-line legal similarities and differences in bases for Qui Tam suits.
Also, possible focus on transmuting individual winning briefs into template arguments and filings.
Supervision: Interns will work under the supervision of experienced legal advocate and licensed attorneys. We expect that they would also be working with a leading national plaintiffs’ Qui Tam law firm.
Hours: flexible but consistency and follow-thru are critical
Eligible for HLS pro bono hours. Copy Lee Mestre (lmestre@law.harvard.edu) in the HLS Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs when initially reaching out to MAAPL.
Grace C Ross, Coordinator
508-233-8596 (leave message or text) maaplinfo@gmail.com