UnCommon Law

Legal Assistant

• Work alongside Attorneys and Legal Assistants who represent clients in parole hearings
• Draft follow-up communications and/or consultations to clients
• Provide feedback on client writings
• Support Attorneys in preparing for and attending legal visits and phone calls
• Assemble Parole Packets for submission to the Board of Parole Hearings
• Research and write memos about legal issues impacting clients or related policy
• Review case records and prison files
• Compile housing, employment, and other support resources for incarcerated clients
• Draft habeas petitions
• Respond to non-client mail
• Update contact records and maintain the legal database

Law Clerk – Spring Externship

Attorney

• Process and draft non-client communications
• Review and respond to non-client mail
• Update contact records and maintain the legal database
• Review case records and central prison files
• Compile housing, employment, and other support resources
• Write memos regarding policy updates
• Conduct research in central files
• Participate in virtual conference calls as a note taker
• Provide general support to the Legal Team

Law Clerk – Spring Externship

Legal Internship, Fall and Spring