<p>Do firms and/or other legal organizations traditionally offer internships for undergrads or mainly for law students? Could one potentially get a lower level internship/job over the summer at a legal organization? Also, do many organizations offer part time legal jobs for undergrads during the school year? Just wondering what is out there.</p>
<p>I want to do this as well. I think I'm going to give resumes to my area law firms to see if they need an intern, I think it would be a great experience. Hopefully that'll go well!</p>
<p>Oh hmmm sounds like a good idea. I'm a first year student right now btw, does anyone know if a legal organization would normally give out a summer internship to someone entering their second year of college?</p>
<p>Probably, I'm a measly hs senior, i'm sure they'd take you over me lol!</p>
<p>Perhaps if you have a friend or family member in a firm you might get a job in the mailroom, or working with support staff. But anything that really has to do with the practice of law really requires -- at a minimum -- a legal research and writing course that is traditionally taught the first year of law school.</p>
<p>Hmm... I'll have to start trying to make connections with someone! I think my mom might have a cousin that's a lawyer, maybe that'd work.</p>
<p>If any of those asking about law internships are minority students from the NYC area who are currently enrolled in high school, I'd suggest checking out the Thurgood Marshall program of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. See, this for example:</p>
<p>"The Association is particularly proud of its Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program (Vaughn J. Buffalo, Chair), which this year placed 46 high school students in paying jobs with 43 legal employers. The students performed a variety of law-related tasks and, most importantly, were exposed to the legal profession in a real world setting."</p>
<p>We shall now return to our regular scheduled programming...</p>
<p>For those who aren't minority..My kid worked for a law firm in the library after first year of college. It was an odd experience because, while kid was hired mostly to put books back on shelves, go around with the little cart ,ask if anyone had anything out from the library they wanted to return, photocopy cases for partners, etc., the truth is my kid knew LEXIS/NEXIS inside out. When a few dozen summer associates began work and an amazing percentage of them didn't know how to do on-line research...well, lets just say, my kid got out of reshelving a lot of books. </p>
<p>Lesson learned: for those of you in colleges that offer free access to Lexis/Nexis and an opportunity to learn programs like Powerpoint and Excel, go for it...You won't get stuck in the mailroom ;)! I happen to really enjoy legal research, which is one of the reasons I have a weakness for libraries...but...when you are mailing out those resumes...don't just look at law firms. Consider sending a few to law libraries, particularly those associated with bar associations. Yeah, you'll spend most of your time shelving books, but...it's a great way to meet the attorneys in your local area.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice jonri! That sounds like a gr8 idea working at a library, and I already have experience since I was a library aide in last year at my hs library.</p>
<p>Haha, I am neither of those three things.</p>