2008 Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program
Participating Organizations
Georgia Statewide Internship Listings
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Internships outside the Atlanta area (open to students from all graduate schools):
- Special Assistant Attorney General - Barrow County and Dawson
County
- Catoosa County Juvenile Court
- Chatham County Juvenile Court
- Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children
- Henry Guardian Advocates, LLC
- Jackson County Juvenile Court - Attorney GAL Division
- Laurens County Juvenile Court
- Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit - Juvenile Court
| Title: | Special Assistant Attorney General - Barrow County and Dawson
County |
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| Contact Person: | Laurie-Ann Fallon |
| Address: | 227 Sandy Springs Place Suite D-318 Atlanta, GA 30328 |
| Phone: | 404-808-0436 |
| Fax: | 770-454-7638 |
| Email: | lafallon@gmail.com |
| Type Of Student: | Placement requires law students. |
| Job Description: | Student intern, depending on year in law school, will be able to participate in the day to day life of a Special Assistant Attorney General representing DFCS in Barrow County and Dawson County. Responsibilities include: attending Court hearings, meetings with DFCS, drafting orders and pleadings, interviewing witnesses, and research. Working as a SAAG, the intern will come into contact with other participants in child welfare proceedings, including judges, GALs, CASAs, case managers, service providers, and parents' attorneys. Position is open to rising 2Ls and 3Ls. 3Ls will be certified under the Third Year Practice Act and receive 1-2 cases to prepare as a student attorney. (Students who have already been certified must provide proof of certification.) |
| Qualities: | Intern must be self-sufficient and an independent
thinker, but not afraid to ask for help or assistance. |
| Other: | There is not a main office due to the amount of time spent in court and in travel. Intern must have access to own computer and work space. Office supplies will be provided to the intern and any incurred expenses shall be reimbursed. |
| Research Project: | No. |
| Title: | Catoosa County Juvenile Court |
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| Contact Person: | Tammy Hardin |
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| Address: | P.O. Box 1600 Ringgold, GA 30736 |
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| Phone: | 706-935-4901 | |
| Fax: | 706-935-4909 | |
| Email: | catoosajuvenilecourt@yahoo.com | |
| Type Of Student: | Placement requires law students or MSW student. |
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| Job Description: | The intern will be working with 3 juvenile courts in Catoosa,
Walker, and Dade Counties. S/he will gain experience by working with
court administrators, judges, DFCS, DJJ, district attorney, public defender,
SAAG, GAL, and CASA programs. We strive to give the intern a broad picture
of the entire juvenile court system. |
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| Qualities: | ||
| Other: | We are located in Northwest Georgia just off I-75, about 20 minutes
south of Chattanooga & about 2 hours north of Atlanta. |
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| Research Project: | Yes |
| Title: | Chatham County Juvenile Court |
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| Contact Person: | The Honorable John W. Beam, Jr. |
| Address: | 197 Carl Griffin Drive Savannah, Georgia 31405 |
| Phone: | 912-652-6703 |
| Fax: | 912-652-6772 |
| Email: | jwbeam@chathamcounty.org |
| Type Of Student: | This placement requires a law student. |
| Job Description: | Intern will become familiar with organizations participating in the deprivation process in Juvenile Court. Intern will serve as a guardian ad litem for children who are the subject of deprivation litigation. |
| Qualities: | Rising 2Ls or 3Ls only. |
| Other: | Intern must be resourceful. The ability to secure housing in or
near Savannah is a must. |
| Research Project: | There is no research project available for this placement. |
| Title: | Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children |
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| Contact Person: | Melissa Carter & Tammy Walker |
| Address: | 3330 Northside Dr., Suite 202 Macon, Georgia 31210 |
| Phone: | 478-757-2661 |
| Fax: | 478-757-2666 |
| Email: | mcarter@gachildadvocate.org |
| Type Of Student: | This placement requires a law student. |
| Job Description: |
Student interns will assist the Office of the Child Advocate in
legal research and writing on child welfare and juvenile justice issues.
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| Qualities: | OCA seeks a highly motivated student who is able to work independently. The ideal
candidate will be a rising 2L or 3L who is a skilled researcher and possesses
great attention to detail. |
| Other: |
OCA maintains two offices in Macon and Atlanta.
Opportunities to work in either office will be discussed during
interviews.
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| Research Project: | Yes. |
| Title: | Henry Guardian Advocates, LLC |
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| Contact Person: |
Suzanne Whitaker, Esq. |
| Address: |
37 Keys Ferry Street McDonough, GA 30253 |
| Phone: | 678-432-2744 |
| Fax: | 678-432-2743 |
| Email: | lawyerwhitaker@aol.com |
| Type Of Student: | Placement requires law students. |
| Job Description: | Intern will assist child advocate attorneys with
private and deprivation child custody cases; interview children, parents,
caseworkers, witnesses; prepare written summaries, reports, and
recommendations; maintain confidential files and records; conduct legal and factual research;
conduct grant and private funding research. |
| Qualities: | Rising 3L preferred. Prior law office experience a plus. |
| Other: | A strong interest in child welfare law and child
legal and policy work; offices are located in Stockbridge and McDonough;
opportunity for lots of client contact and courtroom experience in
juvenile, probate, and superior courts. |
| Research Project: | Yes. |
| Title: | Jackson County Juvenile Court - Attorney GAL Division |
|---|---|
| Contact Person: | Victoria Moore |
| Address: | 5000 Jackson Parkway Suite 210 Jefferson, GA 30549 |
| Phone: | 706-387-6376 |
| Fax: | 706-387-6388 |
| Email: | vmoore@jacksoncountygov.com |
| Type Of Student: | Placement requires law students. |
| Job Description: | Abused and neglected children with special needs. The Piedmont Judicial Circuit (Banks, Barrow, and Jackson counties) employs two full time attorneys to represent all children in the circuit who are in the custody of the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services. The intern will assist the attorneys on assigned projects in specific cases of child abuse and neglect of children with special needs. The goal is to ensure appropriate placement of children; specifically, that each child is receiving the necessary and recommended specialized medical, psychological and educational services. To ensure the child's needs are met, the intern will learn DFCS policy and how to utilize the Georgia Civil Practice Act, e.g., discovery, motions, and service requirements, and creative methods to negotiate DFCS policy to accomplish the goal. The intern can expect real exposure to the actual practice of federal and state child welfare law and DFCS policy. |
| Qualities: | Interest in and commitment to protection of abused and neglected children, specifically those with special medical and/or psychological needs. |
| Other: | We are one of a few judicial circuits who provide representation to
all children in DFCS custody by a senior and associate full time child
advocate attorney. Our offices are located in Jefferson, Georgia. We also
serve Barrow County (Winder, GA) and Banks County (Homer, GA). |
| Research Project: | Yes. |
| Title: | Laurens County Juvenile Court |
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| Contact Person: | The Honorable William L. Tribble |
| Address: | P. O. Box 2048 Dublin, Georgia 31040 |
| Phone: | 478-272-8623 |
| Fax: | 478-272-8617 |
| Email: | judgetribble@bellsouth.net |
| Type Of Student: | Placement requires law students. |
| Job Description: | Intern will learn about court organization, perform statistical research, and coordinate with the Administrative Office of the Courts project for this juvenile court. |
| Qualities: | Successful applicant will be a law student
interested in juvenile/family law. |
| Other: | Opportunities for fishing, horseback riding, and quail hunting with the judge. |
| Research Project: | Yes |
| Title: | Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit - Juvenile Court |
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| Contact Person: | The Honorable Mark H. Murphy |
| Address: | P. O. Box 969 Buchanan, Georgia 30113 |
| Phone: | 770-646-2025 |
| Fax: | |
| Email: | jmhmurphy@netscape.net |
| Type Of Student: | Placement requires law students - rising 3L. |
| Job Description: | The Juvenile Court for the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit seeks to offer a law clerk experience for a law school student who is seriously considering a career in the field of juvenile justice. The successful applicant can expect to frequently attend juvenile court and observe delinquency, deprivation, and termination of parental rights hearings. The intern will be assigned specific legal issues to research arising from current cases before the judge. The intern will also be encouraged to observe one or 2 specific cases from the viewpoint of a judge while observing proceedings from the jury box and then to draft a model order which will then be critiqued by the judge. This learning experience will allow the student to learn how fact-finders view attorneys and witnesses. The student will also be involved in ongoing research on the judge's annual revision of a legal treatise on Georgia juvenile law currently published by Thomson West. The intern will also be offered opportunities to shadow a child advocate, an attorney who represents Child and Family Services, and a DFCS caseworker to better learn how these stakeholders work in the system. |
| Qualities: | The successful applicant will have excellent research and writing
skills, have completed the second year of law school, will view the
profession of law as more of a calling to serve than as a business for
profit, will desire to learn how to apply the skills of a legal education
for the strengthening of families and the rehabilitation of parents and
children. |
| Other: | The Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit consists of Polk and Haralson Counties
in northwest Georgia. It is primarily a rural, but not isolated, area with
easy access to the cities of Rome, Carrollton, and Douglasville, all of
which offer the typical suburban shopping, dining, and entertainment.
These cities would also be good locations for summer housing. |
| Research Project: | Yes |
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