Where can I find a volunteer intership in the legal field?

Answer 1

Depends what type of internship you are looking to do? You can call any law firm in your area and offer to do a voluntary internship. The local courthouses are always looking for free help, filing, stacking, look ups, etc. A local college or school of law may have some internships available.

Answer 2

Try the prosecutor's office or the public defender's office if you are interested in criminal law. If you like family, landlord-tenant and civil cases, you can try legal aid or legal services offices. Sometimes the court has volunteer positions - see if there is a listing for the administrative office of the court in the phone book. Another possibility is with the clerk of court.

Lots of state agencies have legal departments. Some of the agencies with legal departments in my state are insurance, children & families, revenue (taxes & child support), elder affairs and environmental protection.

You are more likely to find a volunteer position with a public agency or legal aid/service office. It may be possible to find one at a large law firm, especially if someone you know knows a lawyer who can introduce you.

I volunteered with legal services and ended up going to law school.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Volunteer by definition means no pay. I would contact several large law offices and see if they will accept volunteers. I hope you know that the majority of the basic work is done by law clerks, usually recently graduated lawyers who have not passed the bar. The law clerk has knowledge of the law, procedures, etc., where the average volunteer is clueless and therefore probably of little to no help for the law firm. Sorry to be such a downer but truth is truth.