Summer Legal Internship Opportunities
Legal Interns assist prosecutors in the Juvenile, District, and Superior Courts and the Appeals and Training Bureau. First year law students gain experience in legal research, writing, and case preparation. Second year law students who are certified under SJC Rule 3:03 may appear in Juvenile and District Courts as a student prosecutor, supervised by an Assistant District Attorney can apply.
Work for Division : Appeals & Training Bureau
The Appeals & Training Bureau is responsible for handling all appellate matters before the Appeals
Court and the Supreme Judicial Court. This internship presents the student intern with
opportunities to develop legal writing and researching skills, with a concentration in appellate
practice. The student intern will work closely with an experienced appellate practitioner on actual
cases on appeal that are pending before the Massachusetts Appeals Court. The intern will be
responsible for reviewing the entire trial court record, researching the law pertaining to the legal
issues raised by the defendant/appellant, and drafting appellate briefs. Upon approval of the
Bureau, student interns may conduct the oral argument before the Appeals Court when the
student intern’s cases are scheduled for oral argument. There may be additional opportunities to
get involved with other aspects of post-conviction practice, such as working on motions for new
trial, drafting legal memoranda in opposition to motions, or assisting in the argument of such
post-conviction motions.
