Internship Opportunities at MHLAC

MHLAC welcomes summer interns, as well as interns who wish to work with us during the semester. Some of the issues that an intern may work on are: access to and appropriateness of state agency services; family law (visitation for parents with mental disabilities); education and special education; housing; employment discrimination; rights of adults facing guardianship matters; health care/managed care; rights in mental health facilities; and rights in the community. Interns may also have the opportunity to work on ongoing advocacy cases for clients in group homes or facilities.

Summer Internships - Closed for Summer 2012

Summer interns are full-time interns for at least 10 weeks in the summer. Our interns perform a wide range of duties and have direct contact with clients (beginning with telephone intake and follow-up). Duties may include drafting of correspondence, and representation in proceedings (if Rule 3.03 certified), attendance at court and administrative proceedings, drafting of legislation, regulations and policy reports, assistance with on-going cases (legal research and drafting of documents, client follow-up), preparation of educational brochures, and interaction with consumer and provider coalitions with whom the agency works.

Semester Internships

Semester internships are generally part-time and scheduled around class schedules. (We can also accommodate a full-time semester student.) Part-time interns perform a wide range of duties and have direct contact with clients (primarily through telephone intake and follow-up). Duties may include speaking with clients or their advocates to obtain necessary information about their legal issue or question, drafting of correspondence, and preparation of educational brochures and other materials. Depending on scheduling constraints, it is possible that students could attend meetings, along with staff, related to policy and other advocacy issues.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to: Miriam Ruttenberg, Esq. at mruttenberg@mhlac.org and please specify whether you are seeking a full-time summer or semester internship or a part-time semester internship. At this time all our internships are unpaid.