VOLUNTEER LEGAL INTERNS
NEEDED
PUBLIC DEFENDER OF
METUCHEN
Court times: WEDNESDAY 1pm
PM [approx]- 8:30 PM, every other Friday 9-12, plus hearing
preparation work.
Volunteer Internship
Description:
-Interview Clients facing
charges in Municipal Court including Drug Possession, Drunk Driving, Assault,
Driving While Suspended and other criminal and traffic offenses
-Make demands for
Discovery on Prosecutor and review police reports
-Attend hearings and learn
from experienced trial attorneys
-Prepare Motions to
Suppress Evidence and Motions to Compel Discovery
-Conduct appropriate Legal
research
-Acquire skills in
Criminal Law and Procedure by active participation
-Participate in Public
Relations activities and help organize seminars
- Update Lists of
Prosecutors, Judges and Attorneys for publication of
NJ
Municipal Court Law Review
- Revise criminal and
traffic law Articles and submit to Law Journals and criminal law websites.
Volunteer
to help indigent people charged with criminal and motor vehicle offenses of
magnitude. In additional to time in court, you will be given research
assignments. You can work more hours if you want. Help people less fortunate
than you who are down on their luck.
Program
lasts 12 weeks. Minimum time commitment September- May is 10 hours per week.
For
Summer- College graduates and Law students only. Minimum Volunteer time
commitment in summer- 18 hours per week. Send cover letter and
resume. After sending resume, call to schedule interview
732-572-0500.
We
sponsor a statewide website www.njlaws.com with information on
criminal, litigation, personal injury, and probate matters. It is
helpful if applicants have some familiarity with HTML programming, web page
design and maintenance and Internet technology. If you can update a website,
please indicate so in the first paragraph of your cover letter. This office is
committed to excellence and service to clients and the community. Applicants
must have attention to detail. We attempt to give assignments, which
will be meaningful and memorable but, nevertheless, expect that interns will
pitch in on whatever needs to be done.
Mail
or fax cover letter and resume to
Kenneth Vercammen, Esq.
Public Defender for the
Borough of Metuchen
c/o 2053 Woodbridge Ave.,
Edison, NJ
08817
Fax 732-572-0030
About Mentor Program Director:
Kenneth Vercammen is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial
attorney. Mr.
Vercammen has published 125 articles in national and New Jersey publications on
criminal, traffic, DWI, probate, estate planning, and litigation topics. He has
been selected to write the book on Criminal Law for the American Bar
Association. He often lectures to trial lawyers of the American Bar
Association, New Jersey State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar
Association.
Kenneth
Vercammen was the NJ State Bar Municipal Court Attorney of the =and past
president of the Middlesex County Municipal Prosecutor's Association. He is the
past chair of the NJ State Bar Association Municipal Court Section and is the
Co-Chair of the ABA Criminal Law committee, GP Division.
He is a
highly regarded lecturer on litigation issues for the American Bar Association,
ICLE, New Jersey State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association.
His articles have been published by New Jersey Law Journal, ABA Law Practice
Management Magazine, and New Jersey Lawyer. As the Editor in Chief of the New
Jersey Municipal Court Law Review. Mr. Vercammen is also a recipient of the
NJSBA- YLD Service to the Bar Award.
In his private
practice, he has devoted a substantial portion of his professional time to the
preparation for trial of litigated matters. He has appeared in Courts throughout New Jersey several
times each week on Criminal personal injury matters, Municipal Court trials,
and contested Probate hearings. He
serves as the Editor of the popular legal websites www.njlaws.com and www.BeNotGuilty.com
He has served as a
Special Acting Prosecutor in nine different cities and towns in New Jersey and
also successfully handled over One thousand Municipal Court and Superior Court
matters in the past 25 years. Kenneth Vercammen was included in the 2013 “Super
Lawyers” list published by Thomson Reuters. He was a member of the Law Review
and top 10% law school grad.
LAW OFFICE Fall & Spring
VOLUNTEER INTERNSHIPS
- EDISON, N.J.
Volunteer
students will have an the opportunity to work in a busy law office and work
with real clients. Students interested in a career in law can obtain knowledge
and experience in law office procedures, preparing legal correspondence, and
assisting clients.
Work on Criminal,
Municipal Court and DWI cases:
- Contact Municipal Prosecutors to obtain discovery and police reports
- Contacts with Court and County Prosecutor’s Office
- Prepare hearing notice to clients
- Speak with clients and witnesses prior to hearings
- Review accident reports and witness statements
- Attend hearings and motions
- Prepare end of case letters to client
Added recent Criminal and
Civil cases to our Blog
Add new court rules and
statute to the Criminal statute blog
WILLS & PROBATE
PRACTICE
1. Act as
formal witness to Wills, Power of Attorney and other legal documents
2. Work
on Motions to remove executors and compel accounting
3. Publicize
Will seminars and attend programs free of charge
Work on Community
Relations and marketing projects including submitting articles to legal
websites and search engines and Blogs
Fall
& Spring interns must work between 10-21 hours per week between Monday and
Friday, time and days to be selected by the student. Participants must stick to
days and hours selected and make up missed days. The legal interns must work a
minimum of 12 weeks. Longer hours or weeks permitted. [Summer
internship is minimum 18 hours per week, 12 weeks- college graduates and Law
students only]
Interested
students must mail or fax a cover letter and resume.
This
is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience as a volunteer intern
and learn New Jersey Practice and Procedure. Build your resume and obtain
marketable skills. You will handle a client's file and learn details on running
a successful law practice. This will not be a brief writing and photocopying
clerkship. For additional information on the Law Office, please visit the
website at www.njlaws.com. We
sponsor a statewide website with information on litigation, personal injury,
criminal and probate matters. It is helpful if applicants have some familiarity
with HTML programming, web page design and maintenance and Internet technology.
If you can update a website, please indicate so in the first paragraph of your
cover letter. This office is committed to excellence and service to clients and
the community. Applicants must have attention to detail. Additional
information on internship at http://www.njlaws.com/intern.htm
Mail
or fax cover letter and resume. Do not email.
Kenneth Vercammen &
Associates, PC
2053 Woodbridge
Avenue,
Edison, NJ
08817
[near Rt 287 and the
NJ Turnpike]
PHONE 732-572-0500 (Fax) 732-572-0030
Metuchen Public Defender
Volunteer Internships
