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Immigration Case Management Internship Available with the Equal Justice Center

Organization Profile:

The Equal Justice Center (EJC) is a non-profit law firm and social justice organization which empowers the immigrant community by providing free legal services throughout the state of Texas. We advocate for systemic reforms that strengthen immigration rights and work towards securing permanent immigration solutions for Dreamers. Through assistance of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program we are able to serve a large and vastly unrepresented community.

We have ongoing internships for: Fall semester (15 weeks), spring semester (15 weeks), and summer semester (12 weeks).

Internship:

Qualifications: Spanish fluency preferred.

Time Commitment: 10 hours per week.

Job Description:

  • Conduct detailed telephone interviews with numerous potential clients who contact the EJC seeking immigration legal assistance,
  • Open new matters and update existing cases in the EJC’s case management system,
  • Collect, upload and review client documents,
  • Prepare case files and assist with client applications,
  • Sort and record mail and government correspondence,
  • Assist in virtual community outreach efforts and virtual legal clinic preparation,
  • Research and assist with writing organizational public comments to proposed rule changes,
  • Other tasks and duties assigned.

Learning Opportunities: Interns are not required, but are invited to attend the virtual intensive course, alongside UT Law clinic students and other law student interns, to learn the basics of the substantive law and practice methods employed by EJC. The internship will also provide on-the-job training in handling confidential client information, community outreach, social media management and various immigration processes.

Academic Credit: Academic credit toward your major is likely available; please inquire with your college/university.

Cycle Deadlines: Applications are accepted on a rolling admission basis, but we recommend you consider the following deadlines. Fall: August 15 | Spring: December 15 | Summer: April 30

Apply: Fill out the application on our website (www.equaljusticecenter.org) and submit a one page cover letter, letter of recommendation and your resume by email to: phernandez@equaljusticecenter.org

, Filed Under: Research, Uncategorized

Remote Research Position Available with the “Blast from the Casts” Project

Available Student Position: Online Map Developer 

The “Blast from the Casts” project, funded in part by a small grant from Humanities Texas and managed by two graduate students from the Department of Art History, seeks an undergraduate student with some experience in the creation of interactive online maps for display in a project website. Minimum qualifications include a basic knowledge of online mapping and familiarity with at least one online mapping tool (RStudio, ArcGIS, Carto, Open Layers, Leaflet, etc.). An ideal candidate will also have a working knowledge of Javascript and HTML. Some exposure to Classical Antiquity is helpful but not required. We would expect this student to work approximately ten hours per week over the full semester, for a total of ca. 160 hours. We can only offer a small stipend ($200-$250) for this work, but in exchange for the student’s time, we will help the student acquire expertise in photogrammetry, GIS, and the reception of classical sculpture in the 19th and early 20th century, as well as some behind-the-scenes knowledge about how museum collections are managed. Application review will begin August 1, 2020, and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants are asked to submit a current resume and a brief description of their prior experience with online maps and/or Javascript, HMTL, and other web-development tools to Dr. Adam Rabinowitz, Associate Professor, at arabinow@utexas.edu.

Additional Information

All requirements are expressed in the position description above. If the student wishes to take part in the construction of photogrammetrical models, the necessary software will be provided through a virtual session via the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). All other software is either freely available or available to UT students using a UT VPN.

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In-person Internships Available with Austin Wildlife Rescue

Austin Wildlife Rescue

About Austin Wildlife Rescue

Austin Wildlife Rescue rehabilitates and releases orphaned, sick, and injured wild animals and educates the public to coexist with wildlife.

Austin Wildlife Rescue serves the citizens and wildlife of Central Texas by providing direct assistance to the public concerning questions, problems, and conflicts with native wildlife. Austin Wildlife Rescue accomplishes this mission by:

  1. Training staff to operate a telephone hotline in order to assist with wildlife inquiries from the public;
  2. Supporting qualified rehabilitators to provide quality care to orphaned and injured wildlife until they can be returned to their native habitat; and
  3. Providing educational programs designed to eliminate or mitigate conflicts between humans and wildlife.

Visit our website at https://www.austinwildliferescue.org/ for more information.

Internship Details

Students are hired as animal care interns. These are unpaid internship positions. Interns are expected to work 2-3 days a week, for 10 hour shifts each (so 20-30 hours per week). They will be feeding and cleaning the animals at the facility where they will learn about what diets are appropriate for each species through each developmental phase, how to hand feed various species from birds, reptiles, and mammals. They will learn how to give basic oral medications and can even observe medical treatments as they come up in the animals when they are present! Interested students can send Jules Maron, Operations Manager, their cover letter and resume at staff@austinwildliferescue.org. We are looking for students for Aug-Dec, as well as Jan-May.

Our rehab center is located in Elgin: 111 Elbow Bend, Elgin, TX 78621