Internships are integral to the legal profession, providing opportunities for students to gain practical experience while in law school, and developing talent to support the firm’s work. This program will guide you through best practices for recruiting, hiring, and working with interns. Gain insights into creating accessible interview processes, fostering a supportive environment, and providing meaningful feedback to ensure a valuable experience for both your law firm and interns.
- Introductory Overview
- Brief introduction of the presenter
- Icebreaker poll of attendees
- Review of agenda, topics to be covered, and anticipated takeaways
- Recruiting Interns
- Promoting your internship program
- Law school recruiting timelines
- Building diverse internship cohorts
- Inclusive Interviews and Hiring
- Addressing implicit bias as an internship coordinator
- Techniques for inclusive interviewing
- Flexibility in interviewing
- Inclusive interview environment
- Creating a Supportive Work Environment
- Before the internship begins
- Intern orientation
- Training opportunities for interns
- Guidance for intern work assignments
- Providing diverse internship opportunities
- Checking in with interns
- 3 essentials of effective feedback
- Critical conversations with interns
- Following up on interns’ feedback
- Navigating Hybrid Work
- Understanding remote and hybrid work
- Pros and cons of remote work for interns
- Tools for hybrid success
- Connection and socialization
- Mentorship and Networking
- Legal mentorship
- Finishing the internship strong
- Staying connected
- Big picture goals of mentorship and networking
- Questions & Answers (as time permits)
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Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Recognition and Elimination of Bias
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Difficulty: All Levels
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Ethics
This presentation is approved for one hour of Recognition and Elimination of Bias CLE credit in California, one hour of Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility CLE credit in South Carolina (all levels), and one hour of Ethics CLE credit in North Carolina.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
Keisha Stokes-Hough is the Southern Poverty Law Center’s deputy director of legal management, where she assists with overseeing the operations of the SPLC’s legal department, and coordinates programming for attorneys and law students. Her experience includes a range of legal and advocacy work seeking economic justice, as well as habeas litigation on behalf of indigent petitioners.
Keisha received a bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University and a law degree from Harvard Law School, where she was a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.