Project Harmony to Open Applications for 2020 Legal Summer Institute Program

Modeled after the Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program through Emory University, Project Harmony’s (www.ProjectHarmony.com) newly-created Legal Summer Institute Program provides law students with a hands-on learning opportunity in the field of child advocacy, in addition to providing child advocacy professionals with the benefits of student interns during the summer months. To continue getting this program off the ground, Project Harmony is currently recruiting child-serving organizations to host summer interns for 2020. In addition, internship applications open on December 1.

Through the program, student interns receive a summer stipend to work with judges, lawyers, health and human services professionals, or nonprofit organizations for 10 weeks. The program also offers intensive training in child welfare, which most law students don’t typically get in law school. This past summer, nine law students from across the metro area gathered at Project Harmony for a week’s worth of intensive training in child welfare law before beginning their summer internship at a juvenile court or advocacy organization.

“Hosting an intern from the Project Harmony Legal Summer Institute Program was a really valuable addition to our organization’s child welfare advocacy work,” said Alli Derr with Nebraska Appleseed. “Having an intern who came in already having attended Project Harmony’s training enabled them to jump right in and be an effective, comfortable, and passionate contributor to our work.”

More information about Project Harmony and the Legal Summer Institute Program can be found online at www.ProjectHarmony.com. Call (402) 595-1326 with any questions!