Applications are now open for the summer 2017 edition of the Death Penalty Programme Internship.

The Death Penalty Internship Programme is a unique opportunity for “hands-on” exposure of legal work involving the common law system of the United States, which also encompasses diverse areas of criminal justice, medical law and human rights.

The duration of the internship is approximately two months and interns can expect to: conduct legal research, manage case files, contribute to the briefs filed in state and federal courts, interview witnesses and jurors in appeals cases and attend prison meetings.

The host offices for the 2017 edition include:

• Office of the Federal Public Defender - Northern District of California
  
• Texas Defender Service, Austin, Texas
  
• Office of State Public Defender, Captial Defense Division, Jackson, Mississippi
  
• Office of Public Defender, Sixth Judicial District of Arkansas, Pulaski and Perry Counties

• Arizona Capital Representation Project, Tucson

Candidates may indicate their preferred choice(s) but these cannot be guaranteed.

These internships are open to all Warwick Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. Preference will be given to candidates who have actively participated in the Death Penalty Project Attorney Support Programme.

For more information and to read about previous editions please follow this link to the student activities of the Centre for Human Rights in Practice.

Judge Joseph A. Migliozzi Jr, a Norfolk General District Court from Virginia, USA is coming to Warwick to give a talk about current developments relating to the US Death Penalty on Wednesday 19th October at 5pm, Room S 2.12 (Law School).

This talk will be of interest to all students involved and looking to get involved in the Warwick Law School Death Penalty Project.

Please email Becky and Cara to find out more about the DPP project and related activities.

Joe will also be giving a talk on Law Careers in the US on Thursday 20th October at 2pm in room H3.55.

You can sign up to the careers event here.

We look forward to seeing Law and non-Law students at both events!

The Politics of Papua Project, supported by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice and the PaIS department at the University of Warwick, is looking for a student researcher to work for 50 hours (paid at standard research rates of approx. £10/hour) on the philosophical and international legal aspects of a proposed independence referendum in the Indonesian-ruled territory of West Papua. The research will centre around the question of whether ethnically-Indonesian migrants in the territory should (ethically and legally) be eligible to vote a proposed referendum on Indonesian rule in West Papua.

The research will last throughout term 1 – with a view to a larger funding application for future research into a hypothetical referendum – and will require a short brief to be written by the end of the period summarising arguments and findings, to be published under the Politics of Papua Project. The researcher should be prepared to contact and discuss the issue with relevant experts on international law and West Papua, and compare the situation with relevant case studies (such as East Timor, South Sudan and Western Sahara).

Candidates will need to display the following:

• Understanding of basic international legal principles;

• Ability to intelligently navigate through legal argumentation;

• Good research skills.

It is preferable that the candidates have the following qualities:

• Writing skills;

• Communication skills.

To apply, please send a CV with relevant experience and covering letter of no more than 400 words to Connor Woodman at c.d.w.woodman@warwick.ac.uk by Friday October 7^th at 5pm.