The Warwick Death Penalty Internship Programme is overseen within the Centre for Human Rights in Practice of Warwick Law School. Each year a number of Warwick students take up internships in capital defender offices throughout the United States, including in Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, and California. The Death Penalty Internship Programme is a unique opportunity for hands-on exposure to legal work involving the common law system of the United States, encompassing diverse areas of criminal justice, medical law, and human rights. The duration of the internship is approximately two or three months, depending on the office. Interns carry out work appropriate to the office's needs; commonly this includes: legal research, the management of case files, assisting in the drafting of briefs to be filed in state and federal courts, interviewing witnesses and jurors, and prisons visits, including on death row.

Application Process:

1. Send a full CV and a 200-word covering letter stating why you wish to undertake this internship to: Philip.Kaisary@warwick.ac.uk

2. Ensure your application is in by the end of term – Friday 5th December 2014 for summer 2015 internships.

3. Shortlisted applicants will be notified early in term 2 of a time for interview.

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice has launched the second edition of it's flagship project: LACUNA Magazine: A Writing Wrongs Project. This edition showcases original expert commentary and investigative journalism on the theme of "Austerity and Prosperity", an issue in which the Centre has developed particular expertise. The lead feature: "Down the rabbit hole: Single parenthood in austerity Britain" has been picked up and re-published by the New Statesman. To read the exciting and challenging content featured in this edition please visit www.lacuna.org.uk

Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, and winner of the Orwell Prize Andrew Williams has been continuing his series of talks at literature festivals in the UK. On the 1st December 2013 Andrew appeared at the Cambridge Word Fest to talk about his book A Very British Killing.