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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.

A feature on foodbanks written for LACUNA magazine Centre Co-Director James Harrison has been republished in The New Statesman. The article, which offers a critical appraisal of the expansion of foodbanks in the UK, was published to widespread acclaim and has attracted praise from journalists, commentators and writer of "The Thick of It" Armando Iannucci. Read the article here. For more exciting content from Lacuna Magazine subscribe to our mailing list.

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice, together with the Criminal Justice Centre at Warwick have been working on an important collaborative project with academics at Monash University to explore the impact of cuts to legal aid which have been happening in Australia and the UK. We have now launched a project website which showcases the workshops held in Warwick and Monash, and contains a range of useful resources for scholars and practitioners interested in exploring these issues.

You can access the website at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/research/centres/accesstojustice

Natalie Byrom, who is leading the project for CHIP said "The project has given us a range of really important insights that will be vital for our ongoing work which examines the impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice in the UK". You can read more about this work at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/chrp/projects/legalaidcuts/