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Student Internships Charlotte District Office

Legal

Legal Unit – is charged with the responsibility of litigating individual and class employment discrimination cases in the federal courts on behalf of employees, job applicants, and providing legal advice to the Enforcement Unit.  EEOC seeks law students with a commitment to public interest law and EEOC's mission. We give preference to students with a demonstrated commitment to civil rights and/or who have completed course work in employment discrimination, employment law, evidence, or trial practice.  Law student interns assist with various aspects of litigation and litigation development. Assignments typically include legal research and writing relating to employment discrimination and general federal practice issues such as discovery, trial practice and evidence. Interns may also be involved with interviewing claimants, drafting discovery demands or responses, summarizing deposition testimony, attending depositions and court conferences, analyzing documents, and using litigation support software.  Interns also assist attorneys and other EEOC staff with investigating and analyzing charges of discrimination before litigation.

Positions Available: A limited number of internships are available within the Legal Unit.  Offices available for Internship are Charlotte, Raleigh and Richmond.  Interested students should e-mail or send a letter of interest and resume to Nataliya.Bates@eeoc.gov.

Preferred Months: May through August. Limited opportunities may also be available in Raleigh and Richmond during the academic year.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Mediation Unit - is charged with the responsibility of conducting mediations on employment discrimination claims involving private sector and public sector non-federal entities:  Persons selected for this internship should have taken one or more classes of Conflict Resolution, and or Employment/Labor Law.  Interns will be involved in all phases of mediation, from the development of mediation candidates, telephoning parties to explain the potential benefits of mediation, to the scheduling of mediations, and the observation and potential participation in actual mediations, as the parties attempt to resolve the dispute.  In doing so, interns are given the opportunity to get real life exposure to different mediators, attorneys and stakeholder explanations and emotions, approaches and styles of negotiation in the mediation context. Interns will have the opportunity to observe the other units such as hearings, legal & Investigations.

Positions Available: A limited number of internships are available with the ADR Units. Offices available for Internship are Raleigh, Greenville, Charlotte, Norfolk, Richmond and Greensboro.  Interested students should e-mail or send a letter of interest and resume to Zhanna.Meggison@eeoc.gov.

Hearings

Hearings Unit – is charged with the responsibility of adjudicating EEOC claims of employment discrimination involving federal agencies when the Complainant has requested a Hearing before an Administrative Judge.  Specifically, the Administrative Judge reviews these complaints and may conduct hearings on these cases:  Persons selected for this internship should have a class in Employment/Labor law. The position requires much writing such as Orders on Initial Conferences, Orders on Pre-hearing Conferences, Orders on pending Motions, and when appropriate, judicial decisions.  For this reason, proven proficiency in legal writing is a must.  The interns will work with all of the Administrative Judges in the office, as much as practicable.  Case files will be provided which are ready to have a decision based on the Report of Investigation without the need for a hearing (also known as Summary Judgment).  The intern will be given opportunities to participate in Initial Conference calls, Status Conference calls, and Pre-hearing Conferences before a case goes to a hearing. Also the intern will have an opportunity to observe Settlement Judge conferences and EEOC Mediations. Depending on proficiency demonstrated, the intern may draft decisions based on the intern’s observation of a hearing.  Complexity of the work provided will depend on demonstrated abilities during the internship.

Positions Available: A limited number of internships are available with the Hearings Unit. Offices available for Internships are Charlotte and Raleigh.  Interested students should e-mail or send a letter of interest and resume to Brian.Clarke@eeoc.gov for the Charlotte Office and Anita.Richardson@eeoc.gov for the Raleigh Area Office.

Preferred Months: May (after Memorial Day holiday)- first week of August.

Enforcement

Enforcement Unit -  is charged with the responsibility of conducting investigations on employment discrimination claims involving private sector and public sector non-federal entities:   Interns will be involved in all phases of the investigative process, including but not limited to: 1) interviewing parties and witnesses by phone and face-to-face to gather relevant evidence on all allegations of complaint; 2)  reviewing EEOC guidelines and applicable legal memoranda in the development of requests for information and documents;  3) observe and/or participate in on-site investigations; 4)  assist in the analysis of presented evidence and recommendations on the processing of the charge; 5)  submitting written analysis and recommendations regarding disposition of cases; and 6)  assist Enforcement staff with other collateral duties, as applicable.

Positions Available: A limited number of internships are available with the Enforcement Units. Interested students should e-mail or send a letter of interest and resume to the following: