LEGAL AND PARALEGAL INTERNS

Year-round, VAAP seeks highly motivated students to join us for customizable internship experiences focused on administrative assistance, case management and support, communications, and event coordination. Positions are hybrid-remote with access to coworking space in Burlington's Old North End and designated in-office days for value-added team meetings, supervision, and events. Preference is given to individuals who can commit to multi-semester partnerships and who bring language access skills. We support interns to access compensation and/or academic credit. Learn more.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT SERVICE LEARNING

Each fall and spring, VAAP teaches the Social Work Department’s Working with Refugees, which leverages the strengths of about 30 students working 8–10 hours weekly on collaborative projects addressing the micro- and marco-level needs of VAAP’s client communities.

VAAP also partners with the History Department’s Country Conditions Research Seminar, which leverages the talents of about 15 students who compiled annotated indeces of pertinent country conditions which VAAP files with USCIS and the Immigration Court as corroborating evidence of clients’ asylum claims.

Finally, VAAP subcontracts as the legal services provider for Connecting Cultures, an interdisciplinary program of the Psychology Department. In turn, Connecting Cultures supervises graduate students to forensically evaluate VAAP’s asylum seeking clients to substantiate their applications and build witness credibility.