PAID SUMMER INDIAN ESTATE PLANNING INTERNSHIP!
Application Deadline: April 30, 2012
Job Description: The summer Indian Estate Planning Project provides exceptional direct client experiences that few law student summer internships offer. In our eighth year, the Project places specially trained second and third year law students from ABA accredited schools on Indian reservations throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wisconsin and Montana. This internship embodies important services for Indian trust land owners that are not provided by any other organization in the country outside of a few legal service offices and a few specially trained private practitioners. The Project is seeking to expand its services to additional tribal communities both nationally and throughout the Pacific Northwest. The Project provides these services at no cost to clients and without regard to clients’ income.
Duties: Interns attend a one week, fully paid, training session beginning on May 21st at Seattle University School of Law on the history of federal laws and policies creating trust lands and fractionation, trust and non-trust estate planning under federal, state and tribal laws, the federal probate process, the American Indian Probate Reform Act, professional responsibility, will drafting and working within reservation communities. Upon completing the training, interns will serve one assigned tribal community for 10 weeks, providing information on Indian estate planning, interviewing clients, drafting and executing wills, living wills, and related documents. You must have your own vehicle, laptop, and in some instances, relocation for the summer is required.
Qualifications: Students must be in their second or third years of law school and preferably have taken a Wills and Trusts class. A background in Indian Law is a plus but is not required.
Employer Information: The Institute for Indian Estate Planning and Probate is located at Seattle University School of Law and is a project of the Center for Indian Law & Policy.
Application Materials: Please submit: (i) cover letter, (ii) resume, (iii) unofficial transcript, (iv) 3 references to Erica Wolf at wolfer@seattleu.edu<mailto:wolfer@seattleu.edu>.
Salary: Approximately $6500 gross for ten weeks + travel expenses
Turtle Talk 
This is a great opportunity and a wonderful program. As an intern, the experience I gained exceeded my expectations. The support and training is outstanding as well. I can’t say enough good things about the program.