Student attorney vs staff attorney

Differences between student attorney and staff attorney duties and responsibilities

Student attorney example responsibilities.

• Generate an internal memorandum exploring VAWA and special immigrant juvenile cases that lead to the establishment of a new clinic program.
• Provide direct representation to low-income clients on a range of matters including family, criminal, probate, and post-conviction review.
• Issue subpoenas for opposing party's financial records, records for businesses own by opposing party and records of government organizations.
• Compose subpoenas and collect discovery.
• Represent clients before administrative and probate judges.
• Handle trial and arbitration preparation and document review.
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Staff attorney example responsibilities.

• Generate an internal memorandum exploring VAWA and special immigrant juvenile cases that lead to the establishment of a new clinic program.
• Provide statewide training for attorneys and advocates on education law and also responsible for major impact education litigation and appeals.
• Create and conduct workshops on e-discovery, privilege, FMLA, ADA, and FLSA
• Conduct internal FLSA (wage and hour) compliance and re-classification audits for pre-complaint resolution.
• General practice attorney handling primarily bankruptcy, domestic relations and criminal cases, preparation of wills and trusts and probate.
• Draft wills, powers of attorney, probate estate administration filings, divorce filings, caregiver contracts, and property deeds.
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