PUBLIC DEFENDER OF
METUCHEN Please post!
Court times: 2pm PM [approx]- 7:45 PM, once
a month Friday 9-12, plus hearing preparation work.
Volunteer Internship Description:
-Interview Clients facing charges in Municipal Court
including Drug Possession, Drunk Driving, Assault, Driving While Suspended and
other criminal and traffic offenses
-Make demands for Discovery on Prosecutor and review police
reports
-Attend hearings and learn from experienced trial attorneys
-Prepare Motions to Suppress Evidence and Motions to Compel
Discovery
-Conduct appropriate Legal research
-Acquire skills in Criminal Law and Procedure by active
participation
-Participate in Public Relations activities and help
organize seminars
- Update Lists of Prosecutors, Judges and Attorneys for
publication of
NJ Municipal Court Law Review
- Revise criminal and traffic law Articles and submit to Law
Journals and criminal law websites.
Volunteer to
help indigent people charged with criminal and motor vehicle offenses of
magnitude. In additional to time in court, you will be given research
assignments. You can work more hours if you want. Help people less fortunate
than you who are down on their luck.
Program lasts
12 weeks. Minimum time commitment September- May is 10 hours per week. For
Summer- College graduates and Law students only. Minimum Volunteer time
commitment in summer- 18 hours per week. Send cover letter and resume.
After sending resume, call to schedule interview
732-572-0500.
We sponsor a
statewide website www.njlaws.com with
information on criminal, litigation, personal injury, and probate
matters. This office is committed to
excellence and service to clients and the community. Applicants
must have attention to detail. We attempt to give assignments, which
will be meaningful and memorable but, nevertheless, expect that interns will
pitch in on whatever needs to be done.
Mail
or fax cover letter and resume to
Kenneth Vercammen, Esq.
Public Defender for the Borough of Metuchen
c/o 2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ
08817
Fax 732-572-0030
LAW OFFICE
VOLUNTEER INTERNSHIPS - EDISON, N.J. Spring & Fall
Volunteer
students will have an the opportunity to work in a busy law office and work
with real clients. Students interested in a career in law can obtain knowledge
and experience in law office procedures, preparing legal correspondence, and
assisting clients.
1.
Contact Municipal Prosecutors to obtain discovery and police
reports
2.
Contacts with Court and County Prosecutor’s Office
3.
Prepare hearing notice to clients
4.
Speak with clients and witnesses prior to hearings
5.
Prepare end of case
letters to client
6.
Attend hearings and motions
Added recent Criminal and Civil cases to our Blog
Add new court rules and statute to the Criminal statute
blog
WILLS & PROBATE PRACTICE
1.
Act as formal witness to Wills, Power of Attorney and other
legal documents
2.
Work on Motions to remove executors and compel accounting
3.
Publicize Will seminars and attend programs free of charge
Work on Community Relations and marketing projects including
submitting articles to legal websites and search engines and Blogs
Fall & Spring interns must work between 10-21 hours per
week between Monday and Friday, time and days to be selected by the student.
Participants must stick to days and hours selected and make up missed days. The
legal interns must work a minimum of 12 weeks. Longer hours or weeks
permitted. [Summer internship is minimum 18 hours per week, 12 weeks- college
graduates and Law students only] Interested students must mail or
fax a cover letter and resume.
This is an
excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience as a volunteer intern and
learn New Jersey Practice and Procedure. Build your resume and obtain
marketable skills. You will handle a client's file and learn details on running
a successful law practice. This will not be a brief writing and photocopying
clerkship. For additional information on the Law Office, please visit the
website at www.njlaws.com.
This office is committed to excellence and service to clients and the community.
Applicants must have attention to detail. Additional information on
internship at http://www.njlaws.com/intern.htm
Mail
or fax cover letter and resume. Do not email.
Kenneth Vercammen PC
2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ
08817 PHONE 732-572-0500
(Fax) 732-572-0030
About Metuchen Public Defender Volunteer
Internship Mentor
Program Director Kenneth Vercammen. Mr. Vercammen
is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial attorney. He wrote the book for the American Bar
Association on Criminal Law Forms. Mr.
Vercammen has published 125 articles in national and New Jersey publications on
criminal, traffic, DWI, probate, estate planning, and litigation topics. He has
been selected to write the book on Criminal Law for the American Bar
Association. He often lectures to trial lawyers of the American Bar
Association, New Jersey State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar
Association.
Kenneth
Vercammen was the NJ State Bar Municipal Court Attorney of the =and past
president of the Middlesex County Municipal Prosecutor's Association. He is the
past chair of the NJ State Bar Association Municipal Court Section and is the
Co-Chair of the ABA Criminal Law committee, GP Division.
He is a
highly regarded lecturer on litigation issues for the American Bar Association,
ICLE, New Jersey State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association.
His articles have been published by New Jersey Law Journal, ABA Law Practice
Management Magazine, and New Jersey Lawyer. As the Editor in Chief of the New
Jersey Municipal Court Law Review. Mr. Vercammen is also a recipient of the
NJSBA- YLD Service to the Bar Award.
In his private practice, he has devoted a
substantial portion of his professional time to the preparation for trial of
litigated matters. He has appeared in
Courts throughout New Jersey several times each week on Criminal personal
injury matters, Municipal Court trials, and contested Probate hearings. He serves as the Editor of the popular legal
websites www.njlaws.com and www.BeNotGuilty.com
He has served as a Special Acting Prosecutor in nine
different cities and towns in New Jersey and also successfully handled over One
thousand Municipal Court and Superior Court matters in the past 25 years.
Kenneth Vercammen was included in the 2015 “Super Lawyers” list published by
Thomson Reuters. He was a member of the Law Review and top 10% law school grad.
