Transcription of SAMPLE COVER LETTER #1: FIRST-YEAR STUDENT
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123 York Street, Apt. 21K New Haven, CT 06511 (617)860-4569 December 1, 20 XXIan Marcus Amelkin, Esq. Assistant Federal Defender Federal Defenders of New York 52 Duane Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10007 Dear Mr. Amelkin [or Dear Ian Marcus Amelkin]: I am a FIRST-YEAR STUDENT at Yale Law School and am seeking a summer intern position in the Manhattan office of the Federal Defenders of New York for summer 2019. I worked in New York City for several years before law school, and I plan to return to the area following graduation. If funding is not available for summer interns in your office, Yale is able to fund my employment. I am interested in the Federal Defenders because of its client-centered and holistic approach to indigent defense, as well as its ongoing commitment to society s most vulnerable members. As an undergraduate, I interned at the Public Defender Agency of Massachusetts, and I was struck by the horrors of mass incarceration and the disparate impact our nation s harsh criminal justice system has on poor and minority communities.
Law Division in particular. As an undergraduate, I learned about the trial process through my work as a counselor and student judge for the University Judiciary Committee. I enjoyed interviewing and preparing witnesses for hearings, analyzing the facts of cases, and drafting opinions. I will be in Virginia from December 23 to January 2 and ...
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