Our network of nationally recognized criminal justice schools makes it easy for you to find the right program in your area - take the first step towards your new career today.
Vera's summer internship with the Center on Sentencing and Corrections' Justice Fines and Fees Project will give you the opportunity to work with passionate, diverse, dynamic, and innovative individuals to work on complex assignments.
If it excites you to spend time on the ground, observing bail hearings and arraignments, talking to people in the field, researching things like legislative history, and developing and rolling out new ideas, this job is for you.
At the Vera Institute of Justice, our vision is of a society that respects the dignity of every person and safeguards justice for all.
AAJ works to preserve the constitutional right to trial by jury and to make sure people have a fair chance to seek justice when they are injured by the negligence or misconduct of others-even when it means taking on the most powerful corporations.
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