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Location : Remote Work Eligible
Job Type: Part-Time/Temporary
Remote Employment: Remote Optional
Job Number: 201300280
Group:Research & Design Group
Opening Date: 12/19/2023
Closing Date: 1/22/2024 5:00 PM Eastern
Job Summary
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is an independent, nonprofit court improvement organization. NCSC's services include research, information services, education, and consulting. Focused on helping courts implement improvements that promote efficiency and effectiveness, while ensuring access to justice, timeliness, and procedural satisfaction. Visit to review our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
NCSC's Research & Design Group, Diversity Internship Program, offers students from various cultural backgrounds, lifestyles, experiences and interests exposure to NCSC and the critical work we do for state courts. NCSC is seeking Research Interns for Summer 2024 to join our team. This is a fully remote internship. This opportunity is for graduate students. The 10-week internship is full-time (37.5 hours per week), $15/hr, with an opportunity to begin early in Spring 2024 and/or continue into the academic year. During the Spring and Fall semesters, hours are flexible around your academic obligations. Alongside NCSC research staff and court stakeholders, Research Interns will assist on various court-related research projects to gain applied research skills across substantive areas of the court administration and justice.
This internship introduces students to an applied research-oriented career, as well as the various positions within the state court system and its stakeholders. We anticipate that the research intern(s) will assist on several projects during their internship. Some of these projects will be with researchers working on the , , and Other projects could include but are not limited to topics on civil and criminal case processing (see ), racial equity and justice in the courts (see ), artificial intelligence (AI) in technology in the courts, and pretrial notification procedures.
Duties and Responsibilities
Specific tasks may involve policy analyses, literature reviews, analysis of state best practices, content coding of print and video materials, research interviewing with stakeholders, data preparation and analyses, writing research brief publications and data documentation guidelines, and attending project meetings.
Qualifications
Additional Information
Submit your (1) curriculum vitae/resume and (2) letter of intent
For your Letter of Intent (300 words or fewer) tell us:
NCSC is an Equal Opportunity/Disability/Veteran Employer
Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
NCSC provides a comprehensive benefit package for Regular Full-time and Regular Part-Time employees consisting of:
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Are you currently a student working on an advance degree?
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Are you a MA or PhD student and what degree are you working towards?
Required Question
Location : Remote Work Eligible
Job Type: Part-Time/Temporary
Remote Employment: Remote Optional
Job Number: 201300280
Group:Research & Design Group
Opening Date: 12/19/2023
Closing Date: 1/22/2024 5:00 PM Eastern
Job Summary
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is an independent, nonprofit court improvement organization. NCSC's services include research, information services, education, and consulting. Focused on helping courts implement improvements that promote efficiency and effectiveness, while ensuring access to justice, timeliness, and procedural satisfaction. Visit to review our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
NCSC's Research & Design Group, Diversity Internship Program, offers students from various cultural backgrounds, lifestyles, experiences and interests exposure to NCSC and the critical work we do for state courts. NCSC is seeking Research Interns for Summer 2024 to join our team. This is a fully remote internship. This opportunity is for graduate students. The 10-week internship is full-time (37.5 hours per week), $15/hr, with an opportunity to begin early in Spring 2024 and/or continue into the academic year. During the Spring and Fall semesters, hours are flexible around your academic obligations. Alongside NCSC research staff and court stakeholders, Research Interns will assist on various court-related research projects to gain applied research skills across substantive areas of the court administration and justice.
This internship introduces students to an applied research-oriented career, as well as the various positions within the state court system and its stakeholders. We anticipate that the research intern(s) will assist on several projects during their internship. Some of these projects will be with researchers working on the , , and Other projects could include but are not limited to topics on civil and criminal case processing (see ), racial equity and justice in the courts (see ), artificial intelligence (AI) in technology in the courts, and pretrial notification procedures.
Duties and Responsibilities
Specific tasks may involve policy analyses, literature reviews, analysis of state best practices, content coding of print and video materials, research interviewing with stakeholders, data preparation and analyses, writing research brief publications and data documentation guidelines, and attending project meetings.
Qualifications
- Students working toward their MA or PhD in Psychology, Political Science, Data Science, Public Policy or any other related social science field
- Must demonstrate a strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity, and ability to take initiative
- Strong attention to detail
- Skills in data visualization (e.g., Excel, Tableau)
- Knowledge in data management, legal research, content coding, as well as personal or professional experience with the law or court system
Additional Information
Submit your (1) curriculum vitae/resume and (2) letter of intent
For your Letter of Intent (300 words or fewer) tell us:
- How you contribute to a diverse workforce at NCSC,
- Why you would be a good fit for this opportunity, and
- What you hope to gain from our internship program.
NCSC is an Equal Opportunity/Disability/Veteran Employer
Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
NCSC provides a comprehensive benefit package for Regular Full-time and Regular Part-Time employees consisting of:
- All Purpose Leave (APL): Paid time off for vacation, sick, and other types of personal absences.
- Holidays: NCSC observes ten (10) paid holidays
- Medical Insurance, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Short-term & Long-term Disability coverage at no cost to the employee
- Life & Accidental Death Insurance: NCSC provides life insurance for employees and fully pays the premium. Employees are covered at three times their salary for the life policy and the accidental death policy. NCSC also provides Insurance for spouses in the amount of $5,000 and $2,500 for children.
- Retirement/Pension: NCSC contributes 9% of salary to a Money Purchase Plan Pension account for each employee (no deductions from salary)
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Are you currently a student working on an advance degree?
- Yes
- No
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Are you a MA or PhD student and what degree are you working towards?
Required Question
