Dr Rob Clucas R.Clucas@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Mini-internships for the Centre for Child and Family Law and Policy
People Involved
Dr Michal Piegzik M.Piegzik@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Prof Richard Whitecross R.Whitecross@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Project Description
The Centre for Child and Family Law and Policy was established in 2021. One of our goals is to develop the talent and skills of undergraduates by offering our LLB students mini-internships. These internships aim to: provide valuable educational and vocational experience; promote good citizenship and civic responsibility, and help LLB students to build employability skills and potentially profit from professional networking opportunities.
The internships comprise research on areas of law and practice concerning children and adults in their private and family life, such as dispute resolution, adult relationships, domestic abuse, and AI in family law. Some interns may contribute towards the organisation and delivery of research-based academic events in these areas of law (dependant on additional funding), to which Scottish academics, lawyers, third sector workers and key judicial and government stakeholders will be invited to participate.
We plan to run 4 competitive paid part-time internships, lasting for approximately four weeks, to take place at the end of the academic year in May-June, to avoid impacting students’ studies. Two will be longer in format than in the past, for 50 hours each, to allow scope for in-depth work from excellent students. Exceptional work will be published online in our Working Paper series. Two will be 25 hours long to help develop students’ research, writing and presentation skills.
The mini-internships are primarily aimed at Year 3 and 4 students.
| Type of Project | P04 - Research Charities and Trusts |
|---|---|
| Status | Project Live |
| Funder(s) | The Clark Foundation for Legal Education |
| Value | £2,000.00 |
| Project Dates | Sep 1, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026 |
| This project contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals |
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