Internship - Spring 2027 - MHLD

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to extract content from posting. We have Overview, Values, Mission Statement, Agency Overview, Position Overview, Qualifications (Minimum Requirements), Application Information, Internship Funding Opportunities, Responsibilities (with subparts), EEO Statement (boilerplate to remove). Also there is "Overview" at top. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO statement, application instructions? Actually we need to remove application instructions (the part about submitting resume etc). Also remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Thus we should keep substantive info: overview of division, mission, values, agency overview, position overview, qualifications (minimum requirements), responsibilities (detailed). Also maybe "Internship Funding Opportunities" (unpaid internship, can work for credit). That's a benefit/funding info. Should we create a Benefits section? The posting says "Please note that this is an unpaid internship. CPCS can work with students to support the receipt of externship credit or outside funding." That's specific content about compensation/funding. According to rules, we should include Pay/Benefits/Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. Here we have info about pay (unpaid) and funding opportunities. So we could create a

Pay

with

Unpaid internship; CPCS can assist with externship credit or outside funding.

. Or maybe Benefits section for funding? But Pay is appropriate. Schedule? Not mentioned. So no Schedule. Skills? Not explicit separate list; qualifications include commitment, transportation, computer. Could be under Qualifications. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No job title given explicitly; it's "internship positions". We'll not add heading for it. We need to use

for section headings. Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like locations (Brockton, Northampton, Worcester offices and Trial Support and Oversight unit in Boston). Also mention that they seek law students both with and without SJC Rule 3:03 Certification. Also mention values: Courage, Accountability, Respect, Excellence (maybe spelled out). Also mission statement text. Agency overview description. Position overview details about MHLD. Qualifications minimum requirements: demonstrated commitment to zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, protection of fundamental constitutional and human rights; Must also have access to reliable transportation or public transportation to travel to courts and hospitals; and a personal computer with home internet access sufficient to work remotely. Responsibilities: two units: Mental Health Commitment Defense Units (Brockton, Northampton, Worcester) and Mental Health Litigation Division Trial Panel Support Unit (Boston). Need to keep bullet points. We need to format responsibilities as lists. Could separate into two sub-sections? But we only have one Responsibilities heading; we can include paragraphs and lists. We need to avoid duplication: there is some repeated text about values etc. We'll keep once. We need to strip out boilerplate like "EEO Statement" and application instructions (the part about submit resume, personal mission statement, writing sample, specify preferred office locations). Also remove "INTERNSHIP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES" maybe we keep as Pay section. We need to ensure we don't include headings with empty content. Thus final HTML:

  About the role

  maybe? But we have overview content. Could use "About the role" heading for overview/mission/values/agency overview/position overview. Or we could split into multiple sections: Overview, Mission & Values, Agency Overview, Position Overview. But rule: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into one "About the role" section containing all overview paragraphs. But we need to use

  for section headings. So we could have:

  About the role

  Overview text...

  Then

  Responsibilities

  with lists. Then

  Qualifications

  with list. Then

  Pay

  with p. We should not include Skills, Benefits, Schedule unless present. Let's craft. First, gather overview text: From posting: Overview The Mental Health Litigation Division of CPCS is seeking applicants for Spring 2027 internship positions in our Civil Commitment trial offices located in Brockton, Northampton, and Worcester offices and in our Trial Support and Oversight unit located in Boston. We are interested in law students both with and without SJC Rule 3:03 Certification for opportunities with the Mental Health Litigation Division. We fight for equal justice and human dignity by supporting our clients in achieving their legal and life goals. We zealously advocate for the rights of individuals and promote just public policy to protect the rights of all. Our Values C ourage A ccountability R espect E xcellence DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MISSION STATEMENT CPCS is committed to protecting the fundamental constitutional and human rights of our assigned clients through zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, and the fullness of excellent legal representation. We are dedicated to building and maintaining strong professional relationships, while striving to accept, listen to and respect the diverse circumstances of each client, as we dedicate ourselves to meeting their individual needs. It is our CPCS mission to achieve these goals, and in furtherance thereof, we embrace and endorse diversity, equity and inclusion as our core values as we maintain a steadfast commitment to: (1) Ensure that CPCS management and staff members represent a broad range of human differences and experience; (2) Provide a work climate that is respectful and supports success; and (3) Promote the dignity and well-being of all staff members. CPCS leadership is responsible for ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion. The ability to achieve these goals with any level of certainty is ultimately the responsibility of each member of the CPCS community. Agency Overview CPCS is the state agency in Massachusetts responsible for providing an attorney when the state or federal constitution or a state statute requires the appointment of an attorney for a person who cannot afford to retain one. The agency provides representation in criminal, delinquency, youthful offender, child welfare, guardianship, mental health, sexually dangerous person, and sex offender registry cases, as well as in appeals and post-conviction and post-judgment proceedings related to those matters. The clients we represent are diverse across every context imaginable and bring many unique cultural dimensions to the matters we address. This reality creates a critical need for CPCS staff to be culturally competent and able to work well with people of different races, ethnicities, genders and/or sexual orientation identities, abilities, and limited English proficiency, among other protected characteristics. Position Overview The Mental Health Litigation Division provides individuals with attorneys for Civil Commitment proceedings in the District and Superior Courts and provides attorneys for appointment by the Probate and Family Courts to represent persons in Guardianships and Substituted Judgment proceedings, including cases involving Conservatorship, Elder Abuse, the Validation of Health Care Proxies, Nursing Home Admission and Do Not Resuscitate orders. Civil Commitments are handled by both staff and private attorneys, while most cases in the Probate Court are handled by private panel attorneys. In addition to our staff offices in Brockton, Roxbury, Northampton, and Worcester, the MHLD has attorneys in our trial support and oversight office and our training department. All our attorneys receive training in issues relating to mental health and the statutory and constitutional rights of our clients. The Mental Health Litigation Division offers interns a variety of experiences and assignments under the supervision of highly experienced attorneys. We need to preserve all that. However note there is a typo: "C ourage A ccountability R espect E xcellence" with spaces. We'll keep as is? Probably we should keep the text exactly but maybe fix spacing? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The typo is part of the posting; we should keep it as is. However we could keep the words "Courage Accountability Respect Excellence" but the posting has spaces inside each word. It's ambiguous. Safer to keep exactly as posted: "C ourage A ccountability R espect E xcellence". We'll keep that. Now Responsibilities: We have two units. First: Mental Health Commitment Defense Units (Brockton, Northampton, Worcester) seeks interns and law coop students who have completed their 2L year and are or can be 3:03 certified to assist attorneys with representation of citizens facing involuntary civil commitment to mental health facilities, and involuntary medical treatment for mental illness, including the administration of anti-psychotic medications. 1Ls are welcome to intern with the commitment defense offices to assist with client calls, reviewing medical records and legal research. Interns in MHLD commitment offices will: - Shadow several attorneys during their internship, - Develop a working understanding of G.L. c. 123 and the requirements for civil commitment, District and Municipal Court commitment proceedings, court-ordered medication proceedings, and the rules of evidence as applied in mental health cases, - Visit clients and conduct interviews to obtain relevant information and ascertain the client’s position on their pending petition(s) - Work with independent medical experts including psychiatrists, psychologists, social service experts, and other mental health professionals as requested by staff attorneys, - Work with attorneys to prepare motions for funds, motions for in person hearings, review medical records, direct examinations, cross-examination of Designated Forensic Psychologists and Psychiatrists and closing arguments, - Develop research on race and equity issues in civil commitments and assist in developing a litigation guide for such issues, - Conduct research into support for novel issues or arguments. Second: Mental Health Litigation Division Trial Panel Support Unit (Boston) supports and oversees the private panel attorneys handling civil commitments and probate court matters. TSOU seeks law students who have completed their 1L year to: - Conduct legal research on systemic and specific issues affecting clients with mental disabilities, - Draft practice materials for attorneys representing clients in mental health matters, - Handle intake line calls from patients and clients in mental health facilities and provide information about their legal status, assignment of counsel or referral, - Trial Support interns also assist the MHLD Training Unit attorneys to create and edit training materials, and to develop and maintain Mental Health online training and resource initiatives. We need to keep all details. Now Qualifications: Minimum Requirements: Interested candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to the principle of zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, and the protection of fundamental constitutional and human rights. Candidates Must Also Have Access To Reliable transportation or public transportation to travel to courts and hospitals, and, A personal computer with home internet access sufficient to work remotely. We need to keep that exactly. Now Pay: "Please note that this is an unpaid internship. CPCS can work with students to support the receipt of externship credit or outside funding." We'll put in Pay section. Now we need to exclude application instructions: "Interested applicants should submit (1) Resume, (2) Personal Mission Statement (one page detailing your interest in the internship, your personal qualities and background, and what draws you to this work, and (3) Writing Sample. Applicants should specify preferred office locations for the Spring 2027 Internship Program." Also "INTERNSHIP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Please note that this is an unpaid internship. CPCS can work with students to support the receipt of externship credit or outside funding." We already used that for Pay; we should not duplicate. Also remove EEO statement. Now produce HTML. We'll structure:

  About the role

  Overview paragraph(s)...

  Our Values ...

  MISSION STATEMENT ...

  Agency Overview ...

  Position Overview ...

  But we might want to keep headings