Volunteer Internship Opportunities
Community Court and Court Resource Center

• Court Resource Center Volunteer

•      About Seattle Community Court
  
       View the Seattle Channel’s CityStream program about Community Court.

Seattle Community Court, the first in Washington State, the 26th in the United States, opened its doors on March 3, 2005. Community Court is recruiting volunteers/interns who are interested in working in a cutting edge program.

If you are interested in applying please:

• Review the position descriptions by clicking on the job titles above.
• Review the volunteer application process.

For more information please contact the Court's Volunteer Coordinator.

• By phone at 206-684-7803
• or via email to mekka.robinson@seattle.gov.

Senior Citizens are encouraged to apply.

About Seattle Community Court

View the Seattle Channel’s CityStream program which highlights the Seattle Municipal Court’s initiative to address crime through community justice. Learn how Seattle Community Court is helping to restore the quality of life for the communities and defendants it serves.

Click here to view the program.

Community Court takes a different approach to chronic social, human, and legal problems that are resistant to conventional solutions. The problem-solving approach of Seattle Community Court recognizes that communities can be victims of crimes just as individuals. Community Court holds low-level offenders accountable and provides opportunities for them to give back to the communities that have been harmed. Additionally, Community Courts foster more effective stewardship of limited public resources through community work programs in lieu of traditional sanctions (jail time) for low-level offenders while helping to address the underlying issues driving repeat criminal behavior.

The Seattle Community Court serves “chronic public system users" – offenders who repeatedly commit low-level crimes, fail to comply with sanctions, fail to appear for Court, and who use jail days when they could be more effectively rehabilitated through alternative strategies. This population creates serious impacts on the quality of life in Seattle’s downtown core.

Community Court Partners:

• Seattle Municipal Court: Presiding Judge Fred Bonner, Bob White, Jason Pina, Kent Hay, and Tricia Lapitan
• Seattle City Attorney: Pete Holmes, Craig Sims, Tuere Sala
• Associated Counsel for the Accused: Don Madsen, Karen Murray, Nancy Waldman, Jesse Salomon
• Metropolitan Improvement District: Peggy Emerson, Steve Walls
• Downtown Seattle Association: Kate Joncas
• Operation Sack Lunch: Beverly Graham, Krista Grimm
• Red Wagon Graffiti Removal Program-Seattle Public Utilities
• St. Vincent de Paul
• Millionair Club
• Danny Woo Community Garden
• Meadowbrook Community Care
• Lake City Lions Club
• Mary's Place, Church of Mary Magdelane
• New Horizons Ministries
• YouthCare
• Rainier Valley Food Bank
• Emergency Feeding Program
• City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods Pea Patch Program
• City of Seattle, Office of Emergency Management
• Seattle Education Access
• Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance
• Recovery Café
• Sound Mental Health: Co-Stars Program
• New Traditions
• University Christian Church

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About the Court Resource Center

The Municipal Court established the Court Resource Center to house agencies that provide services to defendants and others in the community. The purpose of the Resource Center is to create a one-stop service center to address the complex underlying problems of Court clientele and members of the community. A central premise of the Municipal Court is that the courthouse can serve as a gateway to treatment and related services for populations with multiple problems and limited access to services. While some defendants are mandated to participate in treatment - such as substance abuse, mental health and domestic violence treatment - the Court encourages all defendants to make use of the services when they are in need, whether or not they are coming to court to address legal issues.

• Visit the Resource Center Page

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