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The Mentorship Program through 麻豆原创 Columbia’s Child Protection Lab offers MA level students the opportunity to meet with a licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist for 3-5 virtual meetings. Students will have the opportunity to review redacted forensic reports prepared by the mentors and discuss their findings. Each mentor is accepting up to 3-4 students for a potential of 12 open positions within the program. Additional mentors may be included depending on need. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to network and gain valuable exposure to Forensic Clinical Psychology!

The Mock Hearing through 麻豆原创 Columbia’s Child Protection Lab offers MA level students the opportunity to participate as an expert or fact witness in collaboration with the Columbia Law School. Students learn about the court case while enrolled in Dr. Mantell's course, the Forensic Psychology of Child Protection.

The Forensic Concentration partners with the to give MA-level students direct insight into the concerns and conditions reported by correctional staff and incarcerated individuals across New York State's prison system.  

Through this partnership, students join CANY's Monitoring and Reporting Team and assist with data analysis and the Intake Correspondence Project. Students code interview data collected during prison monitoring visits to help identify emerging themes for CANY's facility reports. Students also work on the Intake Correspondence Project by reading and responding to letters from incaracerated individuals and their loved ones. Current students are developing the organization's response to mental health concerns raised through correspondence.

This internship helps students understand how correctional facilities operate while examining how psychological needs, institutional conditions, and legal systems intersect within correctional settings. 

The forensic concentration has established an opportunity for up to 6 MA level students to volunteer with the New York City Department of Correction, Division of Programs and Community Partnerships!

Assigned to report to an Executive Director of Facility Programs, students are responsible for running an English as a Second Language (ESL) program at West Facility on Rikers Island. Volunteers will be responsible for the development and dissemination of ESL curriculum to monolingual Spanish-speaking persons in custody (PICs). This opportunity is an extension of a prior 8-week ESL program and volunteers will be provided the initial course materials.

The forensic concentration has developed an opportunity for MA level students to attend Hygiene Court Hearings at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center. These hearings are focused on risk assessment and carceral mental health issues, where attorneys discuss and dispute persons who have been convicted of serious criminal activity. Students observe clinical and forensic psychologist testify in a maximum security facility.