GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office is hosting four law students as law clerks this summer who will assist prosecutors with research and writing assignments. The DA’s Office also assisted in finding placements for eleven undergraduate students with internships in a range positions including consumer protection, victim witness unit, and administration. 

From the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office:

Northwestern DA places four law students in law clerk positions

The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office is host to four law students working as law clerks this summer. Law students assist prosecutors with research and writing assignments, including reviewing evidence in criminal cases, drafting legal briefs and oppositions and, in some cases, appearing before district court judges.

Law students at the District Attorney’s office this summer are:

• Third-year Northeastern School of Law student Sam Mackin, who grew up in Hadley and graduated from Frontier Regional High School in 2020 and from UMass Amherst in 2023 with a major in legal studies and economics.

• Daniel Nieves III of West Springfield, a second-year student at Western New England University School of Law, who earned his undergrad degree at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where he majored in American Studies.

• Abigail Davis, a third-year student at Western New England University School of Law, from Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, attended Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre with a major in political science and international relations minor.

• Evan Naismith, a second-year student at the University of Connecticut School of Law, grew up in Northampton and graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After living in California while working in the restaurant industry, he moved back east and now lives in Amherst while attending law school.

“Mentorship and student learning is a time-honored tradition in the legal field and the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office is honored to be a part of that,” said Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan

In addition to the law students, the Northwestern DA’s office placed 11 undergraduate college students in internships this summer in a range of positions including consumer protection, the victim witness unit, and administration and data entry.