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Legal Internship Recruitment
Internships
offer law students the opportunity to work on a broad range of legal issues.
An intern’s assignments may include research and analysis of legal
decisions, opinions, rulings and statutes; drafting legal memoranda on
issues relating to the Department’s programs; case preparations
for agency hearings and litigation before federal courts. In addition,
interns are invited to participate in brown-bag lunches and other gatherings
within OGC, so that they may obtain a broad overview of the legal issues
that arise within the office. Highly qualified interns who demonstrate
outstanding performance in their work may be considered for permanent
attorney positions at the Department of Commerce as vacancies occur.
Summer Legal Internships
Outstanding first- and second-year law students are encouraged
to apply for summer legal internships at the Office of the General Counsel.
Summer legal internships offer promising law students the opportunity
to work on a wide range of legal issues under the supervision of senior
attorneys. Selections are based on academic achievement, law school courses,
law review or other publication experience, moot court, legal aid or legal
clinic participation, extracurricular activities and previous summer or
part-time employment. Summer legal intern opportunities may include volunteer
internships, internships for academic credit or, depending on funding
availability, paid internships.
Although office staffing needs and funding availability
varies from year to year, most offices within OGC actively participate
in the summer legal intern program. To recruit high caliber law students
for the summer internship program, the Office of the General Counsel participates
in a number of regional law school job fairs across the country where
attorney representatives interview interested law students for internships.
Check with your law school career services office to see if OGC will be
participating in a job fair near you.
For those students unable to attend the regional job fairs,
we encourage you to apply directly to the Office of the General Counsel.
See OGC’s summer
legal internship announcement for application information.
Fall and Spring Legal Internships
Second- and third-year law students are encouraged to apply for
internships during the fall and spring semesters. These internships require
a commitment of approximately 15 hours per week, either on a volunteer
basis or for academic credit, and offer the opportunity to work on a variety
of legal issues under the supervision of senior attorneys. Please check
fall and spring
legal internship announcements for application information.
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