October 29, 2010

2L Government Honors & Internship Upcoming Deadlines

The following government programs have 2L deadlines coming up in the next two weeks. Details of these programs are provided in the 2010-11 Government Honors & Internship Handbook (login/password located in the Symplicity announcements) .

Summer Programs
• Alabama Office of the Attorney General – Summer Law Clerk Program (Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/20)
• New York City Department of Probation – Office of General Counsel Summer Law Student Internships (Paid & Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/10)
• New York County District Attorney’s Office – Summer Legal Internships (Paid, Apply between 11/01/10 & 12/15/10)
• City of Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office – Summer Legal Internships (Paid & Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/10)
• City of Chicago Law Department – Volunteer Extern Program (Unpaid, Not Yet Established was 11/02/09)
• Dept. of Veteran Affairs – Board of Veterans Appeals Law Student Internship (Paid & Unpaid, Deadline 11/02/10)
• US Dept. of State – Student Internship Program (Paid & Unpaid, Deadline 11/03/10)
• Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia – Legal Clerkship Program (Paid & Unpaid, Deadline 11/05/10)

Spring Programs
• Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe – Helsinki Commission Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/10)
• Executive Office of the President – Council on Environmental Quality Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/10)
• Federal Communications Commission – International Bureau Satellite Division Student Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/10)
• New Jersey Attorney General – Division of Law Volunteer Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/10)
• Smithsonian Institution – Office of General Counsel Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/10)
• Dept. of Transportation – Office of International Law Volunteer Legal Internships (Unpaid, Deadline 11/01/10)


Many federal and state programs will be filled as soon as the ideal candidates are identified. Apply for programs with Rolling Deadlines (see the top of Table 3 – 2L Programs Sorted by Deadline) as soon as possible.