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Summer Internship Opportunities

Below is just a sampling of opportunities. Many more can be found in Arizona Handbooks Government Honors & Internship.

Department of Justice - Attorney General
- Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) - this is the recruitment program for compensated summer internships
  - Summer 2024 opens on Monday, July 31, 2023 and will close on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 8:59 pm PT
- Volunteer Legal Intern Recruitment
Pathways Programs - The Internship Program allows students to work in agencies and get paid for their work
Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental Appeals Board - Legal Internships
  - Summer 2024 applications - closes September 23, 2023 or when 250 applications are received
- Office of Administrative Law Judges - Summer Honors Clerkship Program - for 2L summer
  - Deadline for applications is the last Friday of January each year. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
  - Summer 2024 application open until January 26, 2024.
- Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance - National Enforcement Training Institute (NETI) Law Clerk Honors Program
  - Deadline for applications is the last Friday of January each year. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
  - Summer 2024 application open until January 26, 2024.
- Office of General Counsel - Summer Honors Program for Law Clerks
  - Closes the last day of August each year.
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Honors Internship Program
Government Accountability Office - Summer Associate Legal Honors Program
- Rising 2Ls (class of 2025) - 2024 Summer Applications closed August 9, 2023
Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel - Summer Legal Program
NASA Office of General Counsel - Summer Legal Honors Internship Program
Securities and Exchange Commission - Student Positions
Federal Aviation Administration - Law Honors Intern Program
- deadline will likely be in early March 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Summer Law Clerk Program (1Ls only)
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition - Summer Honors Legal Internship
- Summer 2024 application for 2Ls closed August 14, 2023
- Summer 2024 application for1Ls should open in early to mid January

Post Graduate Opportunities

Below is just a sampling of opportunities. Many more can be found in Arizona Handbooks Government Honors & Internship or Public Policy Handbook

Civilian Board of Contract Appeals - Law Clerk Program
- 2024 application period: August 8, 2023 to October 1, 2023
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute - Graduate Fellows
- 2023 application was September 14, 2022-December 15, 2022
Copyright Office, Barbara A. Ringer Honors Program
- 2023 application was August 15, 2022-December 21, 2022
Energy, Department of - Office of General Counsel - Honors Attorney Program Law Clerk - 2024 application closed August 7, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental Appeals Board - Honors Clerkship Program
  - Anticipates opening a position in late Summer/early Fall 2024 for an October 2025 start
- Office of Administrative Law Judges - Post-Graduate Positions - due to the rotational nature of these positions, openings can occur at any time, check USAJobs.
- Office of Counsel to the Inspector General - Honors Attorney Fellowship
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- 2023 application was April 19, 2023 - May 5, 2023
Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel - Attorney Honors Program
- 2023 was November 30, 2022
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Legal Division Honors Attorney Program
- 2023 application period closed September 11, 2022
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Administrative Law Judges - Administrative Law Clerkship
- 2023 application period closed
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition Entry-Level Attorney Hiring
- 2024 applications open July 15, 2023 to September 10, 2023
Homeland Security, Department of Office of General Counsel - Secretary's Honors Attorney Program
- August 1, 2023 to September 5, 2023
Housing & Urban Development, Office of General Counsel - Legal Honors Program
- 2024 application due September 18, 2023
Interior, Department of - Office of the Solicitor - Attorney Honors Program
IRS, Office of Chief Counsel - Honors Attorney Program
- Law Clerk (non-tax) Honors Attorney Program - 2024 application closed August 18, 2023
- Law Clerk Honors Attorney Program - 2024 application closes September 8, 2023 - various locations (42 nationwide) including Laguna Niguel, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Thousand Oaks
Justice, U.S. Department of
- US Attorney General Honors Program is an entry-level federal attorney recruitment program
  - 2024 application period opens on Monday, July 31, 2023 and will close on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 8:59 pm PT
- Office of the Solicitor General
  - Bristow Fellowship - 1 year fellowship assisting with Supreme Court cases - application period: July 15 through September 1 of the preceding year
  - Phillips Fellowship - fellowship for students who are serving as federal judicial clerks (2-3 months between graduation and start of clerkship) - Apply through the SLIP program (see internships above)
Labor, Department of
- Office of Administrative Law Judges - Law Clerk (San Francisco) - Closed July 17, 2023
- Office of the Solicitor - Honors Program
  - 2024 application close September 11, 2023
  - Separate applications for each location: San Francisco or Seattle, Washington, DC, Boston, Chicago, Denver
National Labor Relations Board - Honors Program
- 2024 application expected to open in August or early September 2023- Those with a particular interest in this program are also encouraged to monitor USAJobs (see https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/search/job/not-posted/ for instructions on how to set up an automated job search).
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Office of the General Counsel's Honor Law Graduate Program - Law Clerk closed August 7, 2023
Presidential Management Fellows Program: The PMF Program is an entry level program for recent graduates to get entry level positions with a number of federal government agencies
- PMF 2024 Application tentatively scheduled to open Fall 2023 for 2 weeks
State, Department of - Office of the Legal Adviser
- Application period: Accepts applications from 3rd year students - deadline is September 1st of your 3rd year
- Accepts applications from Judicial Clerks on rolling basis. Recommends as early in fall as possible but no earlier than 12 months before end of Clerkship
Transportation, Department of - Office of the General Counsel - Honors Attorney Program
- 2024 program closed August 1, 2023
United States Postal Service - Honor Attorney - closed August 31, 2023