Summer Law Internship Program 2019

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Summer Law Internship Program 2019
Volunteer Law Students - Statewide
All Divisions
The application deadline is Extended to April 12, 2019

The New York State Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is seeking talented law students for its 2019 Summer Law Internship Program (SLIP). The SLIP officially runs for 8 weeks between June and July (10-week appointments are available, if required by the applicant’s funding source). The 2019 SLIP will begin on June 3, 2019. Interns commit to work full-time for the duration of the program. These internships are either volunteer positions, externships for course credit, funded by a public service grant obtained by the student, or work study funded by a law school. We encourage applicants to confer with their financial aid offices and public interest career advisors for information regarding funding available for public service internships with a government agency such as the OAG.

Placements are available statewide within the Divisions of Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Social Justice, State Counsel, Appeals and Opinions, Regional Affairs, Executive and Administration. Law students assist attorneys in all phases of their work including, but not limited to legal research; drafting of briefs, memos and pleadings; document review; responding to discovery requests; preparing for depositions and trials; and performing some clerical work. We are seeking hardworking interns who are committed to public service and have excellent legal research and writing skills; fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, Korean, etc.) in addition to English is a plus, but not required. U.S. citizenship and New York State residency are not required.

Students selected for the SLIP will be assigned to one of the bureaus in the main offices in either Manhattan or Albany, or to one of the smaller regional offices. The practice area of a bureau is generally reflected in its name. Our regional offices are located in Binghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Harlem, Suffolk, Nassau, Plattsburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown, and Westchester. The regional offices are full-service locations that handle matters such as consumer fraud complaints and mediations, consumer frauds and related criminal prosecutions, civil rights and labor law prosecutions, and the investigation and prosecution of environmental law violations. In addition, they handle State Counsel matters in defense of the state, its agencies and employees in lawsuits brought in state and federal courts. For more information about the work of a bureau or regional office, please visit theDivisions and Media Center sections of our website.

Students should only apply for those bureaus and/or regional offices of interest to them. Location preferences will be honored; however, bureau assignment may ultimately be made based upon the needs of the OAG.

For a complete list of bureaus that are currently hiring law student interns for the summer of 2019, please visit www.ag.ny.gov/job-postings

How To Apply:

Applications for the 2019 SLIP are being received online. To apply, please visit our careers website: http://www.ag.ny.gov/job-postings.

If you have questions about a position with the OAG, the application process or need assistance with submitting your application, please contact the Legal Recruitment Bureau via email at recruitment@ag.ny.gov.