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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 2025 closes on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 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 2025 application open until January 31, 2025.
- 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 2025 application open until January 31, 2025.
- Office of General Counsel - Summer Honors Program for Law Clerks
  - Closes the last day of August each year.
  - Summer 2025 application open until January 31, 2025.
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Honors Internship Program
Government Accountability Office - Summer Associate Legal Honors Program
- Rising 2Ls (class of 2026) - Summer 2025 closed
Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence and Analysis - Internship Program
- 2025 applications due August 30, 2024
Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel Legal Honors Program
- 2025 applications due September 23, 2024
Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel - Summer Legal Program
- Tax (various offices including Sacramento, San Francisco and other CA cities) - Summer 2025 application due September 3, 2024
- Non-Tax (various offices including San Francisco and Los Angeles) - Summer 2025 application due September 3, 2024
NASA Office of General Counsel - Summer Legal Honors Internship Program
Securities and Exchange Commission - Student Positions
Federal Aviation Administration - Law Honors Intern Program
Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Summer Law Clerk Program (1Ls only)
- Summer 2025 application expected to open early December 2024
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition - Summer Honors Legal Internship
- Summer 2025 application for 2Ls open early July 2024 and will close in August
- Summer 2025 application for1Ls should open in early January 2025

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
- 2025 application period: August 1 to September 15, 2024, 8:59pm PT
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute - Graduate Fellows
- 2024 application was September 15, 2023 - December 15, 2023
Copyright Office, Barbara A. Ringer Honors Program
- 2024 application was September 11, 2023-December 29, 2023
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
  - Open until September 9, will close when 250 applications have been received, which may be sooner
- 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
- 2024 was October 24, 2023
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Legal Division Honors Attorney Program
- 2024 application period was July 13, 2023 - September 18, 2023
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Administrative Law Judges - Administrative Law Clerkship
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition Entry-Level Attorney Hiring
- Applications open July to September
Homeland Security, Department of Office of General Counsel - Secretary's Honors Attorney Program
- 2025 applications August 1, 2024 to September 2, 2024
Housing & Urban Development, Office of General Counsel - Legal Honors Program
- 2024 application closed September 18, 2023
Interior, Department of - Office of the Solicitor - Attorney Honors Program
IRS, Office of Chief Counsel - Honors Attorney Program
- Tax (various offices including Sacramento, San Francisco and other CA cities) - 2025 application due September 3, 2024
- Non-Tax (various offices including San Francisco and Los Angeles) - 2025 application due September 3, 2024
Justice, U.S. Department of
- US Attorney General Honors Program is an entry-level federal attorney recruitment program
  - 2025 application period opens on July 31, 2024 and will close on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 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
- Office of the Solicitor - Honors Program
  - 2025 application due September 30, 2024
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
  - 2025 application closed July 10, 2024
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency - Honors Attorney Program
- 2025 application due September 20, 2024
Postal Service - Honors Attorneys
- 2025 application due September 30, 2024
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 2025 Application September 4 - 18, 2024
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
- 2025 program closed August 16, 2024
United States Postal Service - Honor Attorney