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In addition to the Summer Law Intern Program (the compensated program for summer interns), the Department also recruits legal interns through the Legal Intern Program. The majority of the internships are for unpaid, volunteer positions during the summer and/or during the academic year. The Department components highlighted in the Volunteer Summer Legal Intern Positions and in the Volunteer/Work-Study/Part-Time Legal Intern Positions booklets all hire legal interns. A substantial number of these positions are located in Washington, D.C. Legal internship opportunities are available nationwide in the 94 U.S. Attorneys' Offices; in the 52 Immigration Courts with the Executive Office for Immigration Review; and in Department field offices.

Types of Internships

Three types of legal internships are available under the Legal Intern Program:

Volunteer: The Department recruits approximately 1900 volunteer interns each year. Law students work as volunteers during the academic year and during the summer. These positions are without compensation but are highly sought after because of the responsibility and experience they offer.

Work-Study: Some Department organizations offer uncompensated positions for course credit or as part of a law school's work-study program. Interested students should contact their law school for specific requirements before applying for these positions.

Part-time: There are a limited number of paid, part-time positions (maximum of 20 hours a week) available at the Department.

Eligibility

First-year (second semester), second-year and third-year law students are eligible to apply. First-year, first-semester law students may apply for a legal intern position after December 1 (the Department follows the National Association for Law Placement guidelines which prohibits contact or employment of such students prior to that date). Law students may work in volunteer and part-time positions with the Department only while they are in law school. After graduation, they are ineligible for volunteer positions. (An exception is graduate law students who are enrolled in school not less than half-time and who are not practicing law. They may apply for legal internships.)

Application Process

The booklet entitled Volunteer/Work-Study/Part-Time Legal Intern Positions, which is published annually in late summer, provides information on legal intern opportunities available for the academic year. This booklet focuses primarily on positions available in Washington, D.C.

The booklet entitled Volunteer Summer Legal Intern Positions, which is published annually in January, provides information on how to pursue summer volunteer legal intern positions.

Additional opportunities may be available in U.S. Attorney's Offices or other parts of the Department. More information about Department components, field offices, U.S, Attorneys' Offices and links to Department directories is available on the Department's web page http://www.usdoj.gov.

Prospective employers and first year law students should not initiate contact with one another and employers should not interview or make offers to first year students before December 1.