Organization: **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.
Job Title: Summer 2025 Law School Intern
Experience:
Salary Information:
- Unpaid volunteer internship
- Unpaid clinical internship (if approved by law school)
- Paid work-study internship (if eligible and approved by law school)
Legal Teams:
- Code Enforcement (also known as the Neighborhood and Residential Safety Team)
- Complex and Affirmative Litigation
- Construction
- Data and Privacy Task Force
- Energy and Telecommunications
- Finance and Real Estate
- Government
- Health & Human Services
- Labor and Employment
- Land Use
- Litigation
- Public Contracting
- Public Utilities
- Transportation
- Workers' Compensation
Internship Program Overview:
- 10-week program in spring, summer, or fall
- Participants assigned to one of 20+ legal teams
- Work under the direction and supervision of deputy city attorneys
- Opportunities to attend client meetings, trials, court hearings, depositions, and press conferences
- Special programming and events to gain insight into the legal work of a city attorney's office
Eligibility:
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- Minimum of 12 hours per week for spring and fall internships
- Minimum of 20 hours per week for summer internship
How to Apply:
- Email cover letter, resume, and legal writing sample to ****
- Application deadline: December 13, 2024
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Who is eligible?
- How do I apply?
- When is the application deadline?
- Can I participate remotely?
- What types of internships are available? Are they paid? Can I receive credit?
- Do you offer internships to law school graduates waiting for bar results?
- What is the internship program schedule?
- What are the minimum requirements?
- How many interns does the office take?
- Can interns work more than one semester?
- What type of assignments do interns perform?
- What type of training will I receive?
- What type of relationship can I expect to have with deputy city attorneys?
- What type of supervision will I have?
- What type of activities will I be able to participate in and observe?
- What types of research materials will I have access to?
- What are the teams in the City Attorney's Office?
- Will I be offered a job at the end of my internship?
- What have past participants in the City Attorney's Internship Program had to say about it?
H1: Join Our Award-Winning Legal Team as a Summer 2025 Law School Intern
H2: Gain Practical Experience and Professional Development in Municipal Law and Government Affairs
Bullet Points:
- 10-week internship program in spring, summer, or fall
- Work with one of 20+ legal teams in the **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.
- Opportunities to attend client meetings, trials, court hearings, depositions, and press conferences
- Special programming and events to gain insight into the legal work of a city attorney's office
- Eligibility:
- Application deadline: December 13, 2024
- Email cover letter, resume, and legal writing sample to ****
- Unpaid volunteer or clinical internship; paid work-study internship (if eligible and approved by law school)
- Flexible work schedule with option for remote work in special circumstances
- Interns may participate in up to two semesters
- Opportunity for professional development and mentorship from deputy city attorneys
- No job offers at the end of internship, but office typically hires attorneys with 2-3 years of experience
- Office encourages diversity and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds
- Office provides legal services to over 100 departments, boards, and commissions in the City and County of San Francisco
