Job Title: Law Clerk Internship, Summer
Organization: **Members Only**
Department: OAG Executive Office - General Counsel
Experience: Law students
Salary: Unpaid, may be eligible for course credit
Overview:
- Volunteer law clerk program sponsored by the **Members Only**
- Provides law students with opportunities to serve the citizens of Maryland in various legal fields
- Involves legal research and writing, witness and client interviews, and assisting with litigation
- Offers experience in criminal investigations and prosecutions, civil litigation, appellate advocacy, and more
Qualifications:
- Excellent legal research and writing abilities
- Strong communication and team skills
- Good work ethic and attitude
- Availability to work 15-20 hours per week (schedule determined based on division and clerk's commitments)
- Law clerks may be eligible for course credit
Application Process:
- Submit application form, cover letter, resume, and unofficial transcript in PDF format to Ronda Kirk at ****
- Use subject line "Law Clerk Program Application"
- May be asked for writing sample or references during interview
- Application deadlines: October 15 for Spring, March 1 for Summer, August 15 for Fall
General Practice Areas (check no more than two):
- Administrative Proceedings
- Advice to Client Agencies
- Appellate Litigation
- Business and Finance
- Civil Enforcement
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Policy and Legislation
- Regulatory Enforcement
- Torts
- Transactions
- Trial Litigation
Divisions:
- Aging
- Antitrust
- Budget and Management
- Civil Litigation
- Consumer Protection (Mediation, Enforcement, Legislative)
- Contract Litigation
- Correctional Litigation
- Courts and Judicial Affairs
- Criminal Appeals
- Criminal Division (Environmental Crimes, Fraud and Corruption, Insurance Fraud, Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims, Organized Crime)
- Education (K-12)
- Emergency Management
- Environment
- Environmental Service
- General Assembly
- General Services
- Health
- Health Benefits Exchange
- Health Education and Advocacy
- Health Occupations Prosecution and Litigation
- Higher Education
- Higher Education Commission
- Housing and Community Development
- Human Services
- Independent Investigations Unit
- Information Technology
- Juvenile Services
- Labor
- Lottery and Gaming
- Motor Vehicle Administration
- Natural Resources
- OAG Executive Office - Civil Rights
- OAG Executive Office - Equity, Policy, and Engagement
- OAG Executive Office - General Counsel
- OAG Executive Office - Legislative Affairs
- Opinions and Advice
- Peoples' Insurance Counsel
- Planning
- Public Access/Open Government
- Public Safety and Correctional Services
- Retirement and Pension
- Secretary of State (Charitable Enforcement)
- Securities
- State Highway
- State Police
- Technology Development Corporation
- Tobacco Settlement Enforcement
- Transit Administration
- Transportation Authority
- Treasurer
Note: Not every division may accept a law clerk every term, and applicants may be contacted by divisions not listed on their application.
