Firm and In-House Positions

Internships

2024 Summer Associate – Corporate | Kutak Rock (Multiple Locations)
2024 Summer Associate – Insurance Coverage Litigation | Kutak Rock (Kansas City)
2024 Summer Associate – Litigation | Kutak Rock (Springfield, MO)
2024 Summer Associate | Kutak Rock (Little Rock, AR) | Apply by Feb.
2024 Summer Associate – Labor and Employment | Nixon Peabody (Los Angeles, CA)
2L Summer Associate – Health Care | Nixon Peabody (Los Angeles, CA)
2L Summer Associate, Chicago Intellectual Property | Nixon Peabody (Chicago, IL)
2024 summer Associate – Estate Planning Law | Raymond James Financial (St. Petersburg, FL)
2024 Summer Associate – Law Clerk | Raymond James Financial (Remote)
2024 2L Summer Associate | Koley Jessen (Omaha, NE)
Summer Law Clerk PAID | OneTeam Partners (Remote)
Law Clerk | Mercury Insurance (Clearwater, FL)
Summer Law Clerk | Fragomen | Washington, D.C.

Post-Grad
2024 Entry Level Associate | Quarles & Brady (Milwaukee) 

Public Interest

Internships

Summer 2024 Internship | Arch City Defenders (St. Louis, MO) | Deadline, Jan. 31
Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern | The Legal Aid Society (NYC) | Feb. 1
2024 Curtin Fellowship PAID | American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty {Remote) | Mar. 29
U.S. State Policy and Advocacy 2024 Summer Legal Associate PAID | Center for Reproductive Rights (NYC or DC)
Summer Law Clerk | Leadership for Educational Equity (NYC)
Law Clerk Intern | Roderick MacArthur Foundation (St. Louis, MO)
Summer 2024 Legal Aid Internship | Cabrini Green Legal Aid (Chicago, IL)
Summer 2024 PILI Fellow | Cabrini Green Legal Aid (Chicago, IL)
Summer Law Clerk PAID | Bay Area Legal Aid (San Francisco, CA)
2024 Legal Internship Program | Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (St. Louis, MO)
Advocacy Legal Intern PAID | Columbia Legal Services (Multiple WA Locations)

Government

Internships

Student Trainee Legal | Defense Finance and Accounting Service (Indianapolis. IN) | Feb. 5
Legal Intern (Student Trainee) | Federal Communications Commission (DC) | Feb. 5
Summer National Security Law Division Internship PAID | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DC) | Feb. 9
Analyst in Housing Policy | Library of Congress (DC) | Feb. 16
Legal Aide for Reproductive Justice PAID | New York State Attorney General (NYC) | Mar. 1
Student Trainee (Legal) PAID | Environmental Protection Agency (Seattle, WA) | Jan. 29 (Closes at 75 applications)
Legal Intern – Office of the General Counsel PAID | Office of the Comptroller – City of New York (Manhattan)
Legal Intern – Labor Law PAID | Office of the Comptroller – City of New York (Manhattan)
Hearings and Tax Litigation Legal Intern (Law Clerk) PAID | Comptroller of Public Accounts (Austin, TX)
Fiscal & Agency Affairs Legal Intern (Law Clerk) | Comptroller of Public Accounts (Austin, TX)
Volunteer Law Internship Program | Department of Commerce (DC)
Law Clerk | ACLU of Missouri (Remote)
Student Volunteer Internship – Legislative Branch| Government Accountability  Office (DC)
Legal Intern – Office of the General Counsel PAID | Office of the Comptroller – City of New York (Manhattan)
Legal Intern | Federal Communications Commission | Washington, D.C.
Summer Law Clerk | Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Washington, D.C

Post-Grad

Attorney I – Litigation | City of St. Louis City Counselor’s Office (St. Louis, MO) | Feb. 2
Appellate Court Research Attorney | Illinois Appellate Court (Springfield, IL) | Feb. 29
Attorney | Department of the Navy (Location Determined After Selection) | May 17

Fellowships

Huber Reproductive Health Equity Legal Fellowship | National Partnership for Women & Families (DC) | Feb. 18
EJS 2024-2025 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship | Equal Justice Society (Oakland, CA; Hybrid) | Feb. 28
US Human Rights Fellow | Center for Reproductive Rights (NYC or DC)
Environmental Law Fellow | The Sierra Club | Washington, D.C.

Symplicity – Check Daily

The Symplicity job database is updated daily. We highly encourage you to check, if not daily, weekly for updates and apply. Over 30 jobs were posted just this week. Spring deadlines are approaching fast!

In order to ensure all Structured Interviews are completed prior to March 1, 2024, students seeking a Structured Interview should send an email to Southeast_JAGC_Recruiting@us.navy.mil on or before February 23, 2024. We will do our best to accommodate requests made up until March 1, 2024, but earlier is better!

EPA is hosting a special hiring webinar on February 7 at 2:00 PM ET to support first-time applicants and those interested in learning about the federal hiring process. This event will feature EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe, EPA hiring specialists, and other special guests. 

The Be EPA Hiring Webinar is open to the public, and we encourage you to invite your current student (and recent grads) by sharing this registration link with them: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1465684/share_preview

For job seekers who have never applied for a federal job before, no problem! This event is for them and will cover all things hiring at EPA, including:

• How to navigate USAJOBS.gov and the federal hiring process,
• Making their application as competitive as possible,
• Unique hiring pathways available for students and recent grads,
• And a LIVE Q&A section where our hiring specialists will answer questions! 

From tackling the climate crisis to advancing environmental justice, what happens here changes our world. There has never been a more critical moment to join our team and be the one who protects human health and the environment. 

If you have any questions, connect with our EPA Careers Team at careers@epa.gov.

The USPTO is now accepting applications for our Trademark Law Internship program. We would very much appreciate anything you can do to help us spread the word. The internship is open to first- and second-year law students.

WE’RE HIRING | APPLY NOW

Kickstart your law career at the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Trademark Law Intern! This is the perfect opportunity for you if you’re interested in the inner workings of trademark law and the U.S. trademark registration process. This program will help you gain behind the scenes experience to help advance your personal and professional career.

This exciting paid internship is a telework opportunity during summer break that will last up to 12 weeks.

WHO CAN APPLY | First and second year law students with a minimum GPA of 2.75 (U.S. citizens or nationals) 

DURATION | This internship opportunity will begin late May or early June 2024 and end no later than August 30, 2024 

LOCATION | Telework, Headquarters (Alexandria, VA), and Regional Offices (Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; San Jose, CA). 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

• Paid opportunities to work and explore federal careers while completing their education. 
• Experience work at the USPTO, interact with experts, explore opportunities, and develop or enhance their personal and professional skills. 
• Opportunity to work closely with trademark law experts and gain hands-on experience through legal and administrative activities related to trademark law. 

Ready to apply? 

If you have any questions related to work-life at USPTO, feel free to get in touch with our HR team at recruitment@uspto.gov. Also be sure to follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram for additional tips and updates. 

HOW TO APPLY | APPLY NOW

We wish you luck on taking the next step in your career journey. We truly hope to be a part of it!   

For more information about the job requirements and the hiring process, please visit the USPTO Jobs Website at: www.uspto.gov/jobs

Dear Students:

Over 200 WU students have interned over the past 20 years with legal aid and human rights agencies in Africa, and to a lesser degree in other countries, providing free legal services to low-income and indigent client communities, government offices, courts, and tribunals.  We are excited to continue the Global Public Interest Law Fellows program again in summer 2024. https://intranet.law.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Global-Public-Interest-Law-and-Conflict.pdf  There will be public interest practice stipends through the Career Serves Office as well as small travel stipends through the Graduate and International Programs Office. (Students also may intern for a semester through the International Justice & Conflict Resolution semester externship course. Watch for notices from the Clinical Program Office.)

If you are interested in doing a global public interest law internship this coming summer, please send a resume and a detailed statement of interest to Professor Tokarz ASAP, no later than midnight on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Sooner is better; acceptance will be via rolling admissions.  Your statement should outline:

• Your interest in doing public interest law work (past, present, future);
• Your reasons for wanting to work in Africa… Latin America, Asia… (including your course work, travel, or other experiences in your target country or region or with issues relevant to your target country or region, such as racism, HIV/AIDS, conflict resolution, poverty, land redistribution, public health, environment, women and children);
• The agency (or type of agency) and the type of work (direct legal aid v. human rights capacity building) in which you are interested, and why (you can rank order your choices;
• Your experience in teamwork and collaboration;
• Anything else you think would be helpful in assessing your application, including the name of your Legal Practice instructor or another faculty member who knows you. 

Please also indicate the country, the agency (or type of agency), and the type of work (direct legal aid v. human rights capacity building) in which you are interested.  You can rank order your choices.  Selections will be made on a rolling basis and conclude by the first few weeks of the spring semester.  In the past, selected students have been eligible for $1,500 travel stipends from the International programs office, in addition to the CCD summer stipend.

FAQs:

• How competitive are the global summer public interest fellowships?  [We usually get 25+ applicants.  We accept approximately 6-8.  [It always seems to work out right that the students who are best suited and who really want to go, end up going. ]
• What placements are potentially available for this summer? [Over the past almost 20 years, we have established relationships with a number of international legal services providers, agencies, and courts (although typically the courts prefer interns who have international law experience).  Typically, we place the bulk of the students in Durban or Cape Town, South Africa with the Legal Aid Board (predominantly criminal defense work); Legal Resource Centre (predominantly impact litigation), and occasionally Lawyers for Human Rights (predominantly immigration cases).]
• Is there a possibility of new placements?  [If you have a particular connection to an overseas ngo, we can discuss, but you will need substantial information about the ngo and their prior acceptance of us law interns in order to make your case.]  
• How are individual placements decided? [In collaboration with student, faculty, and staff.]
• What are the dates internships typically begin and end?  [Internships run for roughly 9-10 weeks, roughly from mid-May (starting a week or two after exams end, until the end of July.)  We strongly encourage country teams to coordinate on the same timetable.] 

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I will be out of the country most of February and March, but will respond asap. You might also reach out to Kris Sturm and Alison McDonald, 3Ls, who recently interned in South Africa. Sturm, Kris <k.r.sturm@wustl.edu> McDonald, Alison <a.e.mcdonald@wustl.edu>

Karen Tokarz
Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law & Policy 
Director, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Programs
Director, Civil Rights & Mediation Clinic