The Washington State Attorney General’s Office retains approximately 35-45 externs and volunteer law clerks every summer through our Spring Recruitment Program. Although Spring Recruitment is primarily targeted towards first year law students, we also accept and encourage applications from second year law students and LLM students.
Volunteer and extern law clerk positions offer students valuable legal experience and exposure to a wide range of legal issues. Additionally, students who have served as volunteer 1L law clerks with our office and who apply for paid 2L positions are automatically “waived through” to the November job fair without the need to participate in a screening interview. Students who wish to receive school credit by clerking as externs are required to contact their career services offices or their schools’ extern programs to determine what protocols need to be followed to set up an externship for school credit. Externships are available during the school year as well. Anyone interested in serving as an extern in one of our divisions during the school year should contact that division directly or should contact one of the Law Clerk Recruitment Coordinators.
Students who are especially interested in employment law are encouraged to apply for an externship in the Seattle Labor and Industries Division. Students who are especially interested in environmental law are encouraged to apply for an externship in one of the Office’s three environmental divisions: Ecology, Natural Resources, and Fish, Wildlife, & Parks. Each of these divisions accept and consider applications on a rolling basis. Positions are available throughout the school year. For more information about the environmental externship program, please contact Steve North with the Ecology Division at (360) 586-6770; Steve Reneaud with the Natural Resources Division at (360) 664-3451; or Matt Kernutt with the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Division at (360) 664-8977. For more information about the employment law externship program, please contact Amanda Goss at (206) 464-7723.
To be considered, you must submit a letter of interest, a completed and signed application (links to form below), a current resume, one letter of reference/recommendation and a completed and signed Conflicts Screening Questionnaire (links to form below). Prior to completing the application form, please review “Division/Geographic Considerations”.
The deadline to apply for a volunteer position via our spring recruitment WAS March 12, 2009. Accordingly, we are no longer able to entertain applications from those seeking to serve as a volunteer law clerk this summer.
Application (Word File) / Application (PDF) / Conflict Screening Questionnaire (Word) / Conflict Screening Questionnaire (PDF)