Hiring Organization
USAO District of Arizona
Location:
40 North Central Avenue
Suite 1800
Phoenix, AZ 85004 - United States
About the Office
The work of the Civil Division mirrors the varied activities of the federal government and offers perhaps the most challenging and diverse caseload of any law office, public or private, in the country. Civil Division Assistant United States Attorneys handle a wide variety of defensive and affirmative civil cases at both the trial and appellate level. Defensive cases include immigration litigation; tort and employment discrimination litigation; environmental, civil rights and novel constitutional claims; challenges to administrative or regulatory actions; bankruptcy cases; and suits involving land in which the federal government has an interest. Affirmative cases include matters that involve the False Claims Act, health care fraud, and defense procurement fraud. The clerks selected for Civil Division assignments will assist primarily with defensive civil cases and will have an opportunity to perfect their research and writing skills in a myriad of ways.
Job Description
Law student clerks have unparalleled opportunities for direct, substantive involvement in federal civil litigation. Law student clerks:
research legal issues in active cases;
write motions to be filed in the District Court;
assist with briefs to be filed in the Ninth Circuit;
assist with trial preparation, evidence review, and witness interviews;
observe hearings, settlement conferences, mediation, depositions, and trials; and
contribute to a variety of other projects relating to federal civil practice.
Clerks will be given assignments in as many different practice areas and with as many different attorneys as possible, providing exposure to several subject matters and styles of practice.
Additionally, interested individuals participating in the Summer Clerkship Program will have the opportunity to tour our federal courthouse and a federal prison. Clerkship opportunities in the Criminal Division are in an adjacent announcement.
Qualifications
First, second, or third year of law school. Must be a U.S. citizen. Strong grades and excellent research and writing skills. A background check (covering criminal and financial history, among other things) is required because of the sensitive nature of the work performed by the United States Attorney’s Office.
Application Process
Applications should be emailed to
[email protected]. Applications should include the following materials, all in one consolidated PDF file:
résumé (2 page maximum)
law school transcript
legal writing sample
dates of availability, and telephone number(s) where the applicant can be reached in the daytime and evenings.
A cover letter is optional.
U.S. Attorney's Office
District of Arizona
Two Renaissance Square
40 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1800
Phoenix, AZ 85004-4408
ATTN: Lon Leavitt, Deputy Civil Chief
Email: [email protected]
Application Deadlines:
SPRING: December 15th; SUMMER: May 15th ; FALL: July 15th
Salary
The clerkships are unpaid, and clerks will not receive benefits; however, the office will work with law schools that offer academic course credit.
