| The
New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice offers
law students the opportunity to complete an unpaid
internship during the summer between their second
and third years of law school. The 2009 summer
law internship runs for 10 weeks from May 26 through
July 31, 2009. If accepted into the program, interns
will be assigned to one of the Division’s
Bureaus and supervised by a Deputy Attorney General. |
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interns will be exposed to a variety of substantive
areas of the law, and are expected to have excellent
legal research, legal writing, and interpersonal
communication skills. |
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| Beyond
performance of the responsibilities assigned by
each law intern’s supervisor, interns are
provided opportunities to observe Deputy Attorneys
General appearing before the Law Division, Appellate
Division, and, occasionally, the New Jersey Supreme
Court. They may also attend the Summer Intern
Speaker Series, weekly speaking events held in
our Trenton offices, at which Assistant Attorneys
General and Deputy Attorneys General share their
knowledge of substantive law and litigation technique. |
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internship applicants should express their interest
in multiple specific Bureaus
within the Division as well as any geographic
preference.
Those preferences will be shared with the intern
coordinators within each Bureau. Effort will be
made to accommodate mutual interest, but no particular
assignment is guaranteed. |
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| Hiring
for the summer of 2009 will be occur from August
1, 2008 through February 28, 2009. Interested
second-year law students should submit a resume,
legal writing sample, and unofficial transcript
to: |
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Johanna
Barba Jones, Deputy Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
Hughes Justice Complex
25 Market Street - PO 086
Trenton, NJ 08525-0086
(609) 984-6500
NJDCJApplicants@njdcj.org |
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| Accepted
applicants will be required to complete a full
employment application and pass a background check.
Questions concerning the application process may
be directed to DAG Jones using the contact information
provided above. |
