2006-2007 Judicial Internship Opportunity Program

The Judicial Intern Opportunity Program is a summer internship program open to all first or second-year minority or financially disadvantaged law students who want to do legal research and writing for state or federal judges in:

Illinois
Texas
Washington, DC
Miami, FL
Phoenix, AZ
California

Participating judges are from the US District Court for the northern and Central Districts of Illinois; US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Illinois Circuit Courts; US District Court for the Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas; Texas Civil District Courts; 11^th Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County; US District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami; Arizona Court of Appeals; Arizona Supreme Court; Maricopa Superior Court; US District Court for the District of Arizona in Phoenix; Los Angeles Superior Court of California; US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California; and US District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. New judges in San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC are being added for summer 2007 program expansion.

Interns will receive an ward of $1,500. The time commitment can vary by student, subject to a six-week minimum. Students will be expected to coordinate their schedules with their individual judges and to work the hours (normally 35-40 hours per week) required by each judge.

Students are asked to submit a complete application, legal writing sample and a statement of interest. Detailed program information, faqs, and a copy of the application are available at the program website. We will begin accepting applications on October 15^th for second-year law students and December 1^st for first-year law students. Screening interviews will be held on a rolling admission basis, after the application period begins. Judicial interviews will be based on qualifications. All applications must be postmarked by January 12, 2007 for consideration.

Please refer to the website, www.abanet.org/litigation/jiop for additional information, or contact the program director, Gail Howard at (312) 988-6348, howardg@staff.abanet.org, with questions.