If you are interested in becoming a Certified Legal Intern with our office please indicate this in your cover letter and send a copy of your completed application and Dean’s Certification with your cover letter and resume.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Our office is located in the Allegheny County Courthouse, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Our main phone number is 412-350-4400. Our office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. There is no public parking available in the Courthouse. The T stops on the corner of Grant Street and Forbes Avenue.
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office is currently offering a Summer Clerkship Program for law students interested in gaining hands-on experience in public service and criminal law. The program runs from June to August and offers positions for both paid and credit externships.
Job Title: Summer Clerkship Program
Salary Information:
- Paid positions require 20 hours per week and offer a competitive salary.
- Credit externships are also available but are not guaranteed a position with our office.
- Certified Legal Interns may appear in court on behalf of the Commonwealth and receive valuable courtroom experience.
Experience Information:
- All interns are expected to work 15-20 hours per week.
- Certified Legal Interns must have completed an Evidence course and completed an application for certification.
- Undergraduate applicants must have approval to receive credit for a position in our office.
Organization: Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office
Department: Child Abuse Unit
H1: Gain Hands-On Experience in Public Service and Criminal Law with Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office Summer Clerkship Program
H2: Paid and Credit Externship Positions Available for Law Students
Bullet Points:
- Summer Clerkship Program offered by Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office for law students interested in public service and criminal law.
- Program runs from June to August and offers positions for both paid and credit externships.
- Paid positions require 20 hours per week and offer a competitive salary.
- Credit externships are available but not guaranteed a position with our office.
- Certified Legal Interns may appear in court on behalf of the Commonwealth and receive valuable courtroom experience.
- All interns are expected to work 15-20 hours per week.
- Certified Legal Interns must have completed an Evidence course and completed an application for certification.
- Undergraduate applicants must have approval to receive credit for a position in our office.
- Located in the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Paid positions require 20 hours per week and offer a competitive salary.
- Credit externships are also available but are not guaranteed a position with our office.
- Certified Legal Interns may appear in court on behalf of the Commonwealth and receive valuable courtroom experience.
- Undergraduate applicants must have approval to receive credit for a position in our office.
- Applications are currently closed, but will open on Jan. 5, 2025 and close on March 3, 2025.
- Units within the Office where interns may be placed include the Child Abuse Unit.
- Law students can apply for paid internships, credit externships, or both.
- On Campus Interviews (OCIs) are available for students at certain law schools, including Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh, and Villanova.
- Non-OCI applicants can submit a cover letter and resume by email to the Assistant District Attorney.
- Undergraduates must be approved to receive credit for a position in the office.
- All interns are expected to work 15-20 hours per week, with paid positions requiring 20 hours per week.
- Certified Legal Interns must have completed an Evidence course and completed an application for certification before appearing in court on behalf of the Commonwealth.
- Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office is located in the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- No public parking is available in the Courthouse. The T stops on the corner of Grant Street and Forbes Avenue.
- Applications for the Summer Clerkship Program will open on Jan. 5, 2025 and close on March 3, 2025.
- Paid positions require 20 hours per week and offer a competitive salary.
- Credit externships are also available but are not guaranteed a position with our office.
- Certified Legal Interns may appear in court on behalf of the Commonwealth and receive valuable courtroom experience.
- Undergraduate applicants must have approval to receive credit for a position in our office.
- Program offers hands-on experience in public service and criminal law.
- Paid and credit externship positions available for law students.
- Located in the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
