Salary: $17.00 Hourly
Location : Multiple Locations
Job Type: Law Student Clerkship
Job Number: 25-AAG-LST-CLK-ANY
Administration: Chief Deputy - Attorney General
Bureau: Attorney Recruitment
Opening Date: 10/27/2025
Summary of Duties and ResponsibilitiesIllinois Attorney General's Office invites and encourages law students to apply to serve as volunteer law clerks in the office. The Illinois Attorney General's Office provides excellent opportunities for law students to improve their skills and knowledge in a wide range of subject areas, including consumer protection, government representation, civil rights, environmental enforcement, antitrust, complex civil litigation, civil and criminal appeals, and criminal law enforcement. For more information regarding the various divisions and bureaus within the Office, you may review our programs and services brochure (PDF).
Working closely with attorneys in the Chicago, Springfield, or the regional offices, law clerks investigate facts, review documents, research legal issues, and draft legal memoranda, correspondence, and pleadings. Advanced students who qualify for a 711 license are encouraged to obtain such a license so that they may appear in court under the supervision of an Assistant Attorney General.
Supplemental InformationTo apply, please complete the online application and attach the following:
- resume,
- cover letter,
- writing sample (litigation-type sample is preferred), and
- law school transcript.
This position is not eligible for benefits.
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Please identify what law clerk session you are seeking to join.
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Please state your current year in law school.
- 1L - First Year
- 2L - Second Year
- 3L - Third Year
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What is your anticipated law graduation year?
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Have you previously worked in our office?
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If you have previously worked in our office, please identify the Bureau or Division.
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Please state your dates of prior service with our office.
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What is your earliest potential start date?
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When is your latest potential end date?
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During the fall and spring semesters, law clerks must work at least 12 hours per week for at least 10 consecutive weeks. During the summer semester, we expect law clerks to work at least 16 hours per week for at least 10 consecutive weeks. Many law clerks choose to work longer hours for a greater number of weeks, and some preference may be given to law clerks that are able to work a greater number of weeks or hours per week. Paid law clerks are limited to a maximum of twenty (20) hours per week. Please identify your total anticipated hours per week.
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If invited to serve as a student law clerk, will you seek academic credit for your service?
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If you are seeking academic credit, what is the minimum number of weekly hours that you will need to receive such credit?
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Some law schools and organizations provide stipends to students in public interest internships. Will you be receiving any external financial assistance?
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If you will be receiving external financial assistance, please identify the source.
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Please identify where you would like to be assigned.
- Chicago
- Springfield
- Belleville/Swansea
- Carbondale
- Quincy
- Rockford
- Urbana
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If you would like to provide more context for your location preferences, please explain.
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Please indicate your areas of interest. Although we will do our best to honor your preferences, we cannot make any guarantees. Please note that, if you have an Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 license and are placed in a litigation department, you may have the opportunity to appear in court (Please select no more than three).
- Antitrust (Chicago)
- Child Welfare Litigation (Chicago)
- Civil Appeals (Chicago)
- Civil Rights (Chicago)
- Consumer Fraud (Chicago)
- Consumer Fraud (Springfield)
- Conviction Integrity (Chicago)
- Crime Victims Services (Chicago)
- Criminal Appeals (Chicago)
- Criminal Enforcement (Chicago)
- Disability Rights (Chicago)
- Environmental Enforcement (Chicago)
- Environmental Enforcement (Springfield)
- Government Defense Litigation - General Law (Springfield)
- Government Defense Litigation - General Law (Chicago)
- Healthcare Fraud (Chicago)
- Public Access (Chicago)
- Public Access (Springfield)
- Policy (Chicago)
- Public Utility (Chicago)
- Revenue Litigation (Chicago)
- Workers Compensation Litigation (Chicago)
- Workplace Rights (Chicago)
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Please identify your preferred order of placements, i.e., please rank your potential assignments.
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Please provide context regarding your desired placement (including types of skills or experience that you would like to develop).
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Background check. Like other law-enforcement offices, we must check the background of every person who seeks a position in our office, whether compensated or uncompensated. Therefore, we ask you to complete the background check authorization and return it with this application form. Have you ever pled guilty to or been convicted of any criminal offense, other than a minor traffic violation? (If you answer "yes," please attached a signed, detailed explanation.)
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