Unpaid Summer 2025 Intern and Law Clerk Program - Cook County State's Attorney's Office

Unpaid Summer 2025 Intern and Law Clerk Program

Title: Unpaid Summer 2025 Intern and Law Clerk Program

Reports To: Attorney Supervisor

Classification: Non-Union

Level: Intern

Location: Various

Bureau: Criminal

Application Deadline: May 1, 2025

General Description: The CCSAO Law Clerk/Volunteer Internship Program is highly competitive due to the hands-on, challenging, and relevant work experience participants will garner. Interns and law clerks will be paired with an Assistant State’s Attorney within one of the several criminal divisions of the Cook County Court System, who will guide and mentor the participant during their clerkship.

The law clerk is responsible for contributing and assisting with legal research, preparing memos, partnering with counsel regarding case management and procedural requirements. This internship is unpaid.

SPECIAL NOTE: To all prospective candidates seeking an internship opportunity with CCSAO, kindly be informed that we do provide paid assignments in addition to our unpaid internship program.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute with legal research and prepare memos on pending legal issues
• Draft motions, answers, and other required legal filings
• Aid in the preparation of discovery
• Other duties as assigned by supervising attorney

Minimum Qualification:

• Must be an active student.
• Must be in good standing with your law school, and not be on any type of academic probation or the like

Physical Requirements: (a) Sedentary work. Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and occasionally lifting or carrying articles like docket files, ledgers, and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required occasionally, and other sedentary criteria are met.

Equal Employment Opportunity: The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the CCSAO that applicants for employment are recruited, selected, and hired based on individual merit and ability, with respect to the position to be filled and potential for promotions or transfers which may be expected to develop. Applicants are recruited, selected, and hired without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), genetic information, citizenship, military service, marital status, parental status, and disability. Furthermore, personnel procedures and practices regarding training, transfer, compensation, demotion, layoff, or termination are to be administered with due regard to job performance, experience, and qualification, but without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital or veteran/military status. EEOP information is available on the Cook County State’s Attorney website.

Reasonable Accommodation Applicants that are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran may contact the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office coordinators via email at hr.sao@cookcountyil.gov and arrange for an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability.

Covid: Pursuant to the Executive Order 2021-1 and State’s Attorney’s Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Policy, the selected candidate will be required to either submit proof of full vaccination or submit a request for a reasonable accommodation prior to start of employment. The link below provides direct access to the full text of Executive Order 2021-1. Selected candidates can make a request for accommodation during the Pre-Boarding meeting.
Illinois Executive Order 2021-1