UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
United States Courthouse, Suite 400, 801 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113 ATTN: Carole S. Rendon, First Assistant United States Attorney
The Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio is responsible for
the prosecution of all federal crimes in northern Ohio. The office also represents the United
States and its departments and agencies in civil proceedings filed in federal court and in the
Sixth Circuit. Volunteer law clerks assist in the prosecution and defense of both criminal and
civil cases in the District Court, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Bankruptcy
Court.
Projected No. of Volunteers:
14-15 (Students entering their third year are preferred)
Law Clerk
Location(s):
Cleveland, OH (12); Akron, OH (1-2); Youngstown (1)
Application Materials:
Resume and cover letter indicating dates when available, and telephone
number(s) where student can be reached both during the day and in the
evening. Application by e-mail is the exclusive method of providing
the resume and cover letter. Applications should be submitted to
USAOHN.SummerLaw@usdoj.gov
Qualifications:
U.S. citizen. Will be subject to a background investigation due to the sensitive nature of the work performed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Must be a First-year (second semester) and second-year law student. Application Deadline: For Summer of 2011: Applications will be accepted between December 1, 2010 and January 14, 2011.
Minimum Weeks Required:
10 weeks minimum (at least 32 hours per week) (full time preferred)
Salary:
Volunteer (without compensation)Assignments: to research legal issues for indictments and investigations; to assemble exhibits for trial; to observe hearings and trials of cases on which they are working or in which they are interested.
Law clerks can expect to research and write motions in pending cases;
If you have any questions about the 2011 Summer Law Clerk Program,please feel free to contact Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip J. Tripi at (216) 622-3769.
Web Site: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ohn
The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity Reasonable Accommodation Employer.