General Counsel Manual
We only propose and accept legal internships, externships, and law student pro bono projects when we have:
- Substantive project(s) that will benefit the Department and the citizens we serve.
- Attorney supervisor availability.
- Projects that will provide learning experiences for the law student(s).
We do not have funding for paid legal internships or externships.
Each legal intern is required to sign a confidentiality agreement and a volunteer agreement. If an intern will use departmental information technology, an IT agreement must also be signed.
We provide each intern with a work plan at the beginning of the internship and with an evaluation at the conclusion of the internship.
For Law Students
Please check with your law school to see if we have posted a project. If we have posted a project, you should go through your law school to contact us about the project.
There is an official State Internship Program in which many State agencies participate. You can find more information about the State of North Carolina Internship Program.
For Law Schools
When we have both substantive projects and attorney supervisory availability, we gladly take law students on as interns, externs and pro bono project researchers.
It is our understanding that law schools have different approaches (and names) for types of experiential learning that they provide to law students. We do not try to keep up with all the ways you may try to link students to government agencies for such experiential learning.
If a law student will be approved by the law school to receive course credit for working with us, please provide us with information about any obligations we will have that would not apply to a non-credit internship.
Resources permitting, we are also available occasionally to meet with groups of students to talk about the work we do for the citizens of North Carolina. Some of our attorneys also participate in North Carolina Bar Association Section events for law students.
Contact:
Ann B. Wall, General Counsel
919-814-5305