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Attorney General's Office Clerkship/Externship

Spring Semester 2025

The Utah Attorney General's Office invites current law students to apply for clerkship and/or externship opportunities for Spring Semester 2025. Clerkships are paid positions and are not eligible for school credit. Externships are unpaid positions and may be eligible for school credit. To verify school credit eligibility,please speak with your college or university's internship coordinator. Our law clerks perform a wide variety of tasks such as preparing legal documents,conducting legal analysis,and conducting research. Often,our law clerks will prepare draft opinions for cases that will act as the foundation for lawyers and judges. They will also help during the course of an action by preparing for a case and examining legal documents such as petitions,legal complaints,and affidavits.  Our office has over 20 different divisions - please look over each division's mission here: . The extent of each task will be determined by the division for which the student clerks. Please note that our Investigations Division does not have any attorneys and is not open for clerkships,but our Justice attorneys prosecute the cases that our office investigates. Law clerks work part-time at a beginning rate of $26/hour for 1st-year law students,$28 for 2nd-year law students,and $30 for 3rd-year law students or recent graduates.