Law Student Volunteer - Fall 2025

The United States Attorney’s Office protects and serves the citizens of the Northern District of Oklahoma through the ethical, vigorous, and impartial enforcement of the laws of the United States and in so doing to defend the national security, improve the safety and quality of life in our communities, protect the public funds and financial assets of the United States, maintain a courteous and professional working environment, and, with skill and integrity, seek to do justice in every matter.

As the principal litigator for the United States of America in the Northern District of Oklahoma, the United States Attorney prosecutes all criminal and civil cases brought by the federal government and defends the United States when it is a party in a civil case. Our criminal caseload includes violent crime, complex drug and money laundering activities, complex financial institution and corporate fraud, computer fraud, environmental crime, public corruption matters, organized crime, and crimes in Indian Country.

The United States Attorney's Office and many federal agencies dedicate all necessary resources to aggressively investigating, prosecuting, and preventing terrorism. The United States Attorney's Office is committed to developing and maintaining strategic partnerships among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to ensure the effective deployment of resources to positively impact the quality of life for all citizens of our District.

The internship is designed to allow students to gain firsthand experience working on challenging projects and cases involving federal criminal law issues. Interns work closely with federal U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecutors on various projects. Work may include legal research and drafting legal memoranda on different topics, including 4th Amendment search and seizure issues, federal Indian law, and due process.

Interns will be able to attend criminal trials and various hearings in Federal court with prosecutors and interact with and work with various federal, state, and tribal law enforcement agencies.

All full-time second or third-year law students. Students should have excellent academic credentials, good writing skills, and fundamental criminal law and procedure knowledge.

Must be a U.S. citizen and will be subject to a background investigation due to the sensitive nature of the work performed by the office.

Please submit a resume with a cover letter, an official transcript, a writing sample (optional), and dates available via email to Wynette.Irving@usdoj.gov.

Applications must be received by June 13, 2025.

Academic credit (to be decided by each school).