Career Services Web Resources
Federal and State Web Resources

University of Arizona Government Honors & Internship Handbook 2005-2006: (contact Career Services for password - 478-301-2615)
http://www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm

NALP (National Association for Law Placement) Federal Employment Opportunities Handbook,
http://www.nalp.org/assets/9_fedempl.pdf Federal Agencies on the Web: Federal agencies continue to hire a large number of attorneys for both lawyer and law related positions. Unfortunately, because of varying hiring levels and procedures it is difficult to locate specific positions in a timely manner. The Internet is an excellent tool for locating positions with federal agencies. The federal agencies listing positions on their sites are as follows:

U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/main/www/employop.html
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency: http://www.cia.gov
Commodity Futures Trading Commission: http://www.cftc.gov/ohr/ohrcareers.htm
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency: http://www.occ.treas.gov/jobs/lawjob.htm
Congressional Budget Office: http://www.cbo.gov/Employment/
U.S. Customs Service: http://www.customs.ustreas.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov
U.S. Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Energy: http://www.energy.gov
Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/jobs
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: http://www.hud.gov
Internal Revenue Service: http://www.jobs.irs.gov/
U.S. Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/06employment/06_1.html
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Attorney Management & Recruitment: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm
U.S. Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov
U.S. Department of State: http://www.state.gov
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation: http://www.fbi.gov
U.S. Federal Communications Commission: http://www.fcc.gov/jobs
U.S. Federal Elections Commission: http://www.fec.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency: http://www.fema.gov/
Federal Trade Commission: http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/oed/hrmo/jobops.htm
Office of Management & Budget: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/recruitment/index.html
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC): http://www.opic.gov/
U.S. Postal Service: http://www.usps.gov/employment
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: http://www.sec.gov/jobs.shtml
U.S. Sentencing Commission: http://www.ussc.gov/jobs.htm
U.S. Social Security Administration: http://www.ssa.gov/jobssa/recruit/jobssa.htm
U.S. Agency for International Development: http://www.usaid.gov/
LSU's Federal Agency Directory: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html

Federal Searchable Databases

America's Job Bank: This was intended to integrate state employment offices to make possible a nationwide search for positions. However, individual state searches are still required. Nevertheless, it does provide a good number of legal positions. Individual state searches are recommended particularly for government, public defender and district attorney positions. All state employment services offices can be accessed via America's Job Bank. A number of pages also provide links to state personnel offices which list other legal and law related positions.
http://www.ajb.dni.us

Office of Personnel Management Home Page: This page lists all federal jobs available which require OPM approval. (Some agencies can recruit independently.) It has recently been upgraded substantially to be searchable. Both and law and law related positions are listed.
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/index.asp

Fedworld: Before the OPM data base was developed this was the only searchable source of federal positions. Despite the new OPM database, Fedworld continues to list positions not contained by OPM. Typically, about 20 attorney positions are listed and many law related. We suggest checking both.
http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html

Federal Jobs Digest: Contains local and regional jobs that many other federal employment sites do not contain.
http://www.jobsfed.com

U.S. Attorneys' Offices: Provides links to U.S. Attorneys' Offices throughout the United States.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/

Federal Legal Internships: http://www.internships-usa.com/fedlaw/fedind.htm

Congressman Mel Watt's Federal Internship Page: Although geared primarily toward undergraduate students, Congressman Watt of North Carolina has put together an outstanding list of internship opportunities with Federal Agencies. Link to Internship Opportunities.
http://www.house.gov/watt/emplopps.htm

U.S. Air Force JAG: http://www.jagusaf.hq.af.mil

U.S. Army JAG: http://www.jagcnet.army.mil/

U.S. Navy JAG: http://www.jag.navy.mil/

U.S. Marine JAG: http://www.marineofficer.com

Coast Guard Attorney Program: http://www.uscg.mil/legal/recruit/dclinterinfo.htm

Federal Public Defenders: http://www.fd.org/contact/fpddirectory.pdf

US Senate Employment:  The Placement Office assists Senators and Senate Committees with filling entry-level through professional staff vacancies by providing, upon request, resumes of qualified candidates. http://www.senate.gov/visiting/common/generic/placement_office.htm 

US House of Representatives:  This page of the site maintained by the U.S. House of Representatives contains a discussion of employment opportunities at the House.  www.house.gov/cao-hr/

Roll Call Jobs:  Features jobs in government affairs, lobbying and related fields.  Free registration is required.   www.rcjobs.com

Federal Courts: The official home page of the Federal Administrative Office of the Courts. Provides a vacancy list of federal judges and links to the Courts of Appeals Home Pages.
http://www.uscourts.gov

Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (OSCAR) : Current and upcoming vacancies in Federal Courts. Searchable database.
https://oscar.symplicity.com

Judicial Clerkships.com: Web site of Debra Strauss, author of Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships.
http://www.judicialclerkships.com

Federal Judicial Center: The Federal Judicial Center web site includes biographical and geographical information on past and present federal judges, which can be used in conjunction with the Federal Law Clerk Information System.
http://www.fjc.gov

Judicial Nominations Database: The University of Michigan Career Services Office maintains a searchable database of all recent federal judicial nominations and confirmations.
http://www.law.mumich.edu/currentstudents/careerservices/Pages/nomdb.aspx

The Federal Judiciary On Line: This page, maintained by "Internships-USA" is designed to give students access to the addresses of the federal bench. The addresses of over 2000 members of the federal judiciary are accessible from this site.
http://www.internships-usa.com/fedct/fedctlink.htm

American Bankruptcy Institute: Contains employment opportunities in bankruptcy courts.
http://www.abiworld.org/

U.S. Supreme Court:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Jurist, The Legal Education Network: Information and resources for seeking Judicial Clerkships.
http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/law_student9.htm

University of Michigan Judicial Clerkship Handbook: Wonderful advice and an excellent resource for students interested in pursuing judicial clerkships.
http://www.law.umich.edu/CurrentStudents/CareerServices/Pages/judicialclerkship.aspx

Stetson University College of Law Judicial Clerkship Handbook:
http://www.law.stetson.edu/career/JCG.htm

State Government Resources on the Web: A number of state government personnel agencies are on line. These agencies generally list all positions with state government in that state. Southeastern states with personnel agencies on the net are listed below.

Alabama Department of Personnel: http://www.personnel.state.al.us
Florida Courts Home Page: http://www.flcourts.org
Florida State Personnel: http://www.state.fl.us
Georgia Judicial Branch: http://www.georgiacourts.org
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council: http://www.gpdsc.com/
Georgia Prosecuting Attorneys Council: http://www.pacga.org/
Georgia State Personnel: http://www.gms.state.ga.us
Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy: http://www.state.ky.us
Louisiana Department of Civil Service: http://www.dscs.state.la.us/jobs.nsf
National Center for State Courts: http://www.ncsconline.org
National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/
North Carolina State Personnel Page: http://www.osp.state.nc.us/ExternalHome/index.htm
State and Local Governments on the Web (links): http://www.statelocalgov.net/
State Prosecutors Offices: http://www.prosecutor.info
South Carolina Bureau of Personnel: http://www.state.sc.us/jobs
Tennessee Department of Personnel: http://www.state.tn.us/personnel
Virginia Department of Personnel and Training: http://www.dhrm.state.va.us
West Virginia Division of Personnel: http://www.wv.gov/