* DOJ NSD Office of Law and Policy Summer 2011 Internships
For all the students, you will love this position if you can land it. Really great people working really cool and difficult issues. For all the faculty out there, make sure your students know about this!
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION, OFFICE OF LAW AND POLICY
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
ATTN: Intern Program Coordinator (Office of Law and Policy)
The National Security Division’s (NSD) Office of Law and Policy, United States Department
of Justice, seeks summer interns for positions located in Washington, D.C.
The mission of the National Security Division is to coordinate the Department’s efforts in
carrying out its top priority of preventing and combating terrorism and protecting the national
security. The NSD provides legal and policy advice on national security matters, litigates
counterterrorism, counterespionage and foreign intelligence surveillance matters, represents
the Government before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and other federal trial and
appellate courts, and conducts oversight over Federal Bureau of Investigation national security
investigations and foreign intelligence collection.
The Office of Law and Policy is responsible for, among other things, resolving novel and
complex legal issues that arise from the work of the Division and other parts of the
Department, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; providing advice and guidance to
Department leadership, the Intelligence Community, and other Executive Branch agencies on
matters of national security law and policy; overseeing the development of legislation,
guidelines, and other policies in the area of national security; and addressing national security
issues that arise in appellate cases. The Office works with a variety of other Department
components, including the Office of Legal Counsel and the Office of Legal Policy.
Projected No.
of Volunteers:
2-4
Internship
Location(s):
Washington, D.C.
Application
Materials:
Cover letter, resume with two references, transcript (official or
unofficial), and a writing sample (not to exceed ten pages). Please
submit these materials via email to
office.of.law.and.policy-internship@usdoj.gov. Paper or faxed
applications will not be considered
NSD Office of Law and Policy Summer 2011 Internship Posting.pdf