Careers

Every October, students from Duke Law School travel to the Washington, D.C. area for the Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair. Equal Justice Works is the largest annual public interest and government career fair in the United States, featuring more than 150 employers from around the country. First-year students attending the conference are permitted to have informational interviews with employers during the designated “Table Talk” times, which quite often lead to summer internship job offers. Second and third year students are invited for formal interviews for summer internships and post-graduation employment (check the EJW website for advance application instructions). In addition to EJW, there are many other career fairs throughout the year with public interest and government employers participating.

Beginning November 1, first year students will also find internship job postings on Symplicity (the Career Center job board), on the Public Service Law Network, “PSLawnet” (create your own username and password), and in the Government Honors & Internship Handbook (login and password available on Symplicity home page under “Announcements”). Students are also strongly encouraged to conduct an independent job search based on their preferred city or practice area. Career counselors are available to meet with you beginning November 1 to discuss how to organize your public interest or government job search.

To help you get started, the Career Center has compiled a list of public interest and government summer employers where Duke Law students have had internships since 1999. We encourage you to contact current students to learn about their public interest or government summer experience.