NJ Attorney General Seeks Unemployed Lawyers Willing to Work for Free
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office is battling the effects of a hiring freeze with a new internship program for unemployed lawyers and law grads.
Previously, the program hired only law students, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Under the new, expanded program, licensed lawyers could handle some trial work, conduct depositions and write briefs, in addition to conducting legal research.
The interns should be willing to work at least 20 hours a week for a minimum of three months. They will work in the state Division of Law, under a hiring freeze after losing about 130 lawyers since January 2006. Under the old program, law student interns worked in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
David Wald, a spokesman for Attorney General Anne Milgram, told the Star-Ledger that about 400 lawyers were claiming unemployment benefits last month in the state of New Jersey.
NewJerseyNewsroom.com has application information.
