The Utah Attorney General's Office invites college students to apply for a legislative internship opportunity. Successful applicants for the Utah Attorney General Legislative Internship will work closely with the General Counsel during the legislative session to advance the priorities, efforts, and goals of the Office.
Designed for the college student, interns will attend legislative meetings, track bills and issues during the 2025 Legislative Session, and assist with research on a myriad of issues and public policies related to criminal justice, privacy, elections, administrative law, appropriations, separation of powers, litigation, and more. Interns commit to participate full-time during the session and may apply with their college for credit.
APPLY BY OCT. 31, 2024.
Please provide the following documents with your application: cover letter, resume, two letters of recommendation, official transcripts, and a writing sample.
Responsibilities
- Attending, taking notes on, and reporting on committee meetings and floor time
- Assisting our legislative liaisons
- Bill and policy researchTracking bills
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
(includes knowledge, skills, and abilities required upon entry into position and trainable after entry into position)
- Ability to hold the Confidential Information received during the session in strict confidence and exercise a reasonable degree of care to prevent disclosure to others.
- Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Communicating effectively in writing.
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
