Tsa Legal Internship

To apply for a summer internship, please send your resume, cover letter, transcript and sample (less than 10 pages) to Alex Zektser, Legal Counsel, at alexander.zektser@dot.gov. Legal practice is often about conflicts: winners and losers, lawsuits, or protection from lawsuits. But the law can be about something else. Law can be about problem solving, positive outcomes, and improving professional and personal relationships. In law, these may be better results. The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution provides legal and policy advice on alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The centre strengthens the Department`s DRP capacity to improve program performance and client service. Student internship opportunities are advertised through career centers and career websites at various educational institutions, as well as through career fairs and internships. USAJobs also announces free internships. Interns will be familiar with the Administrative Procedure Act and many other implementing laws and regulations that affect the rule-making process.

Interns will have the opportunity to work on rule-making issues related to all modes of transportation, as well as current issues such as automated vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles. Ideal candidates do not need to have a background in transportation or administrative law, but only excellent writing and analytical skills, the ability to work effectively on multiple large-scale and urgent projects, and the desire to contribute to the safety and vitality of the U.S. transportation system. Although internships in our office are unpaid, former articling students have received academic recognition for their work with us through agreements they have with their law schools. The Office of the General Counsel welcomes applications from law students for various articling positions offered in our offices. These positions are available year-round and can be with or without academic credits. In the following information you will find a list of our current internship opportunities. The Office of the General Counsel is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity. As an intern/external, you will have the opportunity to work on cases that require extensive legal research, short letters, settlement negotiations, as well as other tasks necessary to manage ongoing litigation.

Ideal candidates have strong writing and analytical skills, the ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects under tight deadlines, exceptional legal research skills, and a desire to learn more about the country`s transportation industry. Although the position is unpaid, our articling students have always been able to gain academic recognition for their experience in our office through programs with their law schools. If you`d like to learn more about this growing area of law, the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution offers unpaid clinical law internships for each semester and during the summer. Internships can be with or without academic recognition. The General Law Office offers unpaid legal internships for each semester and during the summer. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of topics, such as: budget allocations, tax law and financial management; acquisitions, financial support and public-private partnerships; innovative financing; property and wealth management; investments in information technology and capital planning; ethical employee conduct, conflict of interest and political activities; equal employment opportunity and other civil rights issues; federal personnel and employment; and alternative dispute resolution. The successful candidate has strong research and writing skills, the ability to work on multiple projects under tight deadlines, and strong interpersonal skills. The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) is part of the Office of the Secretary. As Senior Legal Officer and Advisor to the Secretary, the OGC coordinates and oversees the work of the Ministry`s many law firms, which include approximately eighty lawyers and specialized staff. The Office of Operations, one of seven divisions of the Office of the Legal Counsel, is the principal legal counsel on matters relating to environmental law, economic and competition matters affecting airports and airlines, security and emergency response, the Freedom of Information Act, surveillance and privacy. Our work often involves new and global legal issues, and lawyers actively involve articling students in the firm`s work. You can find more information about our practice on our website.

The Office of the General Counsel, Operations Office, is seeking law students for full-time summer internships. Interns are an integral part of our team. Interns conduct research, write reports, correspondence, memos, present results and lead special projects. Interns also have the opportunity to attend intra- and inter-agency meetings and become familiar with the diversity of our practice areas. Although the position is unpaid, articling students can gain academic recognition for their work experience in our office through programs with their law schools. Students can apply for advertised positions by submitting a resume, transcript, and cover letter, contacting directly at internship events, or contacting TSA`s student program coordinator in TSAInterns@tsa.dhs.gov. «The Student Internship Program is managed by Human Capital (HC) and Policy and Career Programs,» said Iram Shahzad, Student Programs Coordinator. «[It] includes several paid and unpaid internship programs for current students, as well as graduate programs, including the Presidential Management Fellows program.» The U.S. Department of Transportation`s Office of International Law offers unpaid clinical legal internships to young female applicants for each semester and during the summer.

Internships can be with or without academic recognition. The Office of International Law provides legal assistance to the Office of the Secretary in all modes of transport. His areas of responsibility include foreign transport negotiations (including aviation, maritime transport, world-class satellite affairs and trade), international transport security, global satellite issues, aviation licensing and regulatory issues related to international transport, as well as international aviation antitrust issues. Projects included research and analysis of executive agreement law, contract termination and dispute settlement clauses in international agreements, drafting international technical cooperation agreements, reviewing legislation affecting international carriage, and reviewing orders granting licensing powers to U.S. and foreign airlines in cases of contested decisions. Currently, we plan to conduct internships in the summer of 2022 either virtually (from the intern`s home or school with DOT provided equipment) or in person at DOT headquarters in Washington, DC. The U.S. Department of Transportation`s Aviation Consumer Protection Bureau (www.transportation.gov/airconsumer), a component of the ministry`s Office of the General Counsel, offers unpaid clinical legal internships during the summer.