Employment Resources for Public Service
How to Get a Job
GUIDES
Job Search and Resource Guide 
1L Handbook
How to Get a Job as a Prosecutor
How to Get a Job as a Public Defender
How to Get a Job in Legal Services
Postgraduate Fellowship Guide
JAG Resource Guide
RESOURCES
Public Service Summer Job Surveys
Alumni Career Network
Third-Year Practice Certificates
Federal Government
GUIDES AND RESOURCES
NALP’s Federal Legal Employment Guide
PSJD's Federal Government Resources
PSC's "Crash Course on Writing Federal
Resume & Searching USAJobs"
Administrative Law Judge Clerkship Data
Vault Career Library
JAG Resource Guide
JOB LINKS
Arizona Law’s Government Honors and
Internship Guide (best resource for
internships and honors attorney jobs)
Arizona Law’s Public Policy Handbook
PSJD
Internships for Law Students
USAJobs (best for postgraduate law-
related jobs)
Key General Counsel Websites
State and Local Government
GUIDES AND RESOURCES
Harvard Guide: Careers in State and Local
Government
PSJD State and Local Government
Resources
JOB LINKS
Arizona Law’s Government Honors and
Internship Guide (good for state and
some large local governments)
USAJobs State Government page
USAJobs Local Government page
National Association of Attorneys General
International Municipal Lawyers
Association
Local Government Attorneys of Virginia
Career Fairs
Equal Justice Works
PSJD Public Interest Career Fair Calendar
Resumes, Cover Letters and Interviews
Five Sample Resumes
PSC/Career Services Resume Guide
PSC Cover Letter Guide
Writing Sample Guide
Thank-You Notes
Following Up with Employers
Interviewing with Public Service
Employers
Prosecution
GUIDES AND RESOURCES
How to Get a Job as a Prosecutor
PSJD Careers in Criminal Prosecution
Yale's Criminal Prosecution Guide
3L Hiring Information:
Atlanta District Attorney Offices
New Jersey District Attorney Offices
New York District Attorney Offices
San Francisco District Attorney Offices
JOB LINKS
National District Attorney’s Association
U.S. Attorney’s Offices
U.S. Attorney Office Internships
Indigent Defense
GUIDES AND RESOURCES
How to Get a Job as a Public Defender
PSJD Careers in Public Defense
NYU’s Public Defender Handbook
Harvard's Careers in Indigent Defense
3L Hiring Information:
Atlanta Metro Public Defender Offices
New Jersey Public Defender Offices
New York Public Defender Offices
San Francisco Public Defender Offices
JOB LINKS
PSJD
National Legal Aid/Defender Association
FindLaw's Public Defender's by State
Virginia Indigent Defense Commission
Office of Defender Services Federal
Defender Job Database
Key Job Deadlines
2L DEADLINES
All
Criminal Law
Government
Legal Services/Nonprofits
3L DEADLINES
All
Criminal Law
Government
Legal Services/Nonprofits
JAG
Civil Legal Services and Nonprofit Organizations
GUIDES AND RESOURCES
How to Get a Job in Legal Services
Harvard's Legal Services Guide
National Legal Aid and Defender
Association: Civil Resources
ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid
and Indigent Defendants
Legal Services Corporation
JOB LINKS
PSJD
National Legal Aid/Defender Association
Idealist.org
Public International Law
PSJD's International Resources
NYU's International Job Search Sites
ABA International Law Section
Sources of Funding
PILA (Public Interest Law Association)
PSJD's Summer Funding Resources
PSJD's Financing a Public Interest Career
Equal Justice Works Summer Corps (grants for public service summer internships)
Equal Justice America Summer Grants
(civil legal services for indigent clients)
UVA Law Fellowships and Awards
Virginia Loan Forgiveness Program (VLFP)
