[Office of Regulation
and Enforcement] [Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings] [Center for Dispute Resolution]
Office of the General Counsel welcomes applications from law students for various internships offered in our offices. These positions are available year round, and may be with or without academic credit. If you are interested in an internship, select one of our offices above for a brief description of their work and a contact name.
The Office of the Assistant General Counsel for General Law, which is part of the Office of the General Counsel, directly serves the Secretary of Transportation and the Department's senior officials by providing legal advice, counsel, and representation that reflect a problem-solving approach to achieving national transportation policy goals and the efficient operations of the Department. The issues that we deal with are wide-ranging and ever-changing. The General Counsel's management team is committed to our employees and to ensuring that our Office is a place where the quality of our work is matched by the quality of our work experience.
Intern/ Extern: As an intern, you must have the legal, analytical, and problem-solving skills necessary to provide legal advice, counsel, and representation, by written and oral opinion, interpretation, or explanation on a wide variety of matters such as: appropriations, fiscal law and financial management; acquisitions, financial assistance, and public private partnerships; innovative financing; real property and asset management; information technology investment, and capital planning; employee ethical conduct, conflicts of interest, and political activities; equal employment opportunity and other civil rights matters; Federal personnel and employment; and alternative dispute resolution. You must also have the interpersonal skills to work effectively with personnel at all levels of the Department, including its ten operating administrations, with other Federal agencies, and with outside stakeholders.
We are seeking applications for the Summer
2010. The application period for Summer 2010 will close on Monday ,
February 8, 2010.
Send resume and a writing sample
that reflects an ability to analyze complex legal issues to:
Mary Kay Langan-Feirson,
Senior Attorney,
U.S. Department of
Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.,
W96-316,
Washington,
DC 20590 or by email to
MaryKay.Langan-Feirson@dot.gov.
The
Office of International Law, U. S. Department of Transportation, has unpaid
legal clinical internships available for JD candidates for each semester and
during the summer. The internships may be with or without academic credit. The
Office of International Law provides legal support to the Office of the
Secretary in all modes of Transportation. Its areas of responsibility include
transportation negotiations with foreign countries (including aviation,
maritime, global position satellite matters, and trade), international
transportation safety and security, Global Satellite issues, aviation licensing
and regulatory matters involving international transportation, and international
aviation antitrust matters. Projects have included research and analysis of the
law of executive agreements, treaty denunciation, and dispute resolution clauses
in international agreements, writing international technical cooperation
agreements, review of legislation affecting international transportation, and
review of orders granting license authority to U.S. and foreign air carriers in
contested adjudicatory cases.
In order to apply, please send materials to us, including a resume and short
writing sample that shows your work by email (joe.brooks@dot.gov).
Applications are due:
Summer: January
15 [UPDATE]
Fall: June
1
Spring: November
1
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The Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Litigation provides advice and legal counsel for litigation in which the Department is a party or has an interest. The Office oversees all Supreme Court cases and appellate cases involving the Department, supervises the preparation of all filings before independent regulatory agencies in proceedings in which the Department has an interest, and provides legal advice concerning litigation risk, pre- and post-litigation policy decisions, and antitrust issues. The Office works with the Offices of the Chief Counsels of the various DOT modal administrations, which handle cases involving modal administration issues.
As an intern/extern you will have the opportunity to work on current cases requiring extensive legal research, brief writing, settlement negotiations, as well as other duties necessary for the handling of pending litigation matters. Ideal candidates will have strong writing and analytical skills, the ability to work within tight deadlines on multiple projects simultaneously, exceptional legal research skills, and a desire to learn about the nation's transportation industry.
To apply, please send a resume and writing sample of not more than 15 pages, by email, to: Litigation.law@dot.gov
Application deadlines:
Summer: February 28
Fall: June 30
Spring: November 30
For more information contact: Mary F. Withum, Trial Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20590, or email Mary.Withum@dot.gov
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The Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, U. S. Department of Transportation, has unpaid legal clinical internships available for each semester and during the summer. The internships may be with or without academic credit. The Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, including its Aviation Consumer Protection Division, monitors compliance with and investigates violations of the Department's aviation economic requirements on behalf of its client, the Secretary of Transportation. Where necessary it pursues enforcement action, which may be in the nature of warning letters or more formal action, such as consent orders or administrative litigation to impose cease and desist provisions and civil penalties on those who violate DOT authorizing statutes or the regulations and orders issued thereunder. The office may also seek injunctive relief in U.S. District Courts. The office also provides legal review and investigative support to the Office of Aviation Analysis on initial and continuing fitness matters of airline applicants and airlines, respectively, and acts as Public Counsel in hearing cases involving fitness, international aviation carrier selection proceedings, and other matters as assigned by the Secretary.
Projects would include the following: (1) handling enforcement cases relating to the Department's regulations covering, among other matters, deceptive advertising, public charters, and reporting requirements; and (2) investigation and legal analysis of complaints alleging violations by airlines of the civil rights of passengers.
For more information contact: Dayton Lehman, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement & Proceedings, 202-366-9342, dayton.lehman@dot.gov, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, (C-70), Washington, DC 20590.
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The practice of law is often about conflict: winners and losers, suing or protecting against suits. But law can be about something else. Law can be about problem-solving, positive outcomes, and enhancing professional and personal relationships. Law can be about better results. The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution provides legal and policy advice on alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The Center builds the Department's ADR capacity to improve program performance and customer service.
If you are interested in learning more about this growing area of the law, the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution has unpaid legal clinical internships available for each semester and during the summer. The internships may be with or without academic credit.
The Center offers an opportunity to work in a variety of areas: Training and Education: The Center offers informational and skill-based training workshops on topics including conflict management, communication skills, basic mediation skills, advanced mediation skills, interest-based problem solving, and representing clients in mediation. In addition, the Center maintains resources including publications, videotapes, and other materials about dispute resolution and conflict management. Mediation and Facilitation Services: The Center provides mediation and facilitation services to help interested parties resolve disputes efficiently and effectively. The Center also helps customers identify ADR providers outside the agency.
Dispute Systems Design and Implementation: The Center develops overall ADR policy within the Department, and helps organizations design and implement specific ADR mechanisms that meet the organization's particular needs.
For more information contact: Fern Kaufman, fern.kaufman@dot.gov Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, 202-366-8067, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
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LEGAL INTERNSHIP-SUMMER
Federal Highway
Administration's Summer Transportation Interships for Diverse Groups (STIPDG)
The Federal Highway Administration's Summer Transportation Internships for Diverse Groups (STIPDG).
This program competitively hires students from across the country to be placed
in legal offices throughout DOT. The Office of the General Counsel draws
several candidates from this pool for summer placement. The STIPDG internships
are paid, whereas our internships are on a volunteer basis. More information
for STIPDG is at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/stipdg.htm
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updated 2/2010