Posting number: 2027-AAG-SG-Fellow
Department: Chief Deputy - Attorney General
Job classification: AAG-Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Fellow – Solicitor General – Chicago
Posting type: Open
Categories: Attorney
The Illinois Solicitor General is seeking one or more recent law school graduates to serve in a limited term assignment as Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Fellows. The Solicitor General is responsible for representing the State of Illinois before the U.S. Supreme Court and ensuring the excellence of the Attorney General’s appellate practice. The Solicitor General also provides appellate advice to all divisions within the Attorney General’s Office; oversees the preparation of briefs, petitions, and other papers filed by the Office in appellate courts, including the U.S. and Illinois Supreme Courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and argues selected appeals. The Fellows participate in and support the Solicitor General’s full range of operations, and work with other attorneys in the Attorney General’s Office on a variety of cases involving significant constitutional, statutory, and policy questions.
Duties include researching and advising on complex or novel legal issues; assisting with the review and preparation of recommendations for action in appellate matters, including filing or joining amicus curiae briefs and other multistate litigation; handling or assisting with the drafting of briefs and other court papers; and assisting with preparation for oral argument, including participating in moot courts. The Fellowship will begin in August/September 2027 and is one year in duration.
The Fellowship is designed for junior lawyers who are committed to public service and have exceptional legal research and writing skills. The position is open to lawyers in their first three years of practice (at the time of application), including applicants who are current judicial law clerks, participants in government, academic, or public interest fellowships, and third-year law students at accredited law schools. Attorneys with at least one year of post-graduate experience, including a clerkship or fellowship, are preferred. Applicants must be Illinois Bar members or plan to take the Illinois Bar exam (or otherwise apply for Illinois Bar membership) prior to beginning the fellowship.
Applicants are encouraged to apply by November 20, 2026.
To ensure full consideration, please upload a cover letter, resume, three references, and two writing samples. Your references may include law professors. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us:
Attn: Hanan Malik
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
115 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 814-3695
(312) 814-5024 (Fax)
attorneyhiring@ilag.gov
The Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Illinois, representing all state officials and agencies and enforcing laws on behalf of the people of Illinois. The Office of the Attorney General also serves as the state’s largest public interest law firm, committed to protecting and advancing the interests of the people of Illinois through leadership, advocacy and legal representation.
More than 450 Assistant Attorneys General and over 300 employees serve in the Office of the Attorney General in offices in Chicago, Springfield and Carbondale as well as regional offices in Rockford, Quincy, Champaign-Urbana and Belleville.
If you’re interested in advocating for the people of Illinois and pursuing some of the most important issues affecting our communities, please visit the our website for a list of current career opportunities and overview of the Office’s Divisions and duties: http://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/jobs/agency_profile.pdf.
