INTERN POSITION
CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
General Description
The City of Atlanta Department of Law hosts its annual Summer Internship Program. This program provides students who are interested in public sector law the opportunity to learn from seasoned professionals while gaining knowledge and improving legal research, writing, and advocacy skills. It also offers participants the unique opportunity to gain experience in this multifaceted practice, including but not limited to:
Assisting with the provision of legal advice and counsel services to various departments within the City;
Learning civil litigation skills and assisting with trial preparation; and,
Gaining transactional law experience by assisting Attorneys with legal research and drafting.
Essential Functions
Legal Research: Conducting research into legal cases, statutes, precedents, and other relevant topics.
Document Drafting: Assisting with drafting legal documents such as motions, briefs, and demand letters.
Case File Review: Reviewing and organizing case files, discovery materials, and other relevant information.
Court Attendance: Attending court hearings, depositions, and mediations with supervisors.
Administrative Support: Performing clerical tasks like filing, copying, and managing calendars.
Client Interaction: Attending and taking notes at various meetings, including but not limited to City Council and Committee meetings; various board, agency, and commission meetings; client meetings, internal departmental meetings, etc., as appropriate.
Other Tasks: Assisting with preparing for trials, organizing evidence, and performing other duties as assigned. Assisting with the provision of legal advice and counsel services to various departments within the City; Learning civil litigation skills and assisting with trial preparation.
Gaining transactional law experience by assisting Attorneys with research and drafting;
Currently in high school or pursuing an Associate's, Bachelor’s or Juris Doctorate degree in an appropriate discipline for the department in which person is an intern. May also meet the eligibility requirements set forth for the City of Atlanta Summer Youth Employment Program as described at https://www.atlyearoftheyouth.com/syep-connect-with-us
The City of Atlanta remains a transportation hub, not just for the country but also for the world: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the nations busiest in daily passenger flights. Direct flights to Europe, South America, and Asia have made metro Atlanta easily accessible to the more than 1,000 international businesses that operate here and the more than 50 countries that have representation in the city through consulates, trade offices, and chambers of commerce. The city has emerged as a banking center and is the world headquarters for 13 Fortune 500 companies.
Atlanta is the Capital city of the southeast, a city of the future with strong ties to its past. The old in new Atlanta is the soul of the city, the heritage that enhances the quality of life in a contemporary city. In the turbulent 60's, Atlanta was "the city too busy to hate." And today, in the 21st Century, Atlanta is the "city not too busy to care".
For more than four decades Atlanta has been linked to the civil rights movement. Civil Rights leaders moved forward, they were the visionaries who saw a new south, a new Atlanta. They believed in peace. They made monumental sacrifices for that peace. And because of them Atlanta became a fast-pace modern city which opened its doors to the 1996 Olympics.
Die-hard Southerners view Atlanta as the heart of the Old Confederacy; Atlanta has become the best example of the New South, a fast-paced modern city proud of its heritage.
In the past two decades Atlanta has experienced unprecedented growth -- the official city population remains steady, at about 420,000, but the metro population has grown in the past decade by nearly 40%, from 2.9 million to 4.1 million people. A good measure of this growth is the ever-changing downtown skyline, along with skyscrapers constructed in the Midtown, Buckhead, and outer perimeter (fringing I-285) business districts.
