City of Madison 

The Law Student Internship Program at the Office of the City Attorney (OCA) has two fundamental purposes. First, the use of law students provides the OCA with legal resources. In tight municipal budgets, it is not always possible to have attorneys available for the necessary legal research and writing to operate efficiently and provide service to our client, the City of Madison. The use of law students assists the OCA in its primary function.

Second, as a public law office, the OCA believes it has an obligation to assist in the training of young law students. The experience provided in an OCA internship will assist these students in becoming better lawyers.

TYPES OF INTERNSHIPS

The OCA offers two types of internships: Full-time internships during the summer, and part-time internships during the school year. These internships are for a specified duration of time, that is, there is no expectation that a student completing a summer

internship will continue into the school year, nor is there any expectation that those working in the school year will work in the summer. However, students are not restricted from applying for both internships, which might result in full year employment. At the current time, there is only funding and space for a total of three student interns at any

time.

The nature of the OCA program may be modified from time to time and is dependent on funding by the Common Council and sufficient office space. The internship program is able to be funded under current appropriations to the OCA, but may be changed at any time due to budget limitations, or space needs.

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