This internship program offers students the opportunity to apply for a “for-credit” internship position with the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division. You must first submit a application to me and to the Department of Justice, and interested students will interviewed (usually during Spring break) for one of the three to five available spots. You must be willing to intern for a full academic year (not including the summer sessions), and you will receive four credits on a pass-fail basis over both long semesters.
Third year students are generally preferred, but second year students have successfully competed for these slots in the past. Students are encouraged to also enroll in either the Fall three-unit Advanced Federal Criminal Prosecution & Defense seminar, co-taught by Professor Susan R. Klein and Aleza Remis, Asst. Dep. Chief, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, or the Spring three-unit Federal Criminal Law course taught by Prof. Klein, but neither is required. Enrolling in a criminal procedure course would also be helpful, but is not required
The internship component requires a commitment to work 10 hours per week for two consecutive long semesters at the U.S. Attorney's office in downtown Austin, Texas. Many of your hours can be completed at the law school or at home, though you will probably want to go in to the office once a week. You will asisist in the prosecution of federal criminal cases under the supervision of Matt Harding and other Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Students will receive two credits "pass-fail" for the internship for each semester, for a total of four units.
The application deadline for the next academic year (2023-2024) is March of 2023.
Information on the U.S. Attorney’s Office is available at: www.usdoj.gov/usao/txw/. You are also welcome to contact Prof. Klein directly by calling her at (512) 203-2257, e-mailing her at sklein@law.utexas.edu, or visiting her at her office in Townes Hall, room number 3.207. You can also obtain additional information from her assistant Nick Charlesworth, by calling him at (512) 232-2202, or e-mailing him at ncharlesworth@law.utexas.edu.
Klein, Susan R. 
Harding, Matt