Legislative Legal Services Intern

Legislative Legal Services Intern

Salary

$0.00 Annually

Location

Denver, CO

Job Type

Unpaid Intern

Job Number

2026 MEA26 -14

Department

Colorado General Assembly

Division

Office of Legislative Legal Services

Opening Date

09/23/2026

Closing Date

8/20/2027 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Primary Physical Work Address

1375 Sherman St., Suite 300 Denver, CO 80203

Hiring Pay Rate

The internship program is a strictly "for-credit" opportunity.

Department Contact Information

LHRD@coleg.gov

Type of Announcement

This announcement is not governed by the selection processes of the classified personnel system. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

Are you interested in an internship where you dont just interpret or apply the law, but actually help make it? Consider interning with the Office of Legislative Legal Services, the nonpartisan in-house counsel for the Colorado General Assembly. We offer an exciting and varied internship experience to motivated law students with an interest in the legislative process and state policy.

About the Office of Legislative Legal Services

The office facilitates and supports the legislative work of the General Assembly and protects the General Assemblys organizational interests without participating in its politics. We draft legislation for all 100 state legislators, and we conduct research for and provide legal advice to the legislators and their staff. We also serve the people of Colorado directly by publishing and annotating the Colorado Revised Statutes, reviewing and commenting on potential new laws proposed by citizens exercising their initiative rights, and providing to the public information related to the work of the General Assembly.

Description of Job

About the Internship Program

The Office of Legislative Legal Services internship program invites you to apply your research, writing, interpersonal, and analytical skills to help address Colorados most pressing public policy problems. Interns receive extensive mentoring and engage with a range of substantive issues through work with each of the subject matter teams. Please find each team's subject matter expertise listed here: https://content.leg.colorado.gov/agencies/office-legislative-legal-services/team-subject-matters

Interns can expect a variety of unique and rewarding experiences including:

• Legislative bill drafting;

• Conducting legal research and reviewing other states laws;

• Meeting with legislators and lobbyists;

• Staffing legislative committee hearings;

• Attending floor debates; and

• Preparing official annotations to Colorado appellate opinions.

The internship program is a strictly "for-credit" opportunity, offered during the legislative session (mid-January through early May). Interns are not paid for their experience at the office. The position is part-time, with the actual number of hours to be negotiated between the intern and the mentoring attorney. A minimum commitment of twelve hours per week is required, and three days a week is preferred to ensure a meaningful experience. The internship requires in-person work at the State Capitol complex.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Candidate Qualifications

The Office of Legislative Legal Services seeks a flexible, enthusiastic, and motivated 2L or 3L student who possesses strong writing skills and excellent people skills. Bring your sound professional judgment, your ability to set aside your own biases, and, perhaps most of all, your intellectual curiosity. Having taken a legislative drafting course or a legislative process course is a plus, but is not required.

Supplemental Information

Application Materials

Please upload your resume, a writing sample, and a brief cover letter that highlights the reasons for your interest and any relevant experience.

Interviewing for the 2028 legislative session will begin in August 2027, and applications for the 2028 session must be submitted no later than August 20, 2027.

The office is no longer accepting applications for the 2027 session.

The Office of Legislative Legal Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law. All qualified applicants are given equal opportunity, and employment decisions are based exclusively on job-related factors.

Please note that each agencys contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.

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I understand that interviewing for the 2028 legislative session will begin in August 2027, and applications for the 2028 session must be submitted no later than August 20, 2027. The office is no longer accepting applications for the 2027 session.

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