The Law Department selects approximately 50 Summer Honors Program interns from almost 3,000 applications submitted each year. The Law Department is perhaps the only public sector/public interest employer in the country to make offers of permanent employment to its summer interns based on their performance during the summer. Twenty-seven of the thirty second-year law student summer interns in the 2008 Program received offers of permanent employment. And one-half of the 2008 Entry Class participated in the Summer Honors Program.

Whether or not a law student is considering permanent employment with the Law Department, the Summer Honors Program offers a unique insider's view of City government. Summer interns visit the City's police training facility, enjoy a barbeque at Gracie Mansion, and attend seminar lunches with Deputy Mayors, City agency commissioners, and federal and state court judges.

The work experience offered to interns is unlike anything available at a private law firm. There are no "memos to partner." Summer interns regularly draft motion papers that are filed in court. Many take or defend a deposition during the summer. Appeals Division interns draft three or four appellate briefs from start to finish. Interns in the Family Court Division regularly stand up in court to argue motions and conduct arraignments. As one recent intern told the New York Law Journal, "I can't believe these people are letting me do these things."

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