Arms Control and Disarmament Agency www.dosfan.lib.uic.edu/acda/
 The ACDA formulates and implements American arms control and
disarmament policies and works closely with the Office of the President
and the Department of State. The agency's legal department offers a
fellowship for which law students are eligible.

Central Intelligence Agency (www.cia.gov) B The Office of General
Counsel handles international legal issues relating to foreign intelligence
and counterintelligence, counterterrorism, counternarcotics,
nonproliferation and arms control, immigration, international financial
transactions, as well as foreign and international law and legislation.
Law graduates are hired for the Legal Honors Program, and 2Ls for a
paid 10week summer clerkship.

 Department of Defense (www.dod.gov) International work
conducted in the Office of General Counsel’s International Affairs, Intelligence,
Defense and Environment and Installations SubOffices
includes international relations, military justice, intelligence and
counterintelligence policy and counternarcotics. Law students are hired
for paid summer legal internships.

 ExportImport Bank of the United States (www.exim.gov)
Independent governmental agency that helps finance overseas sales of
U.S. goods and services. General Counsel's office hires very small
number of law students for paid (or unpaid, depending on budget)
summer internships.

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (www.ustr.gov)
The Office is the chief trade negotiator and principal trade policy advisor to the President
and responsible for developing and implementing trade policies to
promote world growth and create new opportunities for America. Unpaid
intern program for undergraduate and graduate students hires 2030
interns per semester, including summer.

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (www.opic.gov)
Independent corporation, owned by the U.S. government, to encourage
private direct investment abroad in support of economic development in
friendly countries. Department of Legal Affairs hires for paid fulltime
summer internship program, as well as several unpaid full or parttime
fall and spring programs.

Agency for International Development (www.usaid.gov)
USAID is a nonpartisan governmental organization responsible for
administering U.S foreign aid programs. The Office of General Counsel
provides legal advice and guidance for all the agency's operations worldwide. Full and parttime
unpaid internships are available throughout the year to law students.

U.S. Department of Justice (www.usdoj.gov)
Ø Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management – OARM
recommends candidates with international interests to consider the
following DOJ constituent groups: Antitrust Division, Civil Division,
Criminal Division, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission,
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and the Office
of Intelligence Policy and Review. Candidates interested in immigration and naturalization should
consider these constituent groups: Civil Division, Civil Rights
Division, Criminal Division, Executive Office for Immigration
Review, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Legal Policy and
the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Office of International Affairs Advises the Attorney General,
DOJ officials, U.S. Attorneys offices and state/local prosecutors on
international criminal matters, coordinates extradition of
international fugitives and international evidence gathering. With
the State Department, it negotiates treaties, conventions and other
agreements on international criminal matters and participates on
committees established by the UN and other international
organizations directed at resolving international law enforcement
problems (e.g., narcotics trafficking, organized crime, cybercrime,
corruption, terrorism, and money laundering). Offices are
maintained in numerous countries, and U.S. Attorneys in domestic
offices may have the opportunity for temporary assignment outside
the U.S.

Executive Office of Immigration Review B Handles immigration
and asylum cases. Law students may participate in paid,
volunteer and for credit summer internships and graduates are
hired for Attorney General's Honors Program.

Department of State (www.state.gov)
Office of the Legal Adviser B Assists in formulating and  implementing U.S. foreign policy and promoting development
of international law. The Office provides legal support by
international region/country and also by function (e.g., Office of
Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office
of Treaty Affairs). A limited number of positions are
available for law students (paid and unpaid, summer and school
year) and law graduates.
The Department offers a number of student intern programs
(mostly unpaid), some of which provide the opportunity for
overseas placement or for work domestically on international
issues. The office also coordinates U.S. government recruitment
efforts for the United Nations, Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development, Organization for Security &
Cooperation in Europe, Organization of American States and
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Foreign Service
Offers five different career tracks:
Management Affairs, Consular Affairs, Economic Affairs, Political
Affairs and Public Diplomacy and applicants must select a track
early in the hiring process.

International Trade Commission (www.usitc.gov) B The USITC is
an independent, nonpartisan, quasijudicial
federal agency that provides
trade expertise to the legislative and executive branches of government,
determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries and directs actions
against certain unfair trade practices such as patent, trademark and
copyright infringement.

Trade and Development Agency (www.tda.gov) B Independent
government agency that promotes U.S. exports by helping companies
pursue overseas business opportunities. Generally one unpaid
internship is offered each summer.