AG Platkin announces applications now being accepted for 2024 Attorney General’s ‘Honors Program’
Unique two-year program offers recent law school graduates and newly admitted lawyers the opportunity to start their legal careers in public service
NEW JERSEY – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has announced that the application period is open for the 2024 New Jersey Attorney General’s Honors Program, a two-year program that offers recent law school graduates and newly admitted lawyers the opportunity to start their legal careers in public service in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
Thanks to the support of Governor Murphy, the program’s fifth and largest class will join the Office this month and will have opportunities to help formulate policy and legal strategy, investigate cases, draft legal pleadings, negotiate with opposing counsel, and argue in court. In addition, program participants attend workshops and trainings that help develop their legal skills and introduce them to the full range of work performed by a state attorney general’s office.
“The Honors Program provides attorneys at the start of their legal careers with an unmatched opportunity to gain valuable experience and engage in public service,” Platkin said. “We are grateful to Governor Murphy for the support to expand our Honors Program, which allows participants to immediately engage in our Office’s work to keep New Jerseyans safe, stand up for their rights, and hold wrongdoers accountable.”
The program is open to all third-year law students, students in the final year of other graduate law programs (e.g., LLM programs), judicial clerks who will complete their clerkships by September 2024, and individuals completing post-graduation fellowships by September 2024. Positions are available in Newark and Trenton.
Applicants who meet the Honors Program criteria can apply for entry into the program through the AG Honors Program website, at www.njoag.gov/careers/ag-honors-program/. Applications are due by October 13, 2023.
The program allows participants to rotate through one or more of the following subject matter areas:
- Civil Rights
- Reproductive Health Rights
- Firearms Civil Enforcement and Accountability
- Social Media Accountability and Data Privacy/Cybersecurity
- Environmental Justice and Enforcement
- Workers’ Rights and Labor Enforcement
- Solicitor General Fellow
- Public Integrity, Conviction Review, and Police Policy*
- Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance
- Youth Justice
- Sexual and Domestic Violence Policy, Prevention, and Enforcement
- Violence Suppression and Organized Crime*
- Cyber Crimes*
- Human Trafficking*
*indicates new or modified subject matter for 2024.
Applicants must submit a writing sample, statement of interest, resume, law school transcript, and two references. Those selected for the Honors Program will begin work in September 2024.
