IT Summer Internships

The United States Attorney's Office offers unpaid summer internships for students in Computer/Information Science and Technology College. The 2025 Summer Internship Program will start on May 19, 2025 and end on July 27, 2025. This program is full-time (9am-5pm) in-person at our Philadelphia office.

The program allows interns to work with the eLitigation Support and IT Systems units.  IT Interns will learn about the eLitigation process, IT infrastructure, and working in a DevOps environment. The summer IT intern supervisor will try to align assignments with interns’ interests.  The assignments typically include:

• eLitigation and IT support;
• Working with eDiscovery;
• Trial and office presentation support;
• Coding project to solve an automation problem.

Interns will also attend lectures in which they learn relevant skills and hear from various participants in the federal criminal justice system. Speakers include Federal agents and staff members of the United States Attorney’s Office. When possible, the office also sponsors field trips to relevant locations (such as prisons and other federal agencies).

Requirements

To be hired, an applicant must be:

• currently enrolled in a college
• a United States citizen
• selected by the internship committee
• successfully cleared following a background check undertaken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (which includes inquiry into illegal drug use and bad debts)

Application Process

The summer internship program is open to all currently enrolled college students (sophomore and above). It is not open to those who have graduated.

The U.S. Attorney's Office will begin accepting applications for the 2025 Summer IT Internship Program on January 13, 2025, and the submission period will close on February 13, 2025. Applications are considered on a rolling basis and consist of a resume, transcript, letter of recommendation and cover letter which must be e-mailed to: USAPAE.ITintern@usdoj.gov.

The internship committee selects candidates to interview (via video conference) from the resumes submitted. Please do not call the office to attempt to arrange an interview.

Candidates selected by the committee must provide information for a Federal Bureau of Investigation background check.

Final approval for all applicants is obtained from the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

The United States is an Equal Opportunity Employer.