Law Student Summer Intern Program

The Office of the County Attorney (OCA) serves as the legal advisor to Montgomery County, Maryland (County) departments, agencies, boards, and commissions.

OCA is responsible for a wide range of functions, including representing the County in tax and procurement matters before state, federal, and local administrative agencies and courts; advising the County Executive, the County Council, and various County departments—such as the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, the Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, and the Department of Health and Human Services; providing guidance on issues affecting the operation of County government, including the Open Meetings Act and the Maryland Public Information Act; and defending the County in litigation matters involving workers' compensation, torts, employment discrimination, and other civil claims.

OCA's Law Student Summer Intern Program strives every year to provide law students with a variety of assignments in the areas described above, along with a deeper understanding of the practice of law in local government setting.

Interns will have the opportunity to work with multiple attorneys across OCA's different divisions throughout the course of the internship, further broadening their learning experience.

The specific assignments an intern receives will depend upon the needs of OCA during the internship. OCA seeks to provide meaningful mentoring opportunities and constructive feedback for most assignments to support interns' professional growth.

 

The following list reflects the assignments that some of the interns have handled in past years:

• Observe depositions, administrative hearings before County agencies, trials, motions hearings, moot courts, and legislative sessions.
• Assist attorneys in preparing cases for trial (compile exhibits, contact witnesses) or with discovery tasks (prepare interrogatories, interview witnesses).
• Perform citation checks of briefs and legal memoranda to ensure that: citations are accurate, complete, and conform to the Bluebook; the substance of the cited material supports the point asserted; and the cases cited have not been overruled or modified in subsequent proceedings; and quotes are accurate.
• Conduct legal research on various issues (e.g., constitutional law, tort, contract, real property, zoning, civil procedure, landlord-tenant, administrative law, statutory construction).
• Compile legislative history for individual State and County laws.

 

The application for the 2026 Summer Intern Program will open on December 1, 2025, to all current 1L and 2L students, with submissions accepted through February 28, 2026. Thank you for your interest.