Job Description

Hiring Organization

USAO Northern District of Oklahoma

Location:

110 W. 7th Street
Suite 300
Tulsa, OK 74119 - United States

Application Deadline:

Friday, March 13, 2026

About the Office

The United States Attorney’s Office protects and serves the citizens of the Northern District of Oklahoma through the ethical, vigorous, and impartial enforcement of the laws of the United States and in so doing to defend the national security, improve the safety and quality of life in our communities, protect the public funds and financial assets of the United States, maintain a courteous and professional working environment, and, with skill and integrity, seek to do justice in every matter.

As the principal litigator for the United States of America in the Northern District of Oklahoma, the United States Attorney prosecutes all criminal and civil cases brought by the federal government and defends the United States when it is a party in a civil case. Our criminal caseload includes violent crime, complex drug and money laundering activities, complex financial institution and corporate fraud, computer fraud, environmental crime, public corruption matters, organized crime, and crimes in Indian Country.

The United States Attorney's Office and many federal agencies dedicate all necessary resources to aggressively investigating, prosecuting, and preventing terrorism. The United States Attorney's Office is committed to developing and maintaining strategic partnerships among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to ensure the effective deployment of resources to positively impact the quality of life for all citizens of our District.

Job Description

The internship is designed to allow students to gain firsthand experience working on challenging projects and cases involving federal criminal law issues. Interns work closely with federal U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecutors on various projects. Work may include legal research and drafting legal memoranda on different topics, including 4th Amendment search and seizure issues, federal Indian law, and due process.

Interns will be able to attend criminal trials and various hearings in Federal court with prosecutors and interact with and work with various federal, state, and tribal law enforcement agencies.

Qualifications

All full-time second or third-year law students. Students should have excellent academic credentials, good writing skills, and fundamental criminal law and procedure knowledge.

Must be a U.S. citizen and, due to the sensitive nature of the work performed by the office, successful completion of a suitability review and a favorable determination based on information provided in their security forms, a credit report, and a fingerprint check .

Application Process

Please submit a resume with a cover letter, an official transcript, a writing sample (optional), and dates available via email to Wynette.Irving@usdoj.gov.

Applications must be received by Friday, March 13, 2026.

Salary

Academic credit (to be decided by each school).

Travel

None

Relocation Expenses

Not Authorized

Department Policies

Equal Employment Opportunity

Reasonable Accommodations

Outreach and Recruitment for Qualified Applicants with Disabilities

Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs

Suitability and Citizenship

Veterans

USAO Residency Requirement

This and other vacancy announcements can be found under Attorney Vacancies and Volunteer Legal Internships. The Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department of the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information.

Updated September 15, 2025

Job Tags

Full time, Internship, Work at office, Local area, Relocation,

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