STUDENT INTERN - Legal - Chicago, IL

Position Statement

The mission of the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is to protect and promote the wages, welfare, working conditions, and safety of Illinois workers by enforcing State labor and employment laws, providing compliance assistance to employers, and increasing public awareness of workplace protections. As a Legal Intern, you’ll have an opportunity to apply your legal education to positively impact workers and employers across the state. You’ll work directly with IDOL’s General Counsel and full legal team to research legal issues, draft documents, analyze legislation, and assist with case preparation. Your work will be critical in helping the department advance and enforce labor and workforce policy in the State of Illinois!

Essential Functions

• Performs legal research and analysis to assist legal and professional staff in the development, interpretation, and enforcement of labor laws, administrative regulations, and policies.
• Drafts, reviews, and edits legal filings and documents in collaboration with legal staff and other professional staff.
• Performs general legal support services, including: Scheduling, docketing, data entry, copying, filing, file organization and management.
• Participates in Dept. of Labor orientation and training which provide a general knowledge of Agency programs, service philosophies, and objectives.
• Communicates with workers, employers, and members of the public regarding matters within the Department’s jurisdiction as needed.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of high school and active enrollment at a college.
• Requires no previous work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers a bachelor's degree in business, Political Science, Public Administration, Legal Studies, Communication, or similar field.
• Prefers active enrollment in law school.
• Prefers successful completion of at least 24 credit hours of law school.
• One (1) year or more of legal work experience.
• One (1) year or more working with Labor and Employment Law.

Conditions of Employment

• This position is considered sedentary work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(a)). Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and requires occasional lifting, carrying, walking, and standing.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

Agency Statement

The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is one of Illinois' most important and dynamic Agencies. With an annual budget of $22.6 million, and an authorized staff of nearly 143 full-time employees, IDOL has the capacity and capability to provide administration and enforcement of over 25 labor and safety Laws. At IDOL, we take pride in our Agency's mission: to promote and protect the rights, wages, welfare, working conditions, safety, and health of Illinois workers through enforcement of state labor laws, and to safeguard the public through regulation of amusement rides and to ensure compliance with all other labor standards.