Are you looking for a career in national security? The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is seeking students to join our team for summer 2025. Our paid internship program will provide students the opportunity to gain marketable developmental experience in counterintelligence and insider threat, industrial security, personnel security, security training, and other DCSA core mission and support areas. Become a part of America's Gatekeeper Team!

Duties

We are looking for capable and eager law students interested in being part of a Federal legal office that provides support in all areas of legal practice for an agency with a national security mission. Interns will apply analytic and critical thinking skills to work on research projects, draft memos, and assist attorneys with various assignments and projects. A final or interim secret security clearance is required for appointment to the position, but applicants are not required to have a security clearance to apply for the position. The DCSA Student Experience is looking for law student interns to join our team for interesting work that will have the student: Plan, organize and conduct studies of legal issues and cases generally encountered in the assigned area. Conduct research assignments given by agency counsel. Examine and evaluates procedural and legal sufficiency of agency actions, policies and practices. Provide support in analyzing issues and actions related to national security law, civilian personnel law, equal employment opportunity matters, government information practices, administrative law, fiscal law, ethics, and acquisition law. Use manual and automated legal research methods and other available resources to locate and apply relevant legal references, including Federal statutes, regulations and publications, DoD issuances, case law articles and legal treatises. Assist with the research and preparation of legal opinions for attorneys on the full range of legal matters presented by agency operations and administration. Participate in defensive administrative litigation including depositions, mediation, negotiations, and hearings. Draft and edit legal and non-legal memoranda, research reports, and correspondence. Ensure proper processing of completed actions. Analyze facts and legal questions and organize and prepare research material for attorney review. Identify pertinent facts and issues for research and discussion, suggest legal interpretations of reference material, and prepare initial summary recommendations for attorneys. Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a US citizen
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. For more information http://www.sss.gov
• Resume and supporting documents received by 11:59PM EST will be considered
• This is a Drug Testing designated position
• Position is a (DCIPS) position in the Excepted Service under U.S.C. 1601
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• PCS (Permanent Change of Station): Not Authorized - (Relocation expenses or housing will NOT be provided by the agency)
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible, but is not a full time telework position. The incumbent will be required to report to the office on a routine basis.
• If selected, the incumbent must obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as indicated in job announcement.
• Must be granted eligibility for access to classified information at the SECRET level, based on a background investigation.
• Must hold a bachelor's degree and be currently enrolled as a full-time law student in a program leading to award of the first professional law degree Note: To be appointed to a Student Trainee (See the below)
• Intern (Law Student) in the summer of 2025, you will also need to have successfully completed the 1st or 2nd year of law school by the end of May 2025, with the expectation of continuing law school studies in the fall of 2025.
• Must have and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale.
• Students accepted to the internship program must send law school official transcript with spring 2025 semester/quarter grades to the DCSA Student Programs Office prior to onboarding.
• Students who successfully complete the program may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a permanent position effective after graduation if all requirements have been met. (See the below factors)
• Funding availability, mission requirements, and other factors may apply.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the criteria specified below: You must hold a bachelor's degree and be currently enrolled as a full-time law student in a program leading to award of the first professional law degree. Note:In order to be appointed to a Student Trainee (Law Student Intern) in the summer of 2025, you will also need to have successfully completed the 1st or 2nd year of law school by the end of May 2025., with the expectation of continuing law school studies in the fall of 2025. You must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale. Education: All applicants must submit college or university undergraduate transcripts (official or unofficial) AND law school transcripts (official or unofficial) that demonstrate the completion, (or for 1st year law student applicants, the anticipated completion), of the 1st year of law school by the end of May 2025 or earlier. Relocation expenses or housing benefits are NOT offered for our student positions. This position does not offer remote work. If you are selected, you will have to report to the office throughout your internship and be living within commuting distance of the office during the summer program.

Education

All applicants must submit college or university undergraduate transcripts (official or unofficial) AND law school transcripts (official or unofficial) that demonstrate the completion, or for 1^st year law student applicants, the anticipated completion, of the 1^st year of law school by the end of May 2025.

Superior Academic Achievement does not apply to DCIPS positions.

Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position.

Foreign Education: For further information, click on the following link:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency 27130 Telegraph Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: DCSA Servicing Team
• Phone: 614-692-2886
• Email: [email protected]