Social Justice Division
Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office – New York City
Student Assistant
Reference No. LEMIO_NYC_PUGS_SUM_2025
Paid Summer Placement for Undergraduate Students | Application Deadline is February 28, 2025*
The Office of the New York State Attorney General’s (OAG) Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office (LEMIO)
is seeking a bright, hard-working, and motivated undergraduate student with a genuine interest in public service and
criminal justice reform for a paid placement during the 2025 Summer Program. The selected student will assist
attorneys and legal support staff with LEMIO’s ongoing investigations.
Duties:
- Completing policy, research, and fact analysis projects;
- Reviewing and organizing case files and other evidence;
- Perform various research, records management, and report general functions;
- Assisting with consumer complaint intake and mediation; and
- Providing research and administrative support.
Applicants must have strong attention to detail, as well as strong writing, communication, and organizational skills.
Proficiency with Word, Excel, Access, and similar programs is preferred. Interest in social justice, criminal justice
reform, research, litigation, investigations, or other legal practice is also preferred. Fluency in other languages is a
plus but not required.
Summer Program Details
- The format of this placement is hybrid or remote. Please review the following
both format options.
Hybrid Placements: Students report to their designated workstation two or three (2-3) days per week.
On the days students work remotely, they need a reliable computer, a secure internet connection, a
phone, and a sufficiently quiet and private workspace to telework.
Remote Placements: Students telecommute for the duration of their placements. On the days
students work remotely, they need a reliable computer, a secure internet connection, a phone, and a
sufficiently quiet and private workspace to telework. Please be advised, students hired for remote,
paid placements must be available to complete their payroll onboarding paperwork in-person at
OAG’s offices in Albany or New York City or at one of the 13 regional office locations.
- To be eligible for a paid summer placement, applicants must be able to demonstrate they are full-time
students in good academic standing as defined by their schools. Applications from student who will be
starting college/university during the 2025 fall semester will not be considered.
- The summer program will run for eight weeks from May 19 – July 11, 2025. Students hired for the program
must be available to work full-time (37.5 hours/week) during these dates and for the entire eight (8) weeks
of the program.
- Applications are accepted online until February 28, 2025, and paid placement offers are made on a
rolling basis.*
- Undergraduate students will be hired as student assistants and paid the hourly rate of $17.23.
- United States (U.S.) citizenship and New York state residency are not required, but applicants must be
eligible to be employed in the U.S.
