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Recruitment

This website contains the most current information on employment opportunities in the Office.

The City Attorney handles employment applications only for law students, attorneys, and unclassified management. The City's Personnel Department handles applications for all other legal positions including legal assistants/paralegals, investigators, and legal secretaries. Employees in these allied legal positions, like most city employees, are in the civil service system.

Law students and attorneys hired by the City Attorney are not in the civil service system. They are political appointees who serve as at-will employees.

For information concerning any positions other than those for law students, attorneys, and unclassified management, see the City's employment opportunity page.

Internship and Volunteer Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the San Diego City Attorney's Office. If you have a passion for public service, volunteers are a vital part of the essential work we do. Our office offers a variety of exciting volunteer opportunities from Administrative Interns, Victim Services Volunteers, Certified Legal & Post Bar Clerk Internship programs and Volunteer Attorneys. If you are interested in contributing your talents by gaining valuable experience in our many divisions or giving back to your community, use the links to the right to view our current opportunities. Applications for all of the volunteer positions are accepted throughout the year, with open positions being filled on a case-by-case basis, based on the needs of the office. Please follow the application process for the division you are interested in.

Volunteer/Intern Photo Album

  • Summer 2018 Civil Legal Interns with City Attorney Mara Elliott
  • Our Spring 2017 Civil Intern Class with City Attorney Mara Elliott
  • Some of our Summer 2017 Civil Interns along with Staff Attorneys on a Tour of the Border with City Attorney Mara Elliott
  • Our Fall 2016 Civil Interns on a Field Trip with the Lifeguard Chief
  • Our Fall 2016 Civil Interns on a Lifeguard Boat
  • One of our Spring 2017 Civil Interns Being Recognized for His Volunteer Efforts by Councilmember Lorie Zapf
  • One of our Spring 2017 Civil Interns at a Use of Force Training
  • Our Summer 2017 Criminal Division Mentee Regee Galac from UCLA with Criminal Division Operations Support Manager Jonathan Ferreras.
  • Mara W. Elliott attending the City’s annual Volunteer Recognition Event, April 2017
  • Criminal Division’s Fall 2017 Post Bar Law Clerks and Interns
  • Civil Interns Summer 2016 with Deputy City Attorneys on a Field Trip of the City’s Pure Water Facility
  • The 1st Annual Civil Division Intern Reunion - August 2017
  • Our Summer 2017 Civil Interns with City Attorney Mara Elliott
  • Our Summer 2017 Civil Interns on a Qualcomm Stadium Field Trip
  • Summer 2018 Civil Legal Interns on Lifeguard Field Trip
  • Spring 2018 Civil Legal Interns with City Attorney Mara Elliott
  • Fall 2017 Civil Legal Interns at Montgomery Airport Field Trip
  • 2nd Annual Intern Reunion
  • Intern shooting water cannon
  • Criminal Spring Interns 2019
  • Criminal Summer Interns 2019