Public Service and Policy Careers

Service.
Dedication to the public good.
Ensuring access to justice.
An Oregon Law Tradition.


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At Oregon Law, our students and alumni are passionately engaged in public service and serve in public interest law at a rate that far exceeds the national average. Law Ducks work as lawyers or in JD-advantage positions throughout all levels of public service, government, and public policy legal careers, including:

  • Government attorney (federal, state, local)
  • Career judicial law clerk
  • Policy analyst
  • Nonprofit director
  • Lobbyist
  • Attorney for public interest organization
  • Law school professor
  • Legal Aid attorney
  • Elected official or staff for elected official
  • College administrator
  • Court administrator