Career Opportunities
About the Office
The Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison has a clear mission: we help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. We are a dynamic group of dedicated professionals who choose public service as a calling, and we are actively and intentionally committed to supporting an internal culture that affirms that calling. The Office is one of Minnesota’s largest public law offices and as of 2024, has been recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace Minnesota for five years in a row and Top Workplace USA for four years in a row.
Current Openings
Intern – Fall 2025 - Mondale-Humphrey Scholars
Posting Number: 87342 • Closing Date: 7/22/2025
The Office is currently seeking three 2025 Fall Undergraduate Interns to join the Mondale-Humphrey Scholars program. This program has been designed to introduce undergraduate students to state service and the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. As an undergraduate program we are seeking students with all types of majors and school or career goals. This opportunity is particularly suited for students who are not currently on a pre-law track or pursuing law school, as the work is designed to support broader exposure to public service and state government. Law students should seek out and apply for the Law Clerk program.
Law Clerk - Antitrust - Fall 2025
Posting Number: 87046 • Closing Date: 7/17/2025
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is offering law students a unique opportunity to work directly with Assistant Attorneys General and other staff of the AGO and gain hands-on experience with antitrust law in food and agriculture markets, including reviewing documents, researching legal issues, and drafting written product. This position allows law students to develop professional skills and expand their knowledge while performing meaningful and challenging work focused on antitrust issues in food and agriculture markets.
Legal Administrative Assistant
Posting Number: 87365 • Closing Date: 7/16/2025
The Office is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant in the Public Safety Division of our Town Square Tower office location. Specifically, this position will support attorneys, paralegals, and investigators as directed by the supervisor. The work includes but is not limited to preparing legal documents and briefs, efiling, filing, serving legal documents, opening and closing files, retaining records, and occasionally transcribing documents.
Our differences make us stronger and leveraging them helps us create a workforce where everyone can thrive. The State of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embedding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at our workplace. We do this by developing strong leaders and advocates, increasing cultural competence, and understanding among all employees, and removing institutional barriers and attitudes that prevent employees from advancing as far as their talents will take them. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, familial status, receipt of public assistance, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or age.
We will make reasonable accommodations to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at (651) 259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us. Please indicate what assistance you need.
