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 three years in a row and Top Workplace USA for three years in a row.
Current Openings
Assistant Attorney General - Environmental & Natural Resources - Transactional
Posting Number: 75156 -- Deadline to Apply: April 15, 2024
The Office is currently seeking an attorney to represent the Office and State agencies in transactional matters. The attorney will practice within a cohort of attorneys housed in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the Office. The transactional cohort has a very diverse practice, with no close analog in private practice.
Assistant Attorney General - Health and Teacher Licensing Division
Posting Number: 75258 -- Deadline to Apply: April 9, 2024
The Office is seeking a highly capable individual with the skills and drive to work on behalf of the public in improving the quality of healthcare and education for all Minnesotans by providing legal representation to the State’s health-related licensing boards and the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (“PELSB”) in their resolution of complaints alleging misconduct by healthcare providers and educators.
Assistant Attorney General - Post-conviction Justice Division
Posting Number: 74911 -- Deadline to Apply: April 1, 2024
The Office is currently seeking a Assistant Attorney General in the Post-conviction Justice Division (PCJD) of the Office. The lawyer’s primary caseload will involve conducting comprehensive review of criminal convictions in cases involving cannabis convictions that come before the Cannabis Expungement Board (CEB). The lawyer will obtain and review conviction records, conduct further investigation as necessary, and make recommendations regarding expungement or resentencing.
Assistant Attorney General - State Agencies Division
Posting Number: 75222 -- Deadline to Apply: April 9, 2024
The Office is currently seeking an experienced attorney in the State Agencies Division of the Office. The State Agencies Division provides litigation and legal counsel to a variety of State agencies including the Minnesota Departments of Health, Labor and Industry, Corrections, Human Rights, and Veterans Affairs. Attorneys in the division represent agencies in state and federal court litigation including defense of Section 1983 lawsuits, often involving constitutional issues.
Assistant Attorney General - Public Safety Division
Posting Number: 75072 -- Deadline to Apply: April 3, 2024
The Public Safety Division serves an important role within the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General. Lawyers in the Public Safety Division represent the Commissioner of Public Safety on matters involving implied consent, revocations, forfeitures, and title matters; provide advice, counsel and representation to several boards; and respond to citizen inquiries.
Human Resources Generalist
Posting Number: 75001 -- Deadline to Apply: April 2, 2024
The Office is currently seeking a Human Resources (HR) Generalist to provide professional HR services office-wide. Our HR Generalists support all HR functions throughout the cycle of employment to include position auditing, recruitment, hiring, onboarding, transactions, labor relations, leave coordination, policy, workers compensation, performance management, and offboarding.
Student Extern – Summer 2024
Deadline to Apply: Applications will be accepted each semester until positions are filled
The Student Extern will be working with the Statewide Expungement Program and will be assisting with reviewing applications, maintaining files, and drafting proposed orders and stipulations.
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.