Rule 9 Intern

Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

Position: Rule 9 Intern

Starting Salary: Interns who have completed the minimum Rule 9 requirements (see below), $20/hour. For law school graduates, $25/hour.

Location: Prosecutor’s Office

Employment Type: Temporary. Not to exceed Washington State APR Rule 9

time limitations (see below)

Benefits include:

• Employees shall accrue sick leave benefits at the percentage rate of hours worked per week, to a maximum of eight (8) hours earned per month based on a forty (40) hour workweek but not less than one (1) hour per every forty (40) hours worked per County Policy 30.05.0

Visit Walla Walla County Website for detailed benefits information.

Brief Duties and Responsibilities: Perform legal work under the direction of a supervising attorney, who will direct, supervise, and review all of the work of the legal intern and shall assume personal professional responsibility for any work done by the legal intern while under the lawyer's supervision.

Working Environment/Physical Abilities: Work is primarily performed in the office but may occasionally require work to be performed in the field and may require travel in varying weather conditions. Physical abilities required for this position are ones typically related to office operations including but not limited to manual dexterity and visual acuity to operate computers and other office equipment, ability to sit for extended periods of time, accessing filing cabinets both on and off site, and sufficient hearing and speech ability to communicate. Ability to lift up to twenty (20) pounds.

Minimum Qualifications: Submit evidence satisfactory to the Prosecuting Attorney of minimum Admission to Practice Rule 9 Eligibility requirements. Submit evidence satisfactory to the Prosecuting Attorney of compliance with all mandatory rules pursuant to the Admission to Practice Rule 9 and the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPCs).To be eligible to apply for a Washington Supreme Court Rule 9 Legal Intern License, you must:

• Possess good moral character and fitness to practice law, Washington Supreme Court Admission and Practice Rules (APR) 20-24.2(a) AND
• Be enrolled and in good academic standing at an American Bar Association-approved law school with two-thirds of a three-year program completed or five-eighths of a four-year program completed OR
• Be enrolled in the Law Clerk Washington Supreme Court APR 6 Program and have completed five-eighths of a four-year program

You may apply up to nine months after graduation from an ABA-approved law school.

Application: County application, resume and cover letter required. Job description available on our website at www.co.walla-walla.wa.us where you can apply online.

SELECTION IS BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS, ORAL INTERVIEW, BACKGROUND CHECK AND DRIVING RECORD CHECK.