The Government and Public Service Placements allow students to gain experience in public service in a variety of settings, including state government, federal government, local government and not-for-profit organizations. Included are legislative placements that allow students to help develop policy and law, government agency placements that allow students to work in a variety of regulatory and statutory fields, local government placements that allow students to experience the inner-workings of government at the local level, and not-for-profit agency placements that allow students to become involved with various areas of law and policy in a public, but non-governmental, setting. Each placement offers particular, specific and unique opportunities to obtain hands-on experience and to network with government and non-government attorneys. Students are required to participate in a weekly classroom session.
Sample Field Placements
- Capital District Physician's Health Care Plan (CDPHP)
- Center for Women in Government and Civil Society, SUNY Albany
- City of Albany Corporation Counsel
- City of Cohoes, Building Department
- City of Watervliet Corporation Counsel
- Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA)
- Government Law Center, Albany Law School
- Governor's Counsel, Executive Chamber
- Greene County Department of Social Services
- Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- New York Civil Liberties Union
- New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE)
- Northeast Health/St. Peter's Health Partners
- NYS Assembly Majority Counsel's Office
- NYS Assembly Minority Counsel's Office
- NYS Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU)
- NYS Attorney General, Appeals and Opinions Division
- NYS Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Fraud and Protection
- NYS Attorney General, Civil Recoveries Unit
- NYS Attorney General, Claims Bureau
- NYS Attorney General, Criminal Prosecution Unit
- NYS Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau
- NYS Attorney General, Health Care Bureau
- NYS Attorney General, Litigation Bureau
- NYS Attorney General, Real Property
- NYS Attorney General, Sexual Offender Management Bureau
- NYS Board of Elections
- NYS Comptroller
- NYS Consumer Protection Board
- NYS Department of Economic Development
- NYS Department of Environment Conservation, Office of Hearings and Mediation Services
- NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of General Counsel (Albany)
- NYS Department of Financial Services
- NYS Department of Health, Bureau of Professional Medical Conduct, Division of Legal Affairs
- NYS Department of Health, Counsel's Office
- NYS Department of Health, Division of Legal Affairs, Bureau of Administrative Hearings
- NYS Department of Labor
- NYS Department of State
- NYS Department of State: NYS Committee on Open Government
- NYS Department of State: Utility Intervention Unit, Division of Consumer Protection
- NYS Department of Taxation and Finance
- NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
- NYS Dormitory Authority
- NYS Education Department, Office for Diversity, Ethics & Access
- NYS Education Department, Office of Counsel
- NYS Education Department, Office of Innovative School Models
- NYS Education Department, Office of Labor Relations
- NYS Education Department, Office of Professional Discipline
- NYS Education Department, Office of State Review -
- NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation
- NYS Governor's Office of Employee Relations
- NYS Insurance Department, Health Bureau
- NYS Law Enforcement Officers' Union, Council 82
- NYS Law Revision Commission
- NYS Liquor Authority
- NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
- NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
- NYS Office of General Services
- NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation (OPRHP)
- NYS Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance (OTDA) - Legal Affairs
- NYS Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance (OTDA) - Office of Administrative Hearings
- NYS Office of the Inspector General
- NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
- NYS Public Employment Relations Board
- NYS Public Serivce Commission, Office of Hearings and Dispute Resolution
- NYS Public Service Commission
- NYS Public Service Commission, Office of Hearings and Dispute Resolution
- NYS Public Service Commission, Office of Industry and Governmental Relations
- NYS Racing and Wagering
- NYS Senate Majority Counsel's Office - Senate Policy Group
- NYS Senate Minority Counsel's Office
- NYS Thruway Authority
- NYS United Teachers (NYSUT)
- Research Foundation of SUNY
- RPI - Office of Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and New Ventures
- Schmeiser, Olsen, & Watts, LLP
- SUNY Administration, University Counsel's Office
- SUNY Charter Schools Institute
- Town of Colonie Attorney's Office