Employers: Public Service Careers

Eighty members of the Class of 2013 and 61 members of the Class of 2014 worked for public service organizations during the summer of 2012.

Public interest employers included:

  • Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (Dayton, OH)
  • Alliance Defense Fund (Scottsdale, AZ & Washington, DC)
  • Animal Welfare Institute (Washington, DC)
  • Colorado Lawyers Committee (Denver, CO)
  • Colorado Legal Services (various locations)
  • Colorado State Public Defender's Office (various locations)
  • Conservation Law Foundation (Concord, NH)
  • Montana Office of the State Public Defender (Bozeman, MT)
  • National Conference of State Legislatures (Denver)
  • Natural Heritage Institute (San Francisco, CA)
  • Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (Westminster, CO)
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Westminster, CO)
  • WildEarth Guardians (Santa Fe, NM)

Government employers included:

  • Boulder City Attorney's Office (Boulder, CO)
  • City of Greeley (Greeley, CO)
  • Colorado Attorney General's Office (Denver, CO)
  • Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing (Denver, CO)
  • Colorado Secretary of State (Denver, CO)
  • District Attorney’s Offices (throughout Colorado's Judicial Districts)
  • Federal Communications Commission (Washington, DC)
  • Federal Trade Commission (Washington, DC)
  • National Park Service (Salt Lake City, UT)
  • Office of the (Iowa) Attorney General (Des Moines, IA)
  • U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps
  • U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps
  • U.S. Attorney's Office (Colorado and Washington, DC)
  • U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (Denver, CO)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (Golden, CO)
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (Denver, CO)
  • U.S. Department of Justice (Denver, CO)
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Denver, CO and Washington, DC)
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO)
  • U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Denver, CO)

29.1% (46 students) of employed graduates in the Class of 2012 reported working in public service jobs nine months after graduation. Twenty-seven (27) were in government positions and 19 were in public interest positions. A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3 Honors Attorney Fellowship position was among the jobs secured by members of the Class of 2012.

Post-graduate employers included:

  • 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office (Canon City, CO)
  • Colorado State Public Defender's Office (various locations)
  • Denver City Attorney’s Office (Denver, CO)
  • Federal Communications Commission (Washington, DC)
  • Grand Canyon Trust (Flagstaff, AZ)
  • Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services (Boston, MA)
  • Mountain States Legal Foundation (Lakewood, CO)
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3 (Philadelphia, PA)