Opportunities

Type of Job: Externship/Internship
Eligibility: 1L and 2L law students
Apply via Email: caroline.manierre@sec.nm.gov
Application Documents: Resume (Required)

Job Description
The State Ethics Commission is an independent state agency created by Article V, Section 17 of the New Mexico Constitution to promote full compliance with the state laws that require our state government to be democratic, responsive to the public’s interest, and ethical. Those democracy and public accountability laws include: the Campaign Reporting Act, the Financial Disclosure Act, the Gift Act, the Lobbyist Regulation Act, the Voter Action Act, the Governmental Conduct Act, the Procurement Code, the State Ethics Commission Act, the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, and Article IX, Section 14 of the New Mexico Constitution, commonly known as the “Anti-Donation Clause.”
The Commission works to achieve its goals by adjudicating ethics complaints, initiating civil enforcement actions in court, issuing advisory opinions, proposing amendments to ethics laws, drafting a model ethics code for other state agencies, and providing ethics trainings.
The extern will assist Commission attorneys with investigations, preparation of advisory opinions, and preparation of pleadings and other papers for filing in litigated matters or Commission administrative proceedings. The extern may be asked to perform miscellaneous legal research or other drafting tasks.
The extern position is paid, subject to available appropriations.

Job Dates
Application Begins On: 01/10/2023, 12:00am MST
Application Deadline: 02/10/2023, 5:00pm MST
Anticipated Job Start Date: 05/18/2023

Primary Job Contact
Caroline “KC” Manierre, Special Counsel
caroline.manierre@sec.nm.gov
(505) 362-9617
800 Bradbury Dr. SE, Suite 215, Albuquerque, NM 87106