Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office
2 credits.
Prerequisite: Minimum 2.6 GPA

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office currently has a staff in excess of 275 that includes assistant prosecutors, detectives, and clerical and support personnel. The investigative division of the office is supplemented by officers employed by the County Sheriff and the county's 12 municipalities. It is the second largest county prosecutor's office in the State of New Jersey, exceeded only by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. It is also the second busiest county prosecutor's office in the State, reviewing over 11,000 adult criminal complaints, and over 7300 juvenile criminal complaints in 2000. Once again, these totals were exceeded only by Essex County amongst the various county prosecutor's offices. Law students are usually assigned to a “trial team”, which typically consists of two supervising Assistant Prosecutors who each oversee three additional Assistant Prosecutors. These “trial teams” are supported by both clerical and investigative personnel.

For more information on the office, please visit http://www.hcpo.org/.

For more information on externship application procedures and deadlines, please visit the Career Services section on myLAW (the Blackboard portal).