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Legal Internship 40 - 100% or Legal Auditor Position in the Legal Service 80 - 100%
- Publication date:28 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join the Justizvollzug und Wiedereingliederung (JuWe) team! Experience a dynamic work environment in Zurich's justice system.
Tasks
- Assist with various legal inquiries and provide legal advice.
- Draft guidelines, directives, and legal documents.
- Conduct legal analyses and participate in hearings.
Skills
- Ideal for law students or graduates seeking practical experience.
- Strong interest in correctional services and law.
- Ability to collaborate with diverse professionals.
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About the job
Legal Internship 40 - 100% or Legal Auditor Position in the Legal Service 80 - 100%Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs of the Canton of Zurich and is responsible for the enforcement of sentences and measures as well as the implementation of various types of detention. For our 1,400 employees from around 40 professional groups, the successful social reintegration of offenders, the prevention of recidivism, and the preparation of the departure of persons without valid residence status are of particular importance.
The Probation and Enforcement Services (BVD) – one of seven main departments of JuWe – are responsible for the enforcement of custodial sentences and court-ordered measures as well as probation assistance.
We have a fixed-term internship or auditor position in the legal service of the BVD to fill starting February or by arrangement, limited to a maximum of 12 months.
The internship is aimed at persons studying law to gain experience in various legal fields; job-sharing is possible. The auditor position enables persons with a completed law degree (lic. iur. / MLaw) to enter the legal profession.
The internship/auditor position offers a broad and exciting insight into the daily routine of criminal and measures enforcement as well as the associated diverse legal issues, especially in the areas of criminal law, administrative law, social insurance and social welfare law, immigration law, civil law (especially adult protection law), and data protection law.
This is your field of activity
- You clarify various legal questions and actively participate in legal advice
- You develop instructions, guidelines, and information sheets
- You prepare legal basis analyses, consultations on legislative changes, and statements for cantonal and national committees and supervisory bodies
- You have the opportunity to gain insight into other areas and accompany case-responsible persons to hearings of convicted persons, take minutes, and prepare orders (case work)
- You manage the BVD legal collection
- You take minutes at internal and external meetings
You fit with us if
- You are interested in the diverse world of probation and enforcement services and want to gain insights into various legal fields
- You enjoy interdisciplinary collaboration with a wide range of professional groups
- You have an impeccable reputation (no entries in the criminal or debt enforcement register)
- You have a sense of humor and a special talent – whether it is creating impressive origami artworks, performing small magic tricks, or speaking several languages (not a must, but a great extra)
Our offer
- A versatile and challenging activity in an interesting, extraordinary, and interdisciplinary environment
- Targeted professional support and introduction to the relevant legal fields as well as networking opportunities with other specialist areas of the correctional services
- Insight into the various areas of activity of JuWe, the possibility to gain insights into different positions and institutions of JuWe within the framework of internships, participation in internal and external training events possible (e.g., brown-bag lunch, BVD lunch, specialist conferences)
- A workplace directly at Zurich-Altstetten train station and the opportunity to gain insights into JuWe prisons
- Employment conditions that comply with cantonal guidelines
- Partial credit towards the practical year required for the bar exam
Take the next step in your professional career with us and send us your application via our online tool. We look forward to your dossier!
Any questions? Melanie Schwaller, Head of Legal Service BVD, is happy to answer questions about the position at 043 258 36 02. Questions about the application process can be answered by the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 258 34 66.
JuWe uses an online assessment as part of the application process. More information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Working at JuWe | Canton of Zurich (zh.ch).
We do not consider applications for this position through personnel service companies.
