Career Opportunities
About the Office
The Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison has a clear mission: we help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. We are a dynamic group of dedicated professionals who choose public service as a calling, and we are actively and intentionally committed to supporting an internal culture that affirms that calling. The Office is one of Minnesota’s largest public law offices and as of 2024, has been recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace Minnesota for five years in a row and Top Workplace USA for four years in a row.
Current Openings
Assistant Attorney General – Health and Teacher Licensing
Posting Number: 88044 • Closing Date: 8/20/2025
The Office is seeking a highly capable individual with the skills and drive to work on behalf of the public in improving the quality of healthcare and education for all Minnesotans by providing legal representation to the State’s health-related licensing boards and the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (“PELSB”) in their resolution of complaints alleging misconduct by healthcare providers and educators.
Extern – Fall 2025 – Statewide Expungment Program
Closing Date: 8/22/2025
The AGO initiated a Statewide Expungement Program to help people request to seal criminal records without going to court, hiring a lawyer, or paying a filing fee. The Student Extern will be working with the Statewide Expungement Program and will be assisting with reviewing applications, maintaining files, and drafting proposed orders and stipulations
IT Training & Modern Work Specialist
Posting Number: 88154 • Closing Date: 8/26/2025
The Office is currently seeking an IT Training and Modern Work Specialist in the IT division of the Office. A successful candidate in this position will be able to:
- Develop and deliver comprehensive training programs covering a variety of IT systems and tools (including Windows, M365 applications, Teams Phone, Teams Rooms, PowerApps, and more), offering practical hands-on instruction tailored to non-technical users in legal and government settings.
- Create hybrid and asynchronous learning experiences that accommodate diverse schedules, learning styles, and accessibility needs.
Legal Administrative Assistant
Posting Number: 88145 • Closing Date: 8/18/2025
The Office is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant in the Transportation Division of our Town Square Tower office location. Specifically, this position will support attorneys, paralegals, and investigators as directed by the supervisor. The work includes but is not limited to preparing legal documents and briefs, eFiling, filing, serving legal documents, opening and closing files, retaining records, and occasionally transcribing documents.
Our differences make us stronger and leveraging them helps us create a workforce where everyone can thrive. The State of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embedding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at our workplace. We do this by developing strong leaders and advocates, increasing cultural competence, and understanding among all employees, and removing institutional barriers and attitudes that prevent employees from advancing as far as their talents will take them. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, familial status, receipt of public assistance, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or age.
We will make reasonable accommodations to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at (651) 259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us. Please indicate what assistance you need.
