Law student with an interest in administrative law

Are you a law student and looking for a study-relevant job where you can translate your legal knowledge into practice? Do you have an interest in administrative law and want to work with concrete legal issues in a societally important area? Then you might be our new student assistant in Health Law.

About Health Law

As a student you will become part of the Health Law unit, which consists of two sections: the Legislation, Development and Policy Section and the Organization Section.

Health Law consists of a total of 19 employees and has a broad portfolio. We are among other things responsible for the legal quality in our supervision of treatment facilities and inspection of blood banks and tissue centers. We make decisions on injunctions and other sanctions.

Your everyday life with us

You will be part of the Legislation, Development and Policy Section, which legally supports the agency's work within, among other things, tissue legislation and the Act on Assisted Reproduction. The section also participates in the agency's supervision of marketing of health services and handles requests for access to documents under the Administrative Act for the entire agency.

The section is staffed with seven lawyers and three student assistants, and you will be part of a professionally strong environment where there are good opportunities for sparring and to develop your legal competences.

We offer a study-relevant job with professional challenges, responsibility and the opportunity to gain practical experience with legal case handling.

We are an ambitious development unit with both experienced and recently graduated lawyers who are passionate about making a difference in supporting a safe health system. We place emphasis on good collaboration, high professionalism and a daily life where there is room for questions, sparring and development.

Your tasks and responsibilities will vary depending on your experience and qualifications, and you will have a broad contact base both to your legal colleagues in Health Law, but also to colleagues with other professional backgrounds as well as external stakeholders.

Your primary tasks will be

• Case handling of requests for access to documents under the Administrative Act.
• Administrative tasks, including creation of cases and filing.
• Possibility to contribute to other legal tasks depending on your interests, experience and qualifications.

Your education, experience and personal qualifications

You are well underway in your education such as e.g. cand.jur., cand.soc.jur. or cand.merc.jur. and have completed at least the 4th semester. You are detail-oriented, interested in administrative law and have a strong analytical mindset. Furthermore, you are ambitious, responsible and demonstrate a strong commitment to your work.

We also place emphasis on the following

• You have a high professional level with solid theoretical knowledge of public law in a broad sense.
• You have strong written and oral communication skills and can express yourself simply and clearly.
• You are motivated to find solutions to complex legal problems while maintaining an overview of your tasks.
• You take responsibility and are efficient without compromising on quality.
• You show team spirit and have good abilities to collaborate across disciplines.

We offer

An exciting workday with varied and meaningful tasks. You will become part of a strong legal community and at the same time an inspiring cross-disciplinary environment, where you together with skilled and engaged colleagues solve important societal tasks. Our work environment is informal, dynamic and places a strong emphasis on the social cohesion of the unit.

We also are an employer that prioritizes collaboration on the green transition.

You will be covered by a free coffee and fruit scheme, good training facilities, and we have a good canteen and a beautiful location. In addition, we have an active staff association and an art association together with the Medicines Agency and the Health Authority.

About the employment

Start is desired on January 1, 2027. You are employed with an average weekly working time of 15 hours, which – after agreement with your supervisor – is arranged flexibly around your studies.

The physical address is Islands Brygge 67, 2300 Copenhagen S.

You will be employed under the applicable collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organizations (OAO-S joint agreement - The Public Sector), as well as the organizational agreement for office assistants, laboratory technicians and IT staff (HK/State), cf. the agreement provisions regarding hourly paid.

Application deadline is October 19, 2026.

Feel free to contact us

For more information about the position, call Section Leader Amila Nuhanovic at tel. 2346 9553 or Senior Advisor Jens Vikner at tel. 2015 7316.

Are you interested?

Click on "apply for the position" and send us your application with CV and documentation of study activity. Recruitment interviews are expected to be held in weeks 43 and 44. You can read more about us at www.stps.dk.

Application deadline: Oct. 19, 2026

Department: Islands Brygge 67 2300 Copenhagen S

Location: Copenhagen