[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-1-en-105":3,"doc-seo-255414-105":53,"doc-detail-255414-en":126},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,14,19,24,29,34,39,44,49],{"id":8,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":11,"show_sort_weight":12,"slug":13},11,1,"Template","Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":15,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":16,"show_sort_weight":17,"slug":18},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":20,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":21,"show_sort_weight":22,"slug":23},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":25,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":26,"show_sort_weight":27,"slug":28},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":30,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":31,"show_sort_weight":32,"slug":33},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":35,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":36,"show_sort_weight":37,"slug":38},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":40,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":41,"show_sort_weight":42,"slug":43},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":45,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":46,"show_sort_weight":47,"slug":48},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":50,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":51,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":52},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":54,"data":55},"ok",{"site_id":56,"language":57,"slug":58,"title":59,"keywords":60,"description":61,"schema_data":62,"social_meta":119,"head_meta":121,"extra_data":123,"updated_unix":125},105,"en","sample-cover-letter-first-year-student","Sample Cover Letter - First-Year Student","","A first-year Yale Law School student cover letter seeking summer internship opportunities with legal and public service organizations. The letters communicate academic preparation, writing and research skills, and relevant experience, including agriculture policy research and legal clinic interests, as well as demonstrated commitment to public service through government and legal aid work. They highlight alignment with the organization’s mission, describe planned contributions, and conclude with availability for interview, references, and enclosed application materials such as a resume, writing sample, and transcript.",{"@graph":63,"@context":118},[64,80,101],{"@type":65,"itemListElement":66},"BreadcrumbList",[67,71,74,77],{"item":68,"name":69,"@type":70,"position":9},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":72,"name":10,"@type":70,"position":73},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/",2,{"item":75,"name":41,"@type":70,"position":76},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/letters/",3,{"item":78,"name":59,"@type":70,"position":79},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/sample-cover-letter-first-year-student/255414/",4,{"url":78,"name":59,"@type":81,"image":82,"author":87,"headline":59,"publisher":90,"fileFormat":93,"inLanguage":57,"description":61,"dateModified":94,"datePublished":95,"encodingFormat":93,"isAccessibleForFree":96,"interactionStatistic":97},"DigitalDocument",{"url":83,"@type":84,"width":85,"height":86},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/sample-cover-letter-first-year-student/255414.png","ImageObject",442,249,{"name":88,"@type":89},"Anda","Person",{"url":68,"name":91,"@type":92},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-19","2026-09-13",true,{"@type":98,"interactionType":99,"userInteractionCount":15},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":100},"ViewAction",{"@type":102,"mainEntity":103},"FAQPage",[104,110,114],{"name":105,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":107},"What is the purpose of the cover letters?","Question",{"text":108,"@type":109},"They are written by a first-year Yale Law School student to apply for summer internship opportunities and explain interest in the recipient’s work.","Answer",{"name":111,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":112},"Which qualifications does the applicant emphasize?",{"text":113,"@type":109},"The applicant highlights analytical and writing skills, legal research experience, relevant academic coursework, and prior professional experience connected to the organization’s focus.",{"name":115,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What materials are referenced as being enclosed or provided?",{"text":117,"@type":109},"The letters reference inclusion of a resume and other application items such as a legal writing sample, reference list, and undergraduate transcript, with the law school transcript to follow when available.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":78,"og:type":120,"og:title":59,"og:site_name":91,"og:description":61},"article",{"robots":122,"canonical":78},"index,follow",{"doc_id":124,"site_id":56},255414,1790242322,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":127},{"doc_id":124,"user_id":128,"nickname":88,"user_avatar":129,"doc_module":9,"category_id":40,"category_name":41,"doc_title":59,"doc_description":61,"doc_content":130,"file_id":131,"file_url":132,"file_type":133,"file_size":134,"view_count":15,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":9,"is_downloadable":9,"audit_status":9,"page_count":135,"language":136,"language_code":57,"site_id":56,"html_lang":57,"table_of_contents":137,"faqs":138,"seo_title":139,"seo_description":61,"update_tm":140,"read_time":79},962075006959,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/e0002397efbe92a78e?_k=1776741047341049297","123 Main Street  \nNew Haven, CT 06511  \n(203) 555-1212  \n[sample.student@yale.edu](sample.student@yale.edu)  \nDate  \nDeborah Davis Staff Attorney  \nFarmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc.  \n46 E. 4th St., Suite 1301 St. Paul, MN 55101-1109  \nDear Ms. Davis [or Dear Deborah Davis]:  \nI am a first-year student at Yale Law School seeking a summer internship at the Farmers’ Legal Action Group. I worked for your former classmate, Tara Lewis, at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. She recommended that I contact you knowing that your organization works on the issues that most interest me. Born and raised in the Midwest, and I plan to return this summer and after graduation.  \nFLAG’s work on behalf of family farmers and their communities is extremely appealing to me. I understand that through litigation, Congressional testimony, publications, and training events, your attorneys and staff have helped thousands of farmers to remain solvent and protect their farms. Your service on behalf of minority farmers fighting discrimination in agricultural policies is of particular interest, though I would gladly work in any of your focus areas. I am drawn to your organization because I have a long-standing interest in agriculture, which is why I pursued an undergraduate degree in plant breeding. Although I find my scientific background provides a terrific framework for understanding farmers’ concerns, since my undergraduate days my interests have evolved to include the social, legal, and policy issues surrounding the farming industry.  \nMy agriculture-related experience as well as my burgeoning legal skills will be of service to your organization. Asan undergraduate, I studied and conducted research to assist in developing novel breeding methods which are commercially appealing and environmentally sustainable. During a year as a visiting student in Australia, I studied international agricultural techniques, policies, and laws which culminated in a thesis-length examination of global wheat production. That work led me to law school. Here at Yale, I am adapting my analytical and writing skills to law through coursework and membership on the Yale Law & Policy Review. I am particularly keen to lend my research and writing skills to the work of the YLS Environmental Law Clinic this spring term.  \nEnclosed you will find my resume, a legal writing sample, a reference list, and my undergraduate transcript, as you have requested in your job posting. I will forward you my law school transcript when it is available in January. Please note that first semester classes are graded on a credit/fail basis.  \nI look forward to the opportunity to speak with you further and would be delighted by the chance to interview with someone in your office. I will contact you in the coming weeks to see whether an interview might be arranged. Foryour information, Yale would fund my work at your office if you do not have funding for summer interns. Thank you for your consideration.  \nSincerely,  \nSample Student  \nSample Student  \nEnclosures  \n123 Main Street  \nNew Haven, CT 06511  \n(203) 555-1212  \n[sample.student@yale.edu](sample.student@yale.edu)  \nDate  \nIsaiah Delnueva  \nBusiness Operations Associate Federal Reserve Bank of New York  \n33 Liberty Street New York, NY 10045  \nDear Mr. Delnueva [or Dear Isaiah Delnueva]:  \nI am a first-year student at Yale Law School seeking to join your Summer Law Clerk Program. An upper-class student at YLS, Susanna Brownstone, shared with me her experience working with you last summer, and her description further heightened my interest in your Office.  \nI believe strongly in the Fed’s mission to promote optimal macroeconomic performance by maintaining an effective payment system, regulating banks, and establishing monetary policies. I studied the important role of the Fed in economics and history courses as an undergraduate. At a more granular level, having worked as a bank teller during my summers, I have come to u","cbCaijB2nqi5P6jR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijB2nqi5P6jR","pdf",223732,10,"English","# Cover Letter Drafts\n## Application Purpose and Alignment\n## Education, Skills, and Experience\n## Enclosures and Follow-Up","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the cover letters?\",\"answer\":\"They are written by a first-year Yale Law School student to apply for summer internship opportunities and explain interest in the recipient’s work.\"},{\"question\":\"Which qualifications does the applicant emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"The applicant highlights analytical and writing skills, legal research experience, relevant academic coursework, and prior professional experience connected to the organization’s focus.\"},{\"question\":\"What materials are referenced as being enclosed or provided?\",\"answer\":\"The letters reference inclusion of a resume and other application items such as a legal writing sample, reference list, and undergraduate transcript, with the law school transcript to follow when available.\"}]","Sample Cover Letter - First-Year Student | PDF",1789289280]