---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7114"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7114"
heading: "Internship program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7114"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 71 — Board of Veterans’ Appeals"
---

# §7114. Internship program


The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall establish a competitive internship program of the Board for individuals enrolled in the first or second year of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–196, § 5(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2673.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Deadline for Establishing Internship Program

Pub. L. 118–196, § 5(c), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2673, provided that: “The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish the internship program required by section 7114 of such title [meaning title 38, United States Code], as added by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2024].”