Then come volunteer in the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. Our volunteers provide an invaluable service to Maryland consumers. They respond to consumer inquiries on the telephone hotline, and mediate consumer complaints against businesses and health care providers. They settle disputes in sales, repairs, debt collection, defective products, false advertising, health spas, housing and medical bills.
Volunteers receive training in mediation and learn valuable skills.
The Consumer Protection Division is located in a convenient downtown Baltimore location, near the Light Rail and Metro, museums, shops, restaurants and other attractions. Internships The Consumer Protection Division offers students a variety of internship opportunities. Interns are trained in local, state and federal consumer protection laws, gain valuable conflict resolution skills and experience firsthand the workings of a state law enforcement agency. Mediation Interns mediate complaints about most goods and services, credit and housing, and provide consumer tips and legal information via our telephone hotline. Health Advocacy Interns mediate consumer complaints against health care providers and insurers, respond to consumer inquiries via our telephone hotline and research current health policy and legislative issues.