Gus Winkes completed a legal internship with Seattle City Attorney's office. He is a  dual degree student with the law school. For the internship, Gus obtained a limited license to practice law in Washington. This allowed him to represent the City of Seattle in court and to draft legal documents, in addition to doing extensive legal research and writing. He worked for the Land Use Section, so learned a lot about Seattle land use law, as well as general lawyering skills.