• The Washington Internship Institute offers two internship programs:

The Capital Experience Program serves students in all majors who wish to investigate various careers in Washington, DC. All students enrolled in this program take the Experiential Learning Seminar and one elective course. The Capital Experience is offered each fall, spring and summer semester.

The Embassy and Diplomatic Scholars Program is offered each fall and spring. It is designed for students with interests in international relations, including international business and languages. This program prepares students for careers in the global marketplace and allows them to make priceless networking connections that will advance career options. Students intern with international-oriented organizations including embassies, the Department of State, and international nonprofit agencies. Although many internships are with international organizations, all interns work in Washington, DC. All Embassy Scholars take an elective course entitled "International Relations: Policy and Practice."

For more information on these programs, e-mail info@wiidc.org or visit their website at http://www.wiidc.org.

• Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program

For over 30 years, the Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program (ILSIP) has provided 24 unique internship experiences for keenly interested, deeply motivated and talented individuals to work within state government. With the capitol as both workplace and classroom, ILSIP interns earn eight graduate credits from the University of Illinois at Springfield.

This experience is intended to broaden the perspective of those planning academic, business or government careers so that they will carry into their chosen fields an understanding of the legislative process and how it relates to their work. In addition to providing interns exposure to the legislative process, the program provides legislative leaders with research and professional staff assistance.

Legislative Staff Internships with Partisan Staffs

Each year five interns are placed with each of the four legislative partisan staffs, the House Democrats and the House Republicans, the Senate Democrats and the Senate Republicans, of the Illinois General Assembly. Partisan staffs are directed by the legislative leaders and serve the members of their respective political party. Following orientation and the academic seminar, these twenty interns perform the same duties as regular staff members. The duties include analyzing bills prior to committee and floor action, evaluating budget requests from state agencies, researching issues, drafting bills, handling press and member services, and completing additional staff assignments for the legislative leader and members of the party caucus.

Research Internships with Legislative Research Unit

Three internships are general research positions with the Legislative Research Unit (LRU). A bipartisan research agency of the Illinois General Assembly, the LRU researches a wide variety of questions on public issues for legislators. After completing basic instruction in the legislative process, interns work independently and with LRU staff on legislative research requests. Research results are presented as memos to legislators making requests, general research reports, and a variety of regular LRU publications.

Application deadline is Feb. 1, 2008. For further information, see http://ilsip.uis.edu or contact:

Barbara Van Dyke-Brown, Director, Legislative Internships Advocacy Program, University of Illinois at Springfield, 217-206-6579, vandykebrown.barbara@uis.edu.

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The above is information that the Political Science Department has received about internships. We believe it to be accurate and represent legitimate opportunities. However, please note that the Department is not endorsing or promoting any particular non-Carleton program, political viewpoint, party affiliation, or set of values.