• Green Corps

During this academic year, Green Corps will select 35 soon-to-be college graduates for the 2008-2009 training program. Gain skills and experience for a career in the environmental movement. Carleton grads have been selected previously and more are encouraged to apply.

http://www.greencorps.org/field-school-for-environmental-organizing/program-overview

• Minnesota State Senate Internship Program

The Minnesota Senate provides an education program designed to provide the opportunity for students to learn the legislative process. Participating Minnesota colleges and universities grant college credit to a student working for a Senator. Students are eligible for a monetary stipend per week. The internships vary in length because of differing college requirements and needs of individual Senators.

For more information, please contact Scott Magnuson, Director of Information Office, at 651-296-7198.

http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/departments/secretary/info/interns/index.php

• PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University

The goal of the PPIA Junior Summer Institute is to prepare students for graduate study and careers in public policy and international affairs. The Institute provides a rigorous training in policy analysis and serves as a springboard to careers in public service. Application deadline is Nov. 1, 2008.

http://www.ppiaprogram.org/app/

• Internship at U.S. Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division
Law and Policy Section

The Law and Policy Section (LPS) advises and assists the Assistant Attorney General on legal and policy issues. Working with the Office of Legislative Affairs, LPS coordinates the Environment and Natural Resources Division's legislative program. LPS also represents the Department of Justice on interagency groups of a variety of issues that relate to the mission of the Division. LPS also litigates amicus cases and undertakes other specially assigned litigation projects at the trial and appellate levels. Other duties include monitoring citizen suits, responding to citizen mail, congressional, and FOIA requests, and serving as the Division's ethics officers. LPS attorneys also coordinate the Division's activities on international environmental matters and environmental justice matters.

Duties of the unpaid undergraduate intern position include: attending congressional hearings and reporting on environmental legislation; researching legal and policy issues; and providing support for the section's amicus litigation.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens, pass a mandatory background check, and be willing to commit for a period of at least ten weeks. Applicants should be either enrolled as undergraduates during the internship, or planning on returning to their school in the time period following the conclusion of the internship.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis but must be received no later than the following application deadlines:

- For Winter Internships (January- March 2009, dates flexible): November 7, 2008;
- For Spring Internships (March- May/June 2009, dates flexible): January 16, 2008.

To apply, please fax a cover letter, resume, unofficial transcript, and 3-5 page writing sample (may be an excerpt from a longer paper on any topic) to Jacob Lipson at (202) 514-4231, or mail the above to:

Jacob Lipson
Environment and Natural Resources Division / LPS
P.O. Box 4390
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, DC 20044-4390

For more information, please call (202) 305-0641.

(The above is information that the Political Science Department has received about internship and career opportunities. 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.)