Where Can I Intern?
Note to Students: This is only a partial list of the many internship opportunities that are available in Washington. There are many other options in each of these categories, so don’t limit yourself just to those listed below. Be sure to consult with the faculty and staff of the Lott Leadership Institute at UM to identify additional opportunities in your areas of interest. This page contains links to websites not under the control of the University of Mississippi; the University is not responsible for their contents.
All of the listed agencies may not be available during the Spring 2008 Semester. Most applications are due months in advance, and some agencies only allow graduate level students or highly skilled/experienced students to intern in their divisions.
Congressional Offices
Many employers in politics, government, lobbying, consulting, nonprofit management (domestic and international), among others, consider “Hill experience” a must for entry-level hires. Working in Congress is a great way to learn about politics and policymaking in Washington. It’s easy to find out how to apply to individual offices as Senators and Representatives include internship application information on their websites. For Senators, go to www.senate.gov. For Representatives, go to www.house.gov . House members like to employ interns who live in their home districts. If you don’t know the name of your local Representative, type in your zip code at www.house.gov to find out. If you are a strong Republican or Democrat, it’s best to pick offices of your same party.
Political
- Republican and Democratic National Committees
- Republican Youth Majority
- MoveOn.org
- Townhall.com
- National Organization for Women
- The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA)
- Center for Responsive Politics
- Ogilvy Government Relations
- Federalist Group
Museums and Historical Sites
- Smithsonian Museums: For an excellent source of general information on many internship opportunities at the Smithsonian, broken down by individual museums, go to http://www.si.edu/ofg/intern.htm.
- Smithsonian Associates/Education Office
- Sewall Belmont House, Historic Museum.
- Hillwood Museum and Gardens
- Woodrow Wilson House Museum
- National Children’s Museum
- Discovery Creek Children’s Museum
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- The Phillips Collection
- Corcoran Gallery
The Arts and Humanities
Nonprofit Organizations
Note: An excellent source for up-to-date listings on nonprofit opportunities in Washington, go to www.idealist.org, and click on “all internships” in DC.
Law
Federal Government
All U.S. Departments, including:
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of State
- Department of Justice
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Defense
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
- White House Commission on Remembrance
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Communications, Public Relations, Media Affairs
Science and the Environment
International
- Mississippi Consortium for International Development
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Inter-American Dialogue
- International Development Systems
- Search for Common Ground
- U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Trade Information Center
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce, International Division
- Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)
- The US Global Leadership Campaign
- Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
- Latin American Working Group
- Atlantic Council of the United States
- Fairfund
- Polaris Project
Health and Medicine
Human Resources
- NBC Washington Human Resources Office
News Stations/ Television and Radio
Journalism
Business and Finance, and Technology
Trade Associations
Security, Investigations and Law Enforcement
- Why Washington, DC?
- Why Participate in an Internship?
- Why UM’s Washington Internship Experience?
- Where Will I live?
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