Opportunities

Employment and Internships

The Political Science Department has information available on internship and career opportunities. For information, please check the Web sites listed below. For assistance, please contact Amy Timmins, Administrative Coordinator or check out Lewis & Clark College's Access InternCenter via the Career Engagement website.

Employment and Internship Opportunities

• ACORN
• AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
• California Governor's Office internships
• California Senate Associates Program
• Cascade Policy Institute
• Center for Defense Information internships
• Common Cause (MN)
• Congressman Earl Blumenauer
• Congressman Greg Walden
• FairVote
• Fund for Public Interest Research
• Gallatin Public Affairs
• German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Grassroots Campaigns, Inc.
• International Republican Institute
• Institute for Humane Studies
• Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program
• Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
• Minnesota State Senate
• New Democrat Network
• Oregon Republican Party
• Peace Corps
• PIRG's
• Project Vote Smart
• Senator Ron Wyden
• Senator Jeff Merkley
• US Department of State Internships (DC)
• Washington Intern Foundation
• The White House
• Working Families Party

Magazine Internships

• Governing, the Magazine of States and Localities
• The Chicago Reporter

Contests/Scholarships

• The Institute for Policy Studies at John Hopkins Univeristy essay contest
  

Fellowships/Graduate School

• APSA Minority Student Fellows Program
• APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
• California Senate Fellows
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program
• Center for California Studies Fellowships
• Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs
  
• Executive Fellowship Program, State of California
  
• Ford Foundation
  
• Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
  
• James Madison Memorial Fellowship
  
• Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program
  
• Joint Program in Survey Methodology

• Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program
  (For students who have completed their Junior year)

• Harry S. Truman Scholarship Program
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars