Essential skills: initiative, leadership, accountability, flexibility, writing, research
Experience in student government, college clubs, organizations or volunteer experience highly recommended
Only offered in the spring semester to correspond with the Connecticut General Assembly’s Legislative session. Interns gain invaluable, behind-the-scenes insight into the legislator’s roles, state politics and the policy making process.
Interns work 8 hour per day, 2 days per week –either Mon & Wed, or Tues & Thurs. Legislative interns are assigned to caucus staff (House or Senate Dems or Republicans). Duties include tracking bills, data entry, drafting reports, writing testimony, social media posts, and providing information to district constituents.
Interns attend a two-day, intensive orientation, weekly seminars on the legislative process, the budget, legislative research and writing. Supplemental programs include career development forums with potential employers. Interns also may create a Mock Session or attend optional field trips to the State Supreme Court, state agencies and others related to policy issues.
All undergraduate students who attend two or four-year colleges or universities in Connecticut, and state residents attending out-of-state colleges are eligible. Minimum qualifications: 18 years of age or older ; 20 credits completed by program start; a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA; registered in a campus based internship course that awards credit for the internship.
