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 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
• Cascade Policy Institute
• 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
• 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 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program
• Center for California Studies Fellowships
• Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs
  
• Ford Foundation
  
• Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
  
• James Madison Memorial Fellowship
  
• 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