Summer Internship Opportunities
Our majors have interned at the following organizations. Listing here does not constitute an endorsement of the mission of agenda of these organizations by the department or the University.
Various Locations
- American Express
- Ashoka
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Care International
- Carmen Group Incorporated
- Clinton Foundation
- Corporate Accountability International
- Hay Group Insight
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Internships
- Foundation for Sustainable Development
- Human Rights Watch
- Internews
- Morris K. Udall Foundation
- National Constitution Center
- National Institutes of Health
- Oxfam America
- People for the American Way
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Project Vote Smart
- State Public Interest Research Groups
- Service Employees International Union
- The Southern Center for International Studies
- United Nations
- United States Secret Service
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
California Internships
Chicago Internships
- Amal Law Group LLC
- Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
- Chicago Crime Commission
- The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- The Council on American Islamic Relations
- Heartland Alliance
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
New York Internships
- Canadian Mission to the UN
- Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Foundation for Economic Education
- International Center for Transitional Justice
- NYC Urban Fellows & Internships
- United Nations Association of the United States of America
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
South Bend Internships
- Bridges Out of Poverty
- Center for the Homeless
- City of Mishawaka, Office of the Mayor
- City of South Bend, Office of the Mayor
- Rep. Joe Donnelly
- Michelle Laux, Public Defender
- Law Office of Michael E. Durham
- Rodolfo Monterrosa, Attorney at Law
- RiverBend Cancer Services
- Robinson Community Learning Center
- St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney
- St. Margaret's House
- St. Vincent de Paul
- United Way of St. Joseph County
Washington, D.C. Internships
- Action Against Hunger
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- American Foreign Service Association
- American Society of International Law
- Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
- Atlantic Council of the United States
- Better World Fund
- Bread for the World
- Capital Research Center
- Center for National Policy
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Children's Defense Fund
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Cornerstone Government Affairs
- Council on Foreign Relations
- C-SPAN
- DC Legislative and Regulatory Services, Inc.
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Democratic Leadership Council
- Devine Mulvey
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- Foreign Policy Association
- Freedom House
- Greenpeace
- InterAction
- International Business Ethics Institute
- IFES: Democracy at Large
- Institute for Humane Studies
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Inter-American Dialog
- International Leadership Foundation
- International Peace Operations Association
- ISSI
- Junior National Student Leadership Conference
- Leadership Institute
- League of Conservation Voters
- Library of Congress
- MercyCorps
- Microcredit Summit Campaign
- The National Archives
- National Democratic Institute
- The National Endowment for Democracy
- National Foundation for Women Legislators
- National Partnership for Women and Families
- National Women's Law Center
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service
- Naval Historical Center
- Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
- Presidential Classroom
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Project on Government Oversight
- Project on Middle East Democracy
- Public Citizen
- The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
- Refugees International
- Senate Republican Conference
- Smithsonian Institution
- Society for International Development
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Tax Payers for Common Sense
- United States Department of Justice
- United States Department of State
- United States House of Representatives
- United States Senate
- USAID
- Vital Voices Global Partnership
- Washington Office on Latin America
- The White House
- Women in Government Relations, Inc. Mentoring Program
- Women's Foreign Policy Group
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Worldwatch Institute
- World Wildlife Fund
Think Tanks
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- American Foreign Policy Council
- Asia Pacific Policy Center (APPC)
- The Aspen Institute
- Atlantic Council of the United States
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- The Brookings Institution
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Cato Institute
- Center for American Progress
- Center for Defense Information
- Center on Education Policy
- Center for International Policy
- Center for National Policy
- Center for National Security Studies
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- The Century Foundation [Formerly the Twentieth Century Fund]
- The Development Groups for Alternative Policies
- Economic Policy Institute
- Economic Strategy Institute
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
- Greenlining
- The Henry L. Stimson Center
- The Heritage Foundation
- Hudson Institute
- The Institute for Human Studies
- Institute for International Economics
- Institute for Policy Innovation
- Institute for Policy Studies
- International Food Policy Research Institute
- Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- The Kenan Institute
- The Kettering Institute
- The Middle East Forum
- Migration Policy Institute
- National Institute for Public Policy
- Pacific Research Institute
- Rand Corporation
- Roosevelt Institution
- Think Progress
- Urban Institute
- The Women's Research and Education Institute
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
International Internships
- Academy for Educational Development
- Action Without Borders
- American Council for Voluntary International Action
- The Carter Center
- Cross-Cultural Solutions
- FINCA International
- Foreign Policy Association
- Foundation for Sustainable Development
- Global Volunteers
- The Institute for Global Engagement
- International Orthodox Christian Charities
- Internews
- The Middle East Institute
- Millennium Challenge Corporation
- OneWorld.net
- Oxfam
- Roland Algrant Summer Internship
- Transatlantic Renewable Energy Exchange
- United Nations Population Fund
- UN Volunteers
- Visions in Action
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- The World Bank
- YMCA World Service
