Legal Studies Institute in Washington, D.C.

Legal Studies Institute

May 18 – July 27, 2013

Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies                                                                 

Washington, D.C.                                                      

www.DCinternships.org/LSI

Final Deadline: March 15, 2013                  

Do you have plans yet for this summer? Have you thought about spending it in Washington, DC completing a legal internship and earning academic credit?

The final application deadline for the Legal Studies Institute in Washington, DC is March 15. It’s not too late to apply and there is generous scholarship funding available!

Top 5 Reasons to Intern with LSI this Summer:
1. Gain real world experience to make yourself more attractive to future employers.
2. Develop your legal research and writing skills.
3. Expand your knowledge of the areas of law that you may one day want to practice.
4. Develop professional relationships with contacts in the legal field.
5. Hear from distinguished speakers including: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, D.C. Federal Court of Appeals Judge Douglas Ginsburg and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey.

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

• Legal Internship: Participants will be placed in a 9-week summer legal internship where they will work full-time and gain substantive experience in the legal profession. Internship sites include law firms, courts, public interest organizations and the legal departments of trade associations, corporations and government agencies.
• Briefings and Activities: Participants will attend private briefings at institutions of the judicial, legislative and executive branches and will meet with prominent judges, lawyers and judicial scholars. Previous guest speakers have included; Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and D.C. Federal Court of Appeals Judge Douglas Ginsburg among others.
• Career Development Activities: Workshops will be held to help prepare participants for success in their law careers, and planned networking events will facilitate professional interaction.
• Attorney Mentor Program: Each participant will be matched with an experienced lawyer who will serve as a professional mentor during and after the program.
• Constitutional Law Course for Credit: You will be enrolled in a constitutional law course titled “Originalism and the Federalist Papers.” Classes will be held at Georgetown University Law Center. Students will receive credit from Ohio Northern University Pettit School of Law, or for an additional fee from Georgetown University Law Center.
• Housing: Students will live in fully-furnished apartments in downtown Washington, DC and are matched with other Institute participants. The apartments provide easy access to the DC metro transportation system.

“LSI was the most remarkable experience for which I could have asked. I met wonderful people, was placed in an intellectually stimulating internship, and was offered many professional opportunities. If I could, I would participate again in a heartbeat.”

Michelle Anderson, Louisiana State University Law Center

Legal Intern, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until March 15. To learn more about the Legal Studies Institute and to begin an online application, please visit www.dcinternships/LSI. Questions may be directed to the Legal Studies Institute Manager, Stacie Allen, at 202.986.0384 or LEGAL@tfas.org.