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Welcome to the Georgia Legislative Internship Program website. For over 40 years, Georgia colleges and universities have been providing the General Assembly with outstanding interns each session. During this internship, approximately 35 interns will receive firsthand experience of the legislative process. With the help of Georgia State University, each school will submit applications for their most promising students for this internship program. Then, these applicants will be subject to a personal interview with House and Senate staff to determine if the applicant will be considered for the program. If selected, applicants will then be interviewed once again to determine placement.

Once students are selected for the internship, they are assigned to offices in the Georgia House of Representatives or the Georgia Senate. Each intern will serve a unique purpose in the process and have a multitude of different tasks to perform each day that may include legislative tracking, constituent services, media assistance, attendance at committee meetings, writing bill summaries and so much more. During their time at the State Capitol, interns will gain knowledge of the how state government works, how the legislative process works, along with making lifelong career contacts and friendships.

Program Information

• Must be a resident of the state of Georgia
• Must be a junior or senior in a college or university in the state of Georgia at the time of the internship
• Open to all majors
• Must receive school credit from your college or university
• This is a FULL TIME paid internship - each intern will earn a stipend pay of $300.00 per week
• Must complete application (click here for non-UGA application) and submit completed application to student's college or university (click here for your college or university intern coordinator)
• UGA students only - (click here for UGA application) prior to beginning the internship, you must take one of the two prerequisite courses - either Legislative Process (POLS 4600) or Southern Politics (POLS 4660). If selected as a GLIP participant, you are guaranteed a slot in the fall 2010 POLS 4660 Southern Politics course
  with Professor Charles Bullock.
• The Department of Political Science will offer POLS4125, Georgia Politics, at 4:30 pm, Thursdays during the Spring Semester. Steve Anthony will be the instructor.

Important Dates

• Application deadline - Friday, October 15, 2010
• Intern candidate interviews - week of October 25, 2010
• Orientation - Wednesday, January 5, 2010 - Friday, January 7, 2011
• First day of Session - Monday, January 10, 2010