Now Hiring and Seeking Interns
Interning at Citizen Works gave me the opportunity to conceptualize different citizen movements as part of a greater whole; a true movement of the people with all its interesting and varied parts.
Joshua Walker, Summer '01 Research Intern
Would you like to help build a citizen-powered democracy in our country?
This academic year and summer (2010) Citizen Works is seeking talented individuals with a passion for justice in two fields: corporate reform initiatives and legal reform of contracts of adhesion. For the latter, you must be in law school, already have a law degree or possess extensive familiarity with the law of contracts, or can contribute other skills to the team's work, such as research, administrative assistance or web skills.
We are seeking enthusiastic students for full and part-time semester and summer-long internships for our corporate reform initiative, and to assist with media, grassroots outreach, fundraising, research, operations, and web design.
Please send a cover letter and your resume to: Brian Conlon
We are also seeking energetic Law Students, Recent Graduates, and Delayed-Start Associates to participate on our Contracts of Adhesion Reform Team. If you want to devote your legal skills to help reform contract law, read this, and scroll to the bottom of this page for current and former members.
Citizen Works 2005 interns Tyler Carr and Danny Friedman with Ralph Nader during our 2005 Summer Speaker Series.
John Passacantando, former executive director of Greenpeace USA, speaking to Citizen Works summer interns.
Citizen Works' Requirements:
- Passion for advancing justice and building democracy
- Writing and research skills
- Computer literacy
- Personal communications skills
- The ability to be a self-starter and complete assignments on time
Benefits:
- Opportunities to work independently and with a team on exciting new projects
- Individual training from experts
- Interaction with a number of social justice organizations
- An excellent recommendation for work well done
Application Process
The application process is rolling. To apply, please send:
- Resumé
- A single page statement explaining why you want to devote a semester to building a robust, citizen-led democracy.Please also indicate which position(s) and semester you prefer (Fall, Spring, Summer).
- Contact (phone and email, if available) information for one Academic reference and one Personal/Professional reference.
E-mail applications and/or questions to Brian Conlon or by snail mail to:
Brian Conlon
Citizen Works
PO Box 18478
Washington, DC 20036
Corporate Reform Intern Alumni
- Justin Flores, Univ, of North Carolina-Charlotte '05
(Research/Corporate Reform Campaign)
- Danny Friedman, American University '06 (Outreach/Corporate Reform Campaign)
- Tyler Carr, Wabash College '06 (Research/Corporate Reform Campaign)
- Nicholas Walker, George Mason University (Development)
- Matthew Zawisky, State University of New York at Geneseo '01 (Grassroots Outreach)
- Joshua Walker, McGill University '01 (Research)
- Rob Rixmann, James Madison University '03 (Web/Media)
- Camilla Allison, Corcoran School of Art and Design '04 (Web/Design)
- Ali Arace, University of Maryland '02 (Operations/Research)
- Jasmine Brown, Howard University '02 (Grassroots Outreach)
- Katie Cafferty, William Jewell College '01 (Grassroots Outreach)
- Kristin Killion, American University '02 (Web)
- Patrick Hurley, George Washington University Law School '04 (Legal)
- Deva Kyle, Georgetown University Law School '04 (Legal)
- Carrie Timlin, University of Maryland '02, (Development)
- Steven Weiss, Pennsylvania State University '04 (Media)
- Brandon Wu, Yale University '03 (Research/Web)
- Jose Monzon, New York University '05 (Grassroots Outreach)
- Nick Turner, Georgetown University School of Public Policy '03 (Research)
- Jes D’Ambrosio, New York University ’02 (Grassroots Outreach, Research)
- Joel Williams, George Mason University ’04 (Research)
- Sam Ferguson, University of California at Berkeley ’05 (Research)
- Mark Childerhose, Spring Arbor University ’03 (Research)
- Imad Ahmed, University of California at Berkeley ’04 (Research)
- Minou Arjomand, Columbia University ’06 (Research)
- John Bachir, Rice University ’03 (AIA Operations, Research)
- Agnes Christeler, University of Denver ’04 (Research)
- Julia Follick, Rice University ’05 (Research, Outreach, Fundraising)
- Dan Kravetz, Macalester College ’05 (Research)
Contracts of Adhesion Reform Team:
- Jason Dirkx, Chicago-Kent College of Law (2011)
- Zachary Gima, Temple University Beasley School of Law (2008)
- Lindsey Goldberg, Case Western Reserve Law (2009)
- Robert Hebert, Georgetown Law (2011)
- James Hooper, NYU Law (2011)
- Addison Kim, Cornell Law (2011)
- Chang Sik Lim, Cornell Law (2011)
- Eric Lipman, NYU Law (2000)
- Di Liu, Northwestern University School of Law (2011)
- Wellington Lyons, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (2011)
- Gideon Newmark, Case Western Reserve Law (2009)
- Dominick Sfregola, Georgetown Law (2008)
- James Sullivan, NYU Law (2011)
- Xuexue Zhang, Chicago-Kent College of Law (2011)
