A message for graduating seniors!

Are you planning to graduate in May 2019? Make sure you apply for graduation ASAP! Go to www.testudo.umd.edu and click on "Graduation Application." Remember that the UMD Criminology & Criminal Justice program is a B.A. degree.

Graduation applications must be submitted no later than February 8th. But why wait?? Apply today!

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Spring 2019 Internship: Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy

Spring 2019 Internship: Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy

All applications are due by: 5:00 PM on Monday, January 28, 2019

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Attention recent grads! Job Search Boot Camp

Job Search Boot Camp for Recent UMD Grads
Thursday, January 24, 2019
9:30am - 3:00pmAre you a new UMD graduate (May 2018, December 2018) who wants to submerge yourself in basic job search strategies?  Then this workshop is for you!
Come prepared to listen, participate, and learn:
...how to create and use a Master Resume;
...how to target your job search to positions, industries, and/or organizations;
...how to effectively use Careers4Terps and other Center services/programs;
...about the Maryland Alumni Association AND network with employers seeking to hire recent graduates.
Please register by Tuesday, January 22, 2019. Cost of $20 includes light refreshments and networking with a group of employers. Space is limited, so learn more and please register as soon as possible.

For additional information about this event: Contact Linda Lenoir at llenoir@umd.edu

Sponsored by the University Career Center & The President's Promise.

Spring Policy and Advocacy Internship with the International Rescue Committee (with Stipend)

Spring Policy and Advocacy Internship with the International Rescue Committee (with Stipend)

The IRC Policy and Advocacy Office advocates for protecting and aiding refugees, the displaced, asylum-seekers, and other victims of conflict. It promotes issues of concern to the international humanitarian and resettlement communities. The Policy and Advocacy team carries out, coordinates, and provides guidance on a wide variety of domestic and international advocacy initiatives, including expert briefings, public outreach and education, and communication with the media. US-based advocates represent IRC with legislative and executive branches of the US government, the media, NGO partner agencies and coalitions, the United Nations, and international financial institutions such as the World Bank. Students applying for this internship will be considered for internships focusing on one of the following portfolios: International Programs advocacy (including a focus on Middle East and Africa advocacy) or Legislative affairs.

Responsibilities: 

• Produce a weekly tracker of upcoming meetings, events and hearings, and of press articles related to select conflicts/crises, congressional developments, and refugee issues.
• Attend meetings, events and congressional hearings on behalf of staff, take detailed notes, and report back.
• Conduct research on a wide range of issues that may include international humanitarian law, specific conflicts and crises, policy tools, and/or foreign aid and provide written analysis to staff.
• Prepare policy and advocacy materials for distribution during meetings and briefings.
• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program.
• Interest in and knowledge of foreign policy and/or refugee issues.
• Solid writing, editing, and research skills with focus on details.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced work environment.
• Solid computer skills: must be able to work effectively and accurately with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, email, and Internet applications.
• Flexible work attitude: must be able to work productively in a team environment as well as under minimal supervision, taking the initiative to ask questions as needed.
• Available to work at least three days per week during the spring semester. 

Learning Outcomes:

• Will gain experience in policy writing with an advocacy focus.
• Will learn about complex system of factors affecting policy at international and national levels.
• Will have an opportunity to observe and interact with different NGO partners and IRC staff involved in policy decisions.
• Will gain a deeper understanding of specific humanitarian crises and the NGO and governmental responses.
• Will learn about process of coordinating advocacy across an international NGO.

Application instructions

Please note that this internship is unpaid, but includes a reimbursement for transportation and lunch. Please submit a cover letter, resume and 2-4 page writing sample, preferably on a topic relating to global refugee issues or humanitarian issues to Anastasia.Moran@rescue.org. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 

Entry Level Democracy Research & Program Associate Position with Brennan Center for Justice

Entry Level Democracy Research & Program Associate Position with Brennan Center for Justice

Attention December 2018 and May 2019 graduates!

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve the systems of democracy and justice in the United States. The Brennan Center’s work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from ending mass incarceration to preserving Constitutional protections in the fight against terrorism. Part think tank, part advocacy group, part cutting edge communications hub, we start with rigorous research. We craft innovative policies. And we fight for them – in Congress and the states, in the courts, and in the court of public opinion.

The Democracy Program collaborates with grassroots groups, advocacy organizations, and reform-minded government officials to promote policies that eliminate barriers to full and equal political participation.

Project areas include work on voting rights (including the rights of students and people with felony convictions); reform of election administration (including voter registration modernization, ballot design, and defensive work against photo ID and other practices likely to suppress the vote or have a disproportionate impact on communities of color); campaign finance reform at the federal, state, and local level; protecting the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the courts; eliminating partisan gerrymandering and other manipulations of electoral maps; combating efforts to undermine the fairness and integrity of the census; and efforts to shore up the rule of law.

Position:

The Brennan Center seeks a full-time Research & Program Associate to work in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, in our Washington, DC office. This position will report directly to attorneys in the D,C, office. The position’s likely focus will be campaign finance, voting, ethics, and rule of law issues.

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting legal and factual research and data analysis.
• Drafting and editing publications, reports, newsletters, testimony, blog posts, and other public communications.
• Performing a wide range of administrative, database, paralegal support, and program management tasks, including (but not limited to) making travel arrangements, copy-editing, and checking citations.
• Organizing and staffing program and Center events.
• Working with attorneys, fellows, communications and development professionals, editors, allies, clients, other research and program associates, and organizational leadership.
• Scheduling and, where appropriate, attending meetings on Capitol Hill and with other parts of the government.
• A significant portion of the Research & Program Associate’s time may be spent on administrative tasks, depending on program priorities.

Qualifications-The ideal candidate will have:

• A bachelor’s degree (this is an entry level position; lawyers and individuals with advanced degrees will not be considered).
• Exceptional writing skills and excellent analytic, strategic, research and organizational skills.
• A strong entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for the work of the Center.
• The ability to work effectively in a team-based and deadline-driven environment.
• Openness to receiving and implementing constructive feedback.
• Creativity in ferreting out information.
• Ease working with data and statistics; experience with Excel helpful but not required.
• Strong communications skills and confidence to reach out to allies, public officials, reporters, and members of the public.
• Fluency in a foreign language, such as Spanish, helpful but not required.

Salary: $45,000-$55,500, commensurate with years of experience. Overtime (compensated at 1½ times the regular hourly rate) may be required before deadlines. Excellent benefits package. For more information about the Brennan Center, visit our website: www.brennancenter.org.

Applications: Applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis and decisions will be made as soon as appropriate candidates are identified. Applications are due on or before February 17, 2019. The anticipated start date for this position is after the Memorial Day holiday (with some flexibility as to an earlier or later start date). A firm two-year commitment is required. Please visit https://brennancenter.applytojob.com/apply/SuGb3zuPnF/Democracr-Research-Program-Associate-DC and upload (where it says “attach resume”) the following application materials: cover letter (copy and paste where indicated), resume, writing sample (up to 10 pages), and contact information for three academic or professional references. Applicants are free to submit applications to both the New York and DC RPA positions, but please indicate in your cover letter if you have applied for both.

Please include Internet hyperlinks to writing samples where available. If you have difficulty with the online system, contact us by e-mail at: brennancenterjobs@nyu.edu with “Democracy Research & Program Associate, DC” in the subject line. No phone calls or faxes please.