Ware Institute summer internships offer legal service opportunities

From Susan Dicklitch, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the College, Professor of Government, and Director of the Ware Institute for Civic Engagement at Franklin & Marshall College: 

On behalf of the Ware Institute for Civic Engagement, I'm pleased to announce that the Public Service Summer Internships (PSSI) applications are now available on our website. Every summer for the past sixteen years, Franklin & Marshall has awarded stipends to well qualified students (rising sophomores, juniors and seniors) to work in local public and/or community service organizations.

During this nine-week program (June 6 - August 3) students work full-time in paid internships throughout Lancaster City and County in such areas as human services, county government, law and justice, education, health care and economic development.

Participants are paid a $3,300 stipend. Housing is not provided. Four days a week are spent at the internship site. Each Wednesday, the PSSI members come together as a team to participate in weekly seminars, engage in group discussion and reflection, and perform community service.

You can find links to agencies we've previously worked with on the PSSI web page. Placements are selected based on a combination of community requests and student interest with a focus on key community partners. As of today, we've received intern requests from the following agencies:

• Church World Service: working with resettled refugees assisting with cultural orientation
• Domestic Violence Services - Legal Clinic: work to support representation of domestic violence victims in a civil setting
• Domestic Violence Services: assisting at the shelter and with the children's component
• Fulton Theatre: a variety of options
• Lancaster General Health - Community Wellness: promotion of public health initiatives and focusing on deliverables for a Community Transformation Grant.
• Milagro House: work with senior service coordinator on delivering services and executive director on marketing and outreach.
• Project Access Lancaster Co. (PALCO): evaluating program
• Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center: marketing and planning fundraising events

If you have any questions about specific agencies please make an appointment with Lisa Wolfe (lisa.wolfe@fandm.edu) to review the requests.

Follow the link below to the PSSI web page to find out more and for the link to the online application.

PSSI LINK to web page and application

You are also required to have a faculty or professional staff recommendation with your application. The link below should be given to the faculty or professional staff who will complete the online form on your behalf.

PSSI Faculty or Professional Staff Recommendation link

The deadline for submitting both the application AND the faculty recommendation is Friday, February 24 by midnight.