Students in PolS 181 Internships may initiate their own placements or Professor Christensen will assist with selection and contacts. Students registering for PolS 181 should confer with Professor Christensen before the first class session. Students may also refer to this list for volunteer opportunities, in which case they should contact the placement directly themselves.

ELECTED OFFICIALS
* San Jose City Council (Mayor Gonzales and all members of the San Jose City Council welcome interns)
* Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (Alvarado, Beall, Gage, Kniss, McHugh)
* California State Assembly (Cohn, Coto, Laird, Lieber)
* California State Senate (Alquist, Simitian)
* U.S. Congress (Honda, Lofgren)
* Judge Ron del Pozzo

GOVERNMENT/ADMINISTRATION
* San Jose City Manager
* Los Gatos City Manager
* San Jose Office of Customer Service
* San Jose Redevelopment Agency
* San Jose Strong Neighborhoods Initiative
* Santa Clara County Executive, Office of Intergovernmental Relations
* Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission Network for a Hate Free Community
* Santa Clara County Office of Women's Advocacy
* Santa Clara County Social Services Department, Office of Legislative Relations and Planning

CAMPAIGNS
2005 is not an election year, but Spring 2006 will offer students excellent opportunities to intern with campaigns for Mayor of San Jose, San Jose City Council Districts 1 and 3 (Westside and downtown), county supervisor, assemblymember, and more.

COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
* ACORN
* American Leadership Forum
* Asian Law Alliance
* Building and Construction Trades Council (Santa Clara County)
* Catholic Charities
* Chamber of Commerce San Jose/Silicon Valley
* Committee for Green Foothills
* Commonwealth Club/Silicon Valley
* Greenbelt Alliance
* Guadalupe River Park and Gardens
* International Business Incubator
* National Multiple Sclerosis Society
* People Acting in Community Together (PACT)
* Preservation Action Council, San Jose
* San Jose Board of Realtors
* San Jose Peace Center
* Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group
* Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
* South Bay AFL/CIO Labor Council
* Tri-County Apartment Association (TCAA)
* United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County

LAW-RELATED PLACEMENTS
* Santa Clara County Counsel
* Office of the Public Defender, Santa Clara County
* Office of the District Attorney, Santa Clara County
* Asian Law Alliance
* Judge Ron del Pozzo
* Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
* Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel (private practice)
* Otto Lee (private practice)

PRIVATE SECTOR
* Cisco Systems Government Relations
* Intel Government Relations
* PG&E Government Relations
* Quantum Corporation Government Relations
* Solectron Corporation Government Affairs and Community Relations)

LOCAL PLACEMENTS WITH INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS
* Catholic Charities (work with refugees - must be multilingual)
* Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley (organizing events on international relations and trade)
* International Business Incubator (work on international trade)
* San Jose Peace Center
* San Jose Sister Cities (assist in relations with San Jose's sister cities - Dublin, Ireland; San Jose, Costa Rica; Tainan, Taiwan; Veracruz, Mexico; Okayama, Japan; Pune, India; Ekaterinberg, Russia)

INTERNSHIPS BEYOND SAN JOSE/SILICON VALLEY
* Sacramento Semester. Scholarships for spring internships in the state Capitol. Applications due November 1, 2005. See Professor Christensen for more information.
* Washington DC. Intern with a member of Congress. Scholarships for summer and fall internships in Washington. Applications due April 1, 2005. See Professor Christensen for more information.