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UVM internship coordinator outlines expanded legislative internship goals
Summary
Liz Radick, who runs the University of Vermont legislative internship program, described program structure, credit-bearing coursework, and goals to broaden and standardize internship training across state higher-education institutions.
Liz Radick, the University of Vermont legislative internship coordinator, spoke to the committee about the university's five-year-old legislative internship program and described three core goals: build professional skills, serve as a pipeline to state public-service jobs, and expand the program to include other colleges statewide.
Radick said the internship is a five-credit course that begins during winter session so students are present for early session work. She described an orientation and regular meetings, resume and networking preparation, and coursework designed to teach bill-reading and legislative process basics. Radick said the program aims to prepare students for committee assistant roles or other public-service work and expressed interest in standardizing preparation across Vermont institutions to create an equitable, consistent pipeline of interns.
Committee members thanked Radick and described successes of past interns who moved into state and federal legislative staffs. Radick said she serves as a liaison to committees and helps resolve issues between interns and committee supervisors; several members encouraged expanding the program’s capacity and clarifying liaison contacts between committees and academic program staff.
