Applicants are asked to complete a brief questionnaire to collect some personal and academic information and submit a resume and cover letter. We also ask applicants to answer a few short questions that provide further details about their interest in an internship with Senator Warren’s office. All information and materials are collected through each office location’s specific application portal.

Applications for Spring 2025 are due on October 20, 2024.

Our office makes every effort to give each application every consideration. Due to a high volume of applicants, an interview or response on any specific timeline is not guaranteed. No phone calls or walk-ins, please.

Interns in Senator Warren’s office must be 18 years or older. Our internship program is geared toward current community college and undergraduate students. No previous government or political experience is required. While we give preference to students who have ties to Massachusetts, we welcome all prospective applicants to apply.

Federal appropriations law requires all individuals, including interns, employed by a Senate personal office in a paid position in the continental United States to meet one of the following citizenship criteria:

1. Be a U.S. citizen; or
2. Be lawfully admitted for permanent residence and seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)(B); or
3. Be (i) admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 and (ii) have filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or
4. Owe allegiance to the U.S. (i.e., qualify as a non-citizen U.S. national under federal law). (This is a very limited category and includes only non-citizen U.S. nationals born in or having ties to American Samoa or Swains Island, or certain individuals from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).

Note: As a paid intern, you will need to complete a Personnel Affidavit, under penalty of perjury, to establish that you meet one of these criteria.

In addition, as a paid intern, you must be authorized to work in the United States.  The law requires this office to comply with the E-Verify Program established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA).  If you are selected by our office for a paid internship, the office will verify with the DHS and the SSA that you are eligible for employment in the United States.

Please note that these citizenship criteria and employment authorization requirements apply only to paid internships, and do not apply to unpaid internships.

A legislative internship in Senator Warren’s Washington DC office is designed to introduce you to almost every aspect of the office, including the legislative process, office administration, and constituent relations. Interns are not assigned full-time to a specific staff member, but rather will perform a variety of tasks. Listed below are some general tasks that legislative interns may be expected to complete:

• Processing daily physical mail as well as phone and digital constituent correspondence.

• Assisting legislative staff with projects. 

• Conducting research and reviewing materials for our oversight and investigations team.

• Answering the phones and directing constituent inquiries.

• Attending hearings and briefings, and then writing summary memos.

• Giving Capitol tours to constituents and escorting them to the Capitol Visitors Center and the Senate Gallery.

• Hearing directly from staff about their work in our brown bag lunch series. 

The press internship in Senator Warren’s Washington DC office is designed to introduce participants to the office’s press and communications operation. Listed below are some tasks that press interns may be expected to complete:

• Processing media clips.

• Assisting press and communications staff with projects.

• Drafting communications materials including press releases, video scripts, statements, quotes, and social media content.

• Transcribing audio from media appearances, including interviews, floor speeches, and committee hearings.

• Hearing directly from staff about their work in our brown bag lunch series. 

The Boston and Springfield offices primarily handle constituent casework. An internship in one of our state offices will introduce you to the regional policy issues affecting our Massachusetts constituents, conducting constituent casework, engaging with government and community partners, and office administration. Interns are assigned to individual staff members to support them with casework and external outreach tasks. In addition, interns are generally responsible for the following:

• Sorting and processing mail.

• Answering the phones and directing constituent inquiries.

• Listening to and processing incoming voicemails.

• Compiling regional news reports.

• Assisting staffers with office projects.

• Hearing directly from staff about their work in our Brown Bag lunch series.

All eligible interns are paid $17.50 per hour. Those who are receiving internship funding through a third-party program, such as a university or non-profit organization, are ineligible for additional pay from our office.

Receiving academic credit for an internship is at the discretion of your college or university. We are happy to provide the necessary information for proper accreditation, in advance of an accepted intern’s start in our office.

Internships are offered year-round. Both D.C. and MA internships are offered for summer, fall, and spring terms and generally align with academic schedules.

Applicants may apply to multiple internship programs in a given cycle if they so choose. However, Senator Warren’s office has separate application portals for each program, so if an applicant is interested in more than one, they need to apply directly to each portal.