That is a good question! D.C. is not the city of lights nor is it the city that never sleeps. In fact I have difficulty finding many shops and stores open after 7 pm. I came to Washington D.C. the city of Justice all because I want to be in the center of what is happening. You know it is all about location, location, location. This is where everything in politics is happening and as a political science major this is important to me.
So that is why I came but how exactly did I get from Nazareth College all the way here? At Nazareth I heard about this program called the Washington Internship Institute or W.I.I. for short. W.I.I. is an internship placement program that helps students find internships in Washington D.C. Through their own connections advisers help prospective students prepare materials for the process of finding an internship such as writing a resume and cover letters. After four months of Nazareth's application process of finding references, recommendation letters,and participating in interviews and meetings with members of administration I was approved to apply to W.I.I.'s program. I was then able to apply to W.I.I.'s process which was not as complex as Nazareth's since the application and forms were either the same or almost identical. Then after a few short months with help from my internship adviser Jason Patrie, I was accepted to be an intern at the Office of the Attorney General. So in D.C I have an internship at the Office of the Attorney General in the third section of the Civil Litigation Unit. Which is really exciting! My goal career of becoming a lawyer is now just a couple of desks and 3 years of law school away.
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Caitlin Murphy
9/9/2013 11:26:09 am
Hey Shannon,
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9/16/2013 05:03:29 am
Your excitment is jumping off the page! I'm interested to learn more about your internship, and what types of law you seek to pursue.
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AuthorMy name is Shannon McCullough. I have Political Science and Legal Studies degree at Nazareth College of Rochester. I have previously interned at the Office of the Attorney General for DC. Currently, I am studying my Masters degree in International Relations at Shandong University in Jinan, China. Archives
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