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Internships

General Information:

Students may earn up to twelve hours of academic credit through internships, six of which may be applied to one's major.  The other six hours may be used as electives.  With departmental approval, students may arrange their own internships or be considered for one of the following sites.  Interns may receive compensation, but many of the positions available through the department are uncompensated.

In order to receive three credit hours, students must work 120 hours during the semester; for six credit hours, 240 hours.

History:

• Age of Steam Railroad Museum - Fair Park, Dallas - Museum Site

• Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum

Government and Public Administration:

• City of Denton

• Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Immigration and Naturalization Service

• State Senator Jane Nelson's office
  
  
• Keep Texas Beautiful
  
  
• Democratic Caucus in U.S. House of Representatives
  
  
• United States District Court Northern District of Texas
  
  
• U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess District Office

Criminal Justice:

• Denton County District Attorney's Office

• Federal Pretrial Services

• Tarrant County Pre-sentence Investigation Unit

• Denton County Probation Office

• Dallas County Juvenile Department

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

• Dallas Sheriff's Academy

• 2 Student Assistant Positions open in the TWU Department of Public Safety (may be used for internship credit)

Legal Studies:

• Denton County District Attorney's Office
  
  
• The Family Place, Dallas
  
  
• U.S. Pretrial Services
  
  
• Various law offices in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex

• Office of Texas Attorney General

• North Texas Legal Services, Dallas

• Frito-Lay Legal Department, Plano

• West Texas Legal Services, Denton

• Dallas Law Office specializing in employment law, ERISA, and business law

• United States District Court Northern District of Texas

If you are interested in an Internship this fall, see Mrs. Devereaux for details at CFO 604 or by phone at (940)898.2131 or email her at PDevereaux@twu.edu.