Internships
The Academy is committed to the development and cultivation of future leaders in the field of social insurance. The Leadership Development program inspires and supports budding professionals through its internship programming.
Student Internship Programs
The Academy is uniquely qualified to provide students with challenging opportunities and experiences that cannot be found anywhere else in the country.
Our program covers seven distinct internships that are named to honor Members in a particular field of social insurance policy:
- Leeba Lessin Internship on Health and Medicare Policy (for first generation college students)
- Merton Bernstein Internship on Social Insurance
- Somers Research Internship on Long Term Care and Aging
- Eileen Sweeney Graduate Internship in Disability Policy
- Rashi Fein Internship in Health Policy
- Congressman Pete Stark Health Policy Internship
- John Burton Internship on Workers’ Compensation Research and Policy
The program consists of a 12-week summer internship that usually spans May to August.
A Young Person’s Guide to Social Security
On July 11, 2012, the Academy hosted over 100 interns, students, and young professionals for a free, day-long event to learn the ins and outs of Social Security and how the program works, as well as debate about the future of the program and how it will affect young Americans. Download a copy of a Young Person’s Guide to Social Security. This event and video was made possible by the support of the Ford Foundation’s Building Economic Security Over a Lifetime initiative. (Produced by Eugenio Salazar of ESVProductions)