John Burton Internship on Workers’ Compensation Research and Policy

Applications for the Academy’s 2024 Burton Internship are now closed.

Deadline: March 8, 2024

Who should apply for this internship?

Upper division undergraduate and graduate students across the U.S. who are interested in workers’ compensation are invited to apply for the John Burton Internship on Workers’ Compensation Research and Policy. Students pursuing courses of study in health policy, health economics, public policy, social policy, or related subjects are urged to apply for this 12-week summer internship in Washington, DC.*

*As of summer 2022, Academy interns are offered hybrid or in-person work arrangements, which are subject to change depending on COVID-19. In-person attendance is required for local DC Academy internship programming and activities.

Compensation

Interns are paid at least $17.50/hr based on a 35 to 40-hour work week.

Internship Placements

Students selected for an internship will then be matched with a placement organization in the DC area, where they will work under the supervision of an Academy Member. Burton interns will have the opportunity to:

Work with leading experts and officials working on Workers’ Compensation and related public and private worker safety programs;
Gain valuable work experience;
Make professional contacts and network in their area(s) of interest; and
Participate in a weekly seminar series with an internship cohort comprised of talented students working in other areas of social insurance.
Receive scholarships to travel to and participate in the annual WCRI conference the March following their internship.

Burton interns work closely with experts in their Washington offices. Our most recent internship placements have included:

AcademyHealth
ADvancing States (former National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities)
AFL-CIO
Buffin Foundation
Center for Global Policy Solutions
Century Foundation
Community Catalyst
Congressional Research Service
Kaiser Family Foundation
Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA)
Medicaid and Chip Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
National Academy of Social Insurance
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM)
National Institute for Retirement Security
SCAN Health Plan
Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB)
U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)
Urban Institute

John F. Burton, Jr.

John F. Burton, Jr. is Professor Emeritus and former Dean in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University and Professor Emeritus in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. He has been a Member of the Study Panel on Workers’ Compensation of the National Academy of Social Insurance since its inception. One of the nation’s foremost scholars on workers’ compensation, Burton chaired the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws, which submitted its report to President Nixon and Congress in 1972. Permanent Disability Benefits in Workers’ Compensation, which he co-authored with Monroe Berkowitz in 1987, received the Kulp Award from the American Risk and Insurance Association. Burton was President of the Industrial Relations Research Association in 2002. He has consulted on workers’ compensation to multiple states and the province of Ontario. He has a law degree and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan.

The new John Burton Internship on Workers’ Compensation Research and Policy at the National Academy of Social Insurance celebrates John’s legacy and helps cultivate the next generation of workers’ compensation and social insurance scholars.

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