Required Assignment for "Learning and Working in Washington DC" Program

1. Discipline
Assessment
By Kelsey Cohen

2. Disciplines

3. Lawyer
Levels
1. Legal aide
2. Associate
3. Partner

4. Legal Aide
Entry Level
Qualifications
● Education: Associate Degree in
Paralegal Studies
● Professional training:
Certifications available
● Experience required: None

5. Associate
Attorney
Mid-Career
Qualifications
● Education: JD/law degree, pass
the bar
● Experience required: clinicals

6. Partner
Senior Professional
Qualifications
● Education: JD, pass the bar
● Experience required: seniority,
years of work in firm for
consideration

7. Policy Writer/Analyst
Levels
1. Political Scientist
2. Policy Associate
3. Senior Proposal
Writer

8. Political Scientist
Entry Level
Qualifications
● Education: Master’s degree or
Ph.D. program
● Professional training required
● Experience required

9. Policy Associate
Mid-Career
Qualifications
● Education: Bachelor’s Degree
● Professional training: knowledge of
research tools such as LexisNexis,
Westlaw, PACER, Congressional
Quarterly, Knowledgis preferred
● Experience required: 2-3 years in public
policy, strong understanding of
legislative process

10. Senior Proposal
Writer
Senior Professional
Qualifications
● Education: Bachelors
● Experience required: Proposal
Writing or Technical Writing 8
years

11. Government
Levels
1. Legal Secretary
2. Lawyer
3. Senator

12. Legal Secretary
Entry Level
Qualifications
● Education: Bachelor's degree
● Experience required: 3 - 5 years
of partner-level practice
management support
experience

13. Lawyer
Mid-Career
Qualifications
● Education: JD/law degree, pass
the bar
● Experience required: clinicals

14. Senator
Senior Professional
Qualifications (Article I Section III of
the U.S. Constitution)
● Must be at least 30 years old
● Must have been citizens of the
United States for at least the
past nine years
● Must be inhabitants of the
states they seek to represent at
the time of their election