State Policies Intern

The Marijuana Policy Project has a fall internship opening in its State Policies department. This is an unpaid, part-time internship, with class credit available. Interns work 16-20 hours per week and have the chance to play a responsible role in a successful nonprofit organization.

MPP’s State Policies department is dedicated to reforming marijuana laws on the state level through direct lobbying and by inspiring lobbying at the grassroots level by individuals and allied organizations.

The State Policies Intern's responsibilities are:

• Formatting and posting relevant news articles on each of MPP's state Web pages;
• Monitoring news for marijuana-related articles;
• Maintaining MPP's state Web pages;
• Assisting in improving and maintaining the department’s filing system;and
• Miscellaneous projects and research as assigned.

Candidates should expect a fast-paced, professional environment and should have excellent oral and written communications skills, strong Internet research skills, and be meticulous, organized, and detail-oriented. The ideal candidate will also have an interest in learning about the legislative and policy-making process, excellent interpersonal skills, a professional demeanor, good research skills, and the ability to work independently. A knowledge of HTML is helpful but not required.

To apply for this position, please follow MPP's internship application process. Please e-mail internships@mpp.org if you have any questions about this internship.

With 36 staffers, more than 25,000 members, and 180,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, MPP is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana -- both the consumption of marijuana and the laws that are intended to prohibit its use -- and believes that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is imprisonment.

Thank you for your interest.