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The Job Hunt
By Amy Pelletier: "While hiring practices differ among industries, some skills are important in almost any job hunt: writing a good resume and cover letter, interviewing effectively, and networking."
Scaling the Ivory Tower: The Pursuit of an Academic Career
"This collection offers some frank but friendly advice to those of you interested in classical liberalism and considering an academic career. The life of the scholar is a voyage filled with deep and enduring satisfactions, but it is a voyage that requires some skillful navigation and patience."
Guidebook: Your Path to a Public Policy Career
The Institute for Human Studies has recently released a new handbook for people -- specifically students with a classical liberal worldview -- interested in careers in public policy. The guide collects articles from many of the major players in the think tank and public policy world on topics like 'What Skills Do I Need in the Policy World?,' 'Roles Within a Think Tank,' and 'Changing Policy in the For-Profit Sector.' The guide is an excellent resource that complements IHS's series of career guides, like their 'Scaling the Ivory Tower' and 'Law School and Beyond.'
Those and other resources are available here.
Cato Institute Internship Program
The Cato Institute is one of the world's leading think tanks, covering an extensive range of policy issues with the aim of advancing the ideas of individual liberty, free markets, limited government, and peace. The internship program is highly competitive and offers excellent exposure to careers in policy analysis, media, government relations, and more. As each round draws more qualified applicants than positions available, the application process itself provides an opportunity for various levels of engagement, including consideration for special conferences, referrals to a network of liberty-advancing organizations, and access to other talent engagement initiatives.
The deadline for the Summer 2011 class is March 1st.
Recommended
Creating Your Path to a Policy Career
As summer arrives, many students and recent grads are looking for how to find the perfect job. This serves as a great time to check out the Institute for Human Studies' handbook on creating one's path to a public policy career. The guide collects articles from many of the major players in the think tank and public policy world on topics like 'What Skills Do I Need in the Policy World?,' 'Roles Within a Think Tank,' and 'Changing Policy in the For-Profit Sector.' The guide is an excellent resource that complements IHS's series of career guides, like their 'Scaling the Ivory Tower' and 'Law School and Beyond.'
Those and other resources are available here.
Scholarship to Cato University
Wanting to get away this summer? Looking to learn about ideas and meet cool people while having a great time? The Bastiat Scholarship program is supported by generous sponsors to provide students around the world the ability to attend Cato University, the premier educational conference hosted annually by the Cato Institute, for free. The conference boasts an excellent lineup of speakers, including David Boaz, Don Boudreaux (www.cafehayek.com), Lynne Kiesling (www.knowledgeproblem.com), Ed Crane, Radley Balko (www.theagitator.com), Robert McDonald, and many more. Make the most of your summer, and apply today.
To accommodate various finals schedules, the deadline has been extended to May 22nd.
EVENT: Video Sneak Preview
Cato On Campus is hosting a sneak prieview of Swedish economist Johan Norberg's new documentary on globalization and economics, Free or Equal: A Personal View. Register to join the event at the Cato Institute on Friday, April 29th at 4:00pm.
Here's a bit of a teaser:
Young Americans for Liberty Internship
Young Americans for Liberty is one of the largest liberty-oriented student groups in the country, with chapters on hundreds of campuses. Their mission is to train, educate, and mobilize youth activists to become leaders who will take the country and government in the right direction. The YAL Internship offers young people the chance to get involved in big ideas within the realm of the skills and abilities they have while challenging them with new responsibilities and opportunities. Interns post on the blog, write articles, engage in social media campaigns, organize events, and much more.
The deadline is April 1st.
Moving Picture Institute
The Moving Picture Institute (MPI) is currently seeking interns for the summer 2011 term. Interns are paired with MPI production partners and filmmakers, such as Lionsgate Entertainment, Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil, Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, and the Disney Channel. MPI provides stipends for all interns, and assists with locating housing as needed. Interns' responsibilities vary depending upon their host placements' job descriptions. Typical tasks include, but are not limited to, script coverage (reading, analyzing, and performing a written evaluation of a screenplay), production assistance, research, graphics work, and administrative/office duties.
The deadline to apply is April 9th.
FEE Summer Seminars
FEE Summer Seminars provide an opportunity for students to learn about the ideas of liberty, from the basics to advanced topics, with scholars who have studied the ideas of liberty for years. Seminar attendees participate in discussions, attend lectures, and build relationships with other students. Seminars take place in locations across the country. Check out the places, topics, and details to find out how you can jump-start your understanding of liberty this coming summer.
The deadline has been extended to April 10th.
Intern @ FIRE
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a strong advocate for individual rights at America's colleges and universities. They work to secure the rights of freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience for students who face opposition on campuses. They host a paid summer internship, which provides an excellent opportunity for students interested in advancing the cause of liberty in a tangible way. Components of the internship include writing, research, and weekly seminars with scholars. Find out more about the internship and the work they do here. The application deadline is March 31st, 2011.
Koch Associate Program
Wishing there was a way to explorer a career advancing free-market ideas? Do you have a job already but want to acquire free-market management skills? Check out the Koch Associate Program and do just that. The Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation is a leading source of free-market job placements and training. Their competitive programs offer the opportunity to work full-time at liberty-advancing organizations, acquire management skills that will help in all areas of life, study the philosophical foundations of liberty, and build a network that will encourage and support you in the years to come.
Check out their programs and opportunities, and do so soon because the deadline for the 2011-2012 associate program is March 15th.
The Internet and Social Media: Tools of Freedom or Tools of Oppression?
Freedom movements around the world are using Twitter and Facebook to express dissent and to organize, particularly in the Middle East. It might be fair to say that the Internet is becoming the platform for political liberation. But the "just add Internet" thesis has its skeptics, who argue that, in fact, the Internet may give authoritarian governments the upper hand. Social media platforms are very amenable to government surveillance, and revolution doesn't come easy, online or off. Should lovers of freedom be saying "Internet FTW!" or is it one big "#InternetFAIL"?
This cutting edge debate took place at the Cato Insitute on Friday, February 25th. The event archive will soon be updated, and made available here.
Intern at Reason This Summer
Reason is now accepting applications for the summer 2011 Burton C. Gray Memorial Internship. The intern works 10 weeks during the fall in our Washington, D.C. office and receives a $5,000 stipend. Apply today!
Deadline for the summer internship is March 26th
A Weekend of Updates -- Follow Us
This weekend is the largest annual gathering of liberty-oriented students in the world, at Students For Liberty's (@sfliberty) international conference (#isflc). Cato On Campus staff will be live on site, tweeting tid-bits and news from the many scholars and other speakers at the event, including John Stossel (@fbnstossel), Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo), Tom Palmer (@tomgpalmer), and more. Stay tuned and follow us @CatoOnCampus to keep up to speed all weekend, whether you're in DC or elsewhere.
10 Days of Intenships
The midway point of the school year is an excellent time to make plans for the perfect summer internship that will tie your studies to your experience, making you a more marketable job candidate and allowing a little trial and error in honing in on your dream job. To aid that process, Cato On Campus has compiled a list of some of the most lauded liberty-advancing internship programs. Take the next week or so of winter break to take the next step in your career. A little planning goes a long way, and many deadlines are fast approaching.
Intern as a Libertarian Lawyer
The Institute for Justice is the leading libertarian public interest law firm, and they want you to join them! They employ law clerks and both undergraduate and graduate interns during the school year and throughout the summer. IJ has done some phenomenal work in advancing the legal case for liberty, even recently arguing (successfully) before the Supreme Court. Find out more about the internship and other opportunities for students, here.
Cato, John Stossel, and Students For Liberty!
Students For Liberty has just announced that John Stossel will be the keynote for their international conference, coming up in February. In fact, he will be taping a special edition of The Stossel Show at the conference, interviewing Cato executive vice president David Boaz and involving the audience of the expected 400+ students to be in attendance. The student liberty movement is well on its way to making a national and international impact. Find out today how to get involved, and register for the International Students For Liberty Conference here!
Why Attend a Students For Liberty Regional Conference?
As this video persuasively explains, Students For Liberty regional conferences are a fantastic opportunity worth considering. The good people at SFL have organized nine seminars this fall, which take place all across the country. Each weekend conference features impressive libertarian speakers, ready to engage students on a wide variety of important issues and ideas. Check here to find a conference near you, and get involved with this exciting network of young libertarians.
Debating Our Fiscal Future
The American Action Forum recently participated in a debate on progressive vs. conservative policy responses to the U.S. budget deficit.
Panelists included John D. Podesta (Center for American Progress) and Douglas Holtz-Eakin (American Action Forum), and was moderated by Jim Tankersley (National Journal). The event was this Tuesday, September 14th, at George Washington University.
The video of the debate has been archived here.
Humane Studies Fellowships
The Institute for Humane Studies has opened the application process for its Humane Studies Fellowship, a scholarship opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students planning academic careers with liberty-advancing research interests. In 2010 the program awarded more than 190 fellowships ranging from $2,000 to $15,000. Select winners are invited to present and discuss their research at the annual Research Colloquium and to attend the Friedrich Hayek Discussion Colloquium.
Intern for Young Americans for Liberty
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) is offering full-time internship positions for the Fall. YAL internships offer the opportunity to work alongside individuals and organizations that are on the forefront of advancing liberty. Leave tedious internships behind and join a team that empowers you to make an impact. The YAL internship offers a stipend as well as housing. Apply today! (The deadline is Friday, August 13th.)
Event: A Darker Shade of Green
"Green" policies are often advertised as good for the environment and cost-efficient; we are bringing together a few scholars who will address these claims economically and scientifically, painting a picture that shows otherwise. This event will focus on the increasing push by the federal government to go "green," and how such policies on energy and environment negatively impacts society, especially young people. Please join us!
Come to Cato, or watch the event online here: http://www.cato.org/events/100723sf.html
NEW: Student Conferences
Students For Liberty has just announced the schedule for their regional conference line-up. This Fall, they will be hosting nine conferences across the country -- at university campuses ranging from New York to Texas to California. Check out the details and find a conference at a campus near you!
Cato Student Podcast & Bastiat Essay Contest
Sloane Frost is a Cato intern and a co-founder of Students For Liberty, and is currently featured in a Cato Daily Podcast discussing SFL's Bastiat Project. The Bastiat Project seeks to get resources into students’ hands so they can better understand the world around them. Frost briefly describes how the work of Frederic Bastiat, a 19th century economic journalist, very aptly applies to 21st century policy problems. Also, she describes the Bastiat Essay Contest, hosted by Students For Liberty and the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.
Journalism Internship: Apply Before It's Too Late!
The IHS Journalism Internship Program places aspiring journalists who support liberty at media companies and non-profit investigative newsrooms. Talented writers and communicators have the opportunity to learn or improve their journalism skills and expand their professional network.
European Libertarian Students Summit
Will Europe be a dynamic continent of Liberty, or will it slide into Statism, Inertia, and Intolerance? Come to the European Libertarian Students Summit to work with other young European liberals and share ideas about promoting freedom, peace, toleration, free trade, free markets, and limited government.
How Will ObamaCare Affect Young Adults?
Starting in 2014, the federal government will require nearly all Americans to obtain health insurance. How will that requirement, and other elements of President Obama's new health care law, affect the incomes, employment opportunities, and health care of young adults?
Cato On Campus and the Galen Institute are partnering to host a panel discussion to address these questions.
The event is open for all interns in the DC-area, and those online via an online video stream. Please plan to attend, and tell your friends. Take advantage of this opportunity to broaden your knowledge on a policy that will dramatically impact the rest of your life!
Win a Trip to Cato University!
As the school year concludes, so does the chance to win a scholarship to Cato University, the Cato Institute's premier educational event of the year. Cato On Campus hosts three contests -- for op-eds, videos, and college essays -- that award winners with Cato books each month and an annual shot at a trip to San Diego to hang out with Cato scholars and other liberty-loving people. The deadline to be eligible for this year's Cato University scholarship, students must submit their entries by May 16, 2010. Details can be found here.
Reason and Gary Johnson in Philadelphia
The East Coast staff of Reason will be hosting Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, for a reception at Smokin' Betty's on May 12th at 7pm.
In 2003, Johnson climbed Mt. Everest just a few months after busting his leg in a skiing accident. That’s a feat less inspiring than his record as governor: Johnson vetoed 750 bills and never raised taxes in eight years. The event begins at 7pm and will feature generous drink specials throughout the evening. Details are found on Reason's site, here.
2010 Bureaucrash Student Contest & Conference
Bureaucrash, with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, is hosting an advanced training conference for student activists. Ten students with the best response to the question: “How can students best communicate the message of liberty to the next generation?” will be invited to a two-day activism conference at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and given a $500 stipend. Also, accommodations will be provided at the The Quincy – Downtown DC Boutique Suite Hotel. Other contestants will win other prizes. Find out more details here.
Win a Ticket to the Friedman Prize event!
Cato On Campus, in partnership with Student for Liberty, is holding a student contest for two tickets to the Friedman Prize biennial dinner and award presentation. The winners of the contest will each receive a free ticket to the event, regularly sold for $500 each. Contestants should respond to the following question in 500 words or less:
"In light of the selection of Akbar Ganji for the receipt of the 2010 Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, who would you nominate for a second prize this year and why?"
For full details, click here.
The deadline for contest submissions has been extended to April 22, 2010.
Will You Meet This Challenge?
Cato Constitutional Studies scholar Ilya Shapiro sends out a challenge to anyone wanting to debate the constitutionality of the new health care legislation. Shapiro offers to debate anyone - anytime, anywhere. Will you take him up on it?
Free Seminars on Liberty
Join students around the world at a seminar sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies to deepen your knowledge of individual rights and free markets and consider innovative policy solutions. Choose from 11 week-long interdisciplinary seminars held on college campuses across the US. There is no cost to attend. Apply today, as the application deadline is March 31.
DC Forum for Freedom
Cato On Campus is proud to announce that the DC Forum for Freedom will be partnering with a group of students from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark for this month's student forum and reception. Christopher Preble, Cato's Director of Foreign Policy Studies, and Juan Carlos Hidalgo, of Cato's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, will be addressing the topic: An Effective State is a Limited State: Why Ending the War on Drugs and the War on Terror is a Good Step. We hope you'll plan to join us (in person or online) at Cato for this exciting and uniquely international event!
For a full event description and to register for the event, please click here.
The DC Forum For Freedom is the united effort of DC-area students to champion liberty. Forums are held monthly at the Cato Institute, and are broadcast with a live discussion board online. They serve as an opportunity to hear from preeminent liberty-oriented scholars, and engage in discussions tailored to the student audience. Each event is followed by a reception, at which the dialogue continues as scholars mingle with students and discuss ideas and opportunities.
Essay Contest: 2010 Templeton Fellowships
The Independent Institute is holding its Sir John M. Templeton Essay Contest for junior faculty and students in higher education. Frederic Bastiat said,
Contestants must answer the following: Assuming Bastiat is correct, what ideas or reforms could be developed that would make people better aware that government wants to live at their expense?
Essay guidelines can be found here.
Student Forum: Climate Fantasies and Realities
Cato On Campus and the DC Forum for Freedom partner to bring a student forum to the Cato Institute on January 22, 2010 at 4pm. Pat Michaels, resident climatologist and scholar at Cato, will present on the topic of global warming, Climategate, and his 30+ years in the scientific research community. Please join us for an engaging presentation, discussion, and reception to follow. (Pat Michaels was prominent in the Climategate e-mails hijacked from the University of East Anglia in late 2009, cited in one e-mail as someone one scientist wanted to "beat the crap out of.”)
If you cannot attend the event in person, please watch the event online and participate by submitting your questions via the live online discussion board, here.
Students For Liberty Int'l Conference Scholarships
The Students For Liberty International Conference is coming to Washington, D.C. in a few short months, the weekend of February 12-14, 2010. Several new funding and scholarship opportunities have just been unveiled. Whether you're a student in Michigan, Pennsylvania, a member of an affiliate organization, or just passionate about sharing the ideas of liberty, there is a scholarship for you. Visit Student For Liberty's website, and find out more about them and their national and international opportunities.
New Video Contest, Cash Prizes!
The Center for Freedom and Prosperity just launched a new video contest for students to address issues in economics. Videos are to be educational, creative and persuasive. Help advance liberty, and have some fun! Judges are looking for originality and students’ perspectives. Cash prizes will be awarded, ranging from $100-$1,000.
Scholarships for Online Economics Courses
National University in La Jolla, CA is offering a limited number of scholarships that cover the full expenses of tuition and application fees for several online courses in Free-Market Economics and the Philosophical Foundations of Capitalism. This program provides students the opportunity to explore the ideas of liberty in a strong academic setting with limited barriers to entry. Check it out today!
Student For Liberty 2010 International Conference
The International SFL Conference is the premiere event of the year for students dedicated to liberty and advancing freedom on campus. The largest crowd of pro-liberty students will gather in Washington, D.C. for a weekend of learning about liberty from contemporary leaders in liberty, discussing best practices for promoting liberty on campus, and getting more involved in the larger movement for liberty. Ed Crane, the Founder & President of the Cato Institute, will deliver a Keynote Address at the Conference, and a reception hosted by Cato On Campus will follow. Visit Students For Liberty's website for scholarship opportunities.
DC Forum for Freedom: Mad About Trade
The DC Forum for Freedom, in conjunction with Cato On Campus, will host Dan Griswold at the monthly forum on November 20th. Griswold is the director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, and will present on the topic of international trade and why it's good for the whole world. Politicians and pundits can rage against free trade and globalization, but much of what they convey is myth. Griswold embraces the global marketplace and shows how free trade is the most beneficial system ever to exist. He will address competition, jobs, foreign investment, poverty reduction, and several other topics. The event will be followed by an end-of-year celebration social at Capitol City Brewery.
IWF Announces 2009-2010 College Essay Contest
The Independent Women's Forum is proud to announce its fifth annual college essay contest. College women enrolled in any four-year college or university during the 2009-2010 school year are invited to enter this competition. IWF will award more than $10,000 and grant national exposure to winners’ writings.
This year, students are asked to answer this question in 750 words or less: "Many campus coffee shops boast that they "proudly serve fair trade coffee," but does the fair trade movement actually make a difference in the lives of the poor and disadvantaged? Is free trade also fair trade?"
IHS Internships
The Institute for Humane Studies has posted three types of internships to be offered in Spring and Summer. They offer Journalism and Production specialty tracks, as well as their summer fellowship program. Each option offers amazing real world experience, and the opportunity to develop personal and professional networks. In the specialty tracks, interns experience placements at reputable institutions and work with experts in the respective fields.
Intern at Reason
Reason accepts applications for intern positions for each semester, including summer. The jobs include many responsibilities within the writing field, including writing, proof-reading, research and others, all the while advancing liberty! To become more familiar with Reason, visit www.reason.com. And stay tuned to their site or ours for up-to-date information on when new Reason interships are posted.
Bastiat Prize for Journalism
The prize was developed to encourage and reward writers whose published works promote the institutions of a free society: limited government, rule of law brokered by an independent judiciary, protection of private property, free markets, free speech, and sound science.
Cato Conference: Lessons from the New Deal and Great Depression
With the economy in a deep recession and policymakers turning to massive government intervention in an attempt to create jobs and bolster the financial system—it feels like the 1930s all over again. Today’s new New Deal is rapidly unfolding, with the Obama administration and many lawmakers making it clear that any question of the success of FDR’s New Deal policies was resolved long ago: government intervention worked, and history bears repeating. Join us at the Cato Institute on June 1 to be a part of a highly informative half-day conference. Recognized national experts will discuss the economic and legal impact of the New Deal, and how its legacy is being used and misused to shape policy responses to current economic hardships.
Cato Institute Conference on Health Care Reform
The Cato Institute invites you to participate in a one-day conference, featuring health care experts from across the political landscape, on the state and future of health care reform in America. Even before the results of the 2008 elections were known, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., were preparing some of the most sweeping health care reforms America has seen in decades. The question is: will the reforms being crafted in Congress improve this picture, or make these problems even more acute?
Deferred Law Firm Associate Program
Many law firms are asking their incoming first-year associates to defer their start dates (from a few months to a full year) and are offering stipends to these deferred associates to work at public interest organizations. The Cato Institute invites third-year law students and others facing firm deferrals to apply to work at our Center for Constitutional Studies. This is an opportunity to assist projects ranging from Supreme Court amicus briefs to policy papers to the Cato Supreme Court Review.
First Do No Harm Video Contest
The Galen Institute has just released its new First Do No Harm Video Contest to highlight the benefits of free market health care and the dangers of government provided health care. Send a creative video debunking the myths about government health care and compete for the $3,000 grand prize (2nd prize is $1,000; 3rd place receives $500)!
Stop Spending Our Future Contests
"Our children deserve to inherit prosperity, not debt. The root of our current economic crisis is over-spending. Politicians have spent beyond Americans' means; they have subsidized private citizens and companies to do the same. Over the last years and decades, as personal and public savings rates plummeted, we lived it up: buying, borrowing and gambling our future away." Enter one of three contests about the burden that future generations will bear for spending today: Video Testimonials, Write a Letter, or Give It a Name.
Free Trade Petition
"In cooperation with the International Policy Network and a worldwide group of think tanks, we are circulating this petition to combat recent moves toward harmful economic nationalism. I urge you to sign it [and to encourage your professors to sign!]. It is not yet a public effort, but please do share it with your colleagues, friends, and professional contacts. The first unveiling of this petition will be April 1st before the G20 meetings in London. It is a part of a much broader campaign that will be mobilized around the world to alert the public to the dangers of attempts to block trade and to revive positive efforts toward increasing freedom of trade. We will have a series of videos on the benefits of trade, booklets, public events, and much more, available in a multitude of languages." - Dr. Tom G. Palmer
Student Event: The Cult of the Presidency in the Age of Obama
Cato is pleased to welcome DC students to our campus for a special lecture by Cato's Vice President, Gene Healy on "The Cult of the Presidency in the Age of Obama". The speech will start at 4pm on Friday, April 10, and will be followed by a reception afterwards. As the first official event of the newly formed DC Forum for Freedom, a coalition of pro-liberty student groups, this is sure to be a great event for all students dedicated to liberty!
Cato University 2009: Economic Crisis, War, and the Rise of the State
Cato University is the Cato Institute's premier educational event of the year. This annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe - business and professional people, retirees, small business owners, high school and college students, employees of large and small firms and many others who share a commitment to liberty and learning. Be sure to apply for the Bastiat Scholarship exclusively for students!
Second Annual Students For Liberty Conference a Tremendous Success
This past weekend, Cato on Campus attended the Second Annual International Students For Liberty Conference, which was a tremendous success. At the end of the inaugural conference last year, the founding Executive Board announced that Students For Liberty would become an organization with year-round resources for students and opportunities for students to promote liberty. This year's conference demonstrated the organization's growth and the bright future of freedom.
International Students For Liberty Conference
The Second Annual International Students For Liberty Conference will be held from February 20-22, 2009, at George Washington University. This will be the premiere event of the year for students dedicated to liberty, bringing hundreds of students from around the world together to discuss liberty and learn how to promote liberty on campus.
Norman P. McClelland Distinguished Fellowship
The Norman P. McClelland Distinguished Fellowship at the Goldwater Institute was established in honor of Norman McClelland's leadership and lifelong commitment to liberty. The Fellowship will give one exceptional student per year the opportunity to spend a semester working on economic policy at the Goldwater Institute and being groomed for a leadership role in the ongoing contest for freedom.
Ivy League Alliance for Liberty Formed
The Ivy League Alliance for Liberty ratified its Constitution on Saturday, January 31st, forming a coalition of the student organizations dedicated to liberty within the Ivy League. Congratulations to the Brown Students for Liberty, Columbia University Libertarians, College Libertarians of Cornell University, Harvard Libertarian Forum, University of Pennsylvania Libertarian Association, and Princeton College Libertarians.
Koch Associate Program
The Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2009-10 Koch Associate Program. The Koch Associate Program is a very selective, one year, paid career opportunity for bright, talented young people who are interested in pursuing a career in the non-profit sector. The Associate Program is a great way to jumpstart that career, because we help Associates develop the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary for a successful future with free-market think tanks, policy institutes, or other non-profit organizations.
Second Annual International Students For Liberty Conference
Students For Liberty will be hosting its second annual international conference at George Washington University from February 20-22, 2009. The Keynote Speaker is Yon Goicoechea, recipient of the Cato Institute's 2008 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. 100 students from 13 countries have already applied, so make sure you apply soon.
Reason.TV Searle Film Fellowship
Reason.tv-the online video journalism project of the Reason Foundation, the nonprofit publisher of this website-is seeking talented individuals interested in advancing the message of Free Minds and Free Markets through video journalism and related multimedia productions.
Shaping the New Administration's Counterterrorism Strategy
With a new administration in the White House, January 2009 will be the starting point for a new approach to U.S. counterterrorism efforts. This conference presents solid, immensely practical analyses of strategic counterterrorism policies based on the lessons and experiences of the past eight years and earlier, and on what proven strategies will yield the most beneficial results for the United States.
Cato's Annual Monetary Conference: LIVE
Listen live to Cato’s 26th Annual Monetary Conference will provide an in-depth treatment of the Lessons from the Subprime Crisis, which some view as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Leading experts will discuss the underlying causes of the loss of confidence, particularly the policies that contributed to the subprime crisis and the reforms needed to avoid future turmoil in financial markets.
Humane Studies Fellowships
"Scholarships up to $12,000 for undergraduate or graduate study in the United States or abroad. Last year IHS awarded over 165 scholarships to outstanding undergraduate, graduate, law, and professional students who are exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society through their academic work."
IHS Spring Break Seminars Now Accepting Applications
The Institute for Humane Studies, a nonprofit organization that "support[s] the achievement of a freer society by discovering and facilitating the development of talented, productive students, scholars, and other intellectuals who share an interest in liberty", has just announced its new Spring Break Seminars. Free seminars at UC Santa Cruz and Emory University will be held in March for students interested in liberty. Applications are now being accepted.
Make a Video, Win Free Gas
If you think 'World Car-Free Day' is hypocritical and just plain nonsense, then enter our contest to win free gas. 'World Car-Free Day' is coming this Sept. 22, 2008 and CEI is looking for creative individuals to challenge the car-hating hypocracy.
Film a video critique of Car-Free Day and enter it in this CEI contest.
Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics is pleased to announce that submissions for the 2008 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition are now being accepted.
2008 Liberty Summer Seminar
"This year's Liberty Summer Seminar [hosted by the Institute for Liberal Studies] will take place from July 26 - 27 this year. Now in its eighth year the Liberty Summer Seminar brings together people interested in discussing the ideas of liberty in a casual, outdoor environment. Our speakers and our attendees span the political spectrum. We'll hope you'll join us for a weekend of camping, singing, eating and thinking."
IHS High School Essay Contest
The Institute for Humane Studies is pleased to announce their first annual essay contest for high school seniors, with a chance to win $3000 in prizes. The essay topic is George Orwell's Animal Farm.
The Bastiat Prize for Journalism
"The prize was developed to encourage and reward writers whose published works promote the institutions of a free society: limited government, rule of law brokered by an independent judiciary, protection of private property, free markets, free speech, and sound science."
Cato.ru Launches Russian Essay Contest
Cato.Ru launches an essay contest for students and recent graduates. Participants are invited to submit their essays on various problems in the area of property rights. Essays must be submitted in Russian (NO English submissions accepted).
Freedom's Campaign in the 21st Century
Would you like to meet like-minded people from all over the world? Or have a spectacular vacation while sharing ideas on how freedom will be advanced, enhanced, and defended? If so, Cato University is definitely for you.
Students for Liberty Conference an Enormous Success
By Joey Coon: "On February 22nd Columbia University saw some of the sharpest minds and most dedicated students from across the country and around the world gather for the first annual Students for Liberty Conference. Over one hundred students from as far west as California and as far east as the Ukraine gathered for a weekend packed with lectures and workshops from some of the libertarian movement’s most prominent scholars and activists."
Stupor Tuesday
"Come out on Tuesday, February 5, and join the staff of Reason [Magazine] as we celebrate what we like to think of as 'Stupor Tuesday,' the concentrated gaggle of laughter-and-tear-inducing presidential primaries that is consuming more oxygen than all the greenhouse gas emissions in the world."
Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
Twilight at Monticello is an unprecedented and engrossing personal look at Thomas Jefferson in his final years that will change the way readers think about him. During the years from his return to Monticello in 1809 until his death in 1826, Jefferson dealt with illness and debt, corresponded with the leading figures of the Revolution, and became a radical decentralist and admirer of the New England townships, where, he believed, the real fire of liberty burned bright.
NATO's New Troubles: Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Future of the Alliance
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is facing a host of new challenges. In Afghanistan, NATO’s forces are being relentlessly attacked by the Taliban, and popular support for maintaining troops there is fading. The proposed deployment of antiballistic missiles, a potential flashpoint in Kosovo, and the growing tension between Russia and some of its neighbors all have the potential to divide members of the alliance. Meanwhile, NATO’s inability to deter a cyber attack that virtually paralyzed NATO member Estonia’s access to the Internet raises questions about the alliance’s ability to protect its newest members.
Students for Liberty Conference
"It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to participate in the first ever Students for Liberty Conference (SFLC).Organized by students and for students, the SFLC’s mission is to bring undergraduate and graduate students together to learn more about the cause of liberty an how to best promote liberty on college campuses."
Essay Contest: The Benefits of a Free Market Economy
The Association of Private Enterprise Education invites students 25 years and younger to submit essays on one of three topics. Cash awards totaling over $6,000 will be distributed among the top four finalists!
Humane Studies Fellowships
Awards of up to $12,000 for students interested in a freer society. Deadline: December 31.
IHS Free Summer Seminars
Explore the ideas of liberty while interacting with top faculty and students from around the world. Housing, meals, and books included. Deadline to apply: March 31.
IHS Production Internships
Spring, summer, and fall filmmaking, television and animation internships at major production houses and cutting edge, innovative independents. Deadlines: December 15, March 1, July 31
IHS Broadcast Journalism Internships
Fall, spring, and summer research/writing internships at major news outlets. Deadlines: December 15, March 1, July 31.
IHS Journalism Internships
Reporting/writing internships at daily newspapers across the country. Deadlines: Early Application: November 1, Final: January 31.
Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program
Public Policy and non-profit leadership internships in Washington, DC, and at state-based organizations. Deadline: January 31.
IHS Academic Writing Competition
Undergrads: $2,000 in prizes for the best undergraduate submissions on the topic of progress, prosperity, and human flourishing. Grads:Recognizing the best published and unpublished work by graduate students on progress, prosperity, and human flourishing. $2,000 in prizes and the possibility of presenting research at the 2008 Social Change Workshop.
The Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation Internship Program
"The Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation Internship Program was established to develop the next generation of liberty-minded leaders and entrepreneurs. Over the course of the program, Interns engage in key Foundation projects while learning and applying Market-Based Management."
Opportunities at Human Rights First
"Human Rights First believes that building respect for human rights and the rule of law will help ensure the dignity to which every individual is entitled and will stem tyranny, extremism, intolerance, and violence."
Join Amnesty International
"When you join Amnesty International, you become part of a worldwide movement. As an individual member, or as part of a local group or a specialist network, your individual voice will join with countless others to build pressure for change."
Opportunities at Human Rights Watch
"Employment at Human Rights Watch means joining a dedicated and diverse staff committed to the protection and preservation of international human rights. Our staff members, all experts in their field, come from over 40 countries around the world and speak over 50 languages. We strive to provide our employees with pleasant and productive working conditions and want to help them derive satisfaction and a sense of fulfillment from their jobs."
Internship at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
"The mission of FIRE is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience—the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity. FIRE's core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them."
IES Europe
IES Europe organizes international events, including its annual summer seminars. A great opportunity for young people to benefit from intercultural and intellectual exchanges, and to learn about classical liberalism.
Freedom House Employment Opportunities
Throughout its history, Freedom House has opposed tyranny around the world, including dictatorships in Latin America, apartheid in South Africa, Soviet domination of Central and Eastern Europe, and religiously-based totalitarian regimes such as those governing Sudan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Freedom House has promoted the growth of freedom by encouraging U.S. policymakers, international institutions, and the governments of established democracies to adopt policies that advance human rights and democracy around the world.
Mont Pelerin Society Hayek Essay Contest
Take part in an essay competition with one of the oldest and most influential classical liberal organizations in the world. Winners receive a travel/registration grant to participate in the next meeting!
International Policy Network Bastiat Prize
The Bastiat Prize for Journalism was inspired by the 19th-century French philosopher and journalist Frédéric Bastiat. The prize was developed to encourage and reward writers whose published works eloquently and wittily elucidate the institutions of a free society: limited government, rule of law brokered by an independent judiciary, protection of private property, free markets, free speech, and sound science.
Cato Institute Internship Program
Work for a leading think tank on cutting edge policy research. Cato interns assist policy staff as researchers; work with the conference department to organize policy conferences, debates, and forums; attend seminars and conferences; and assist Cato's professional staff by copying and filing newspaper articles, distributing materials to congressional offices, and preparing mailings. In addition to their research and other duties, interns take part in regular seminars on politics, economics, law, and philosophy, as well as a series of lectures and films on libertarian themes.
Foundation for Economic Education
Fee interns assist staff in research, development, marketing, and outreach. In addition to their duties interns participate in a special weekly seminar on economics and history of collectivism and classical liberalism. Interns are encouraged to write for the Foundation's magazine The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty and attend all of the Foundation's lectures, programs, and seminars.
Reason
The Reason Foundation "advances a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law." Here's how you can work for them.
National Center for Policy Analysis
Internship opportunities with the National Center for Policy Analysis
Jeff Metcalf Fellows Program
Paid internship opportunities for students at the University of Chicago
Foundation for Teaching Economics
Internship opportunities from the Foundation for Teaching Economics
Heritage Foundation Young Leaders Program
The Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders program has information about internships and fellowships, together with a job bank
The James Buchanan Center for Political Economy
Graduate research assistantships available to graduate students at George Mason University
Acton Institute University
Acton University is a unique, four-day exploration of the intellectual foundations of a free society. Guided by a distinguished, international faculty, Acton University is an opportunity to deepen your knowledge and integrate rigorous philosophy, Christian theology and sound economics.
Liberty & Society Program
A student program exploring the foundations of a free society, Liberty and Society is a unique conference program for young people who have left school and are aged 18 to 30 and live in Australia, New Zealand or the South Pacific. The goal of the Liberty and Society conferences is to create an intellectual environment where ideas and opinions about what makes a free society can be discussed, argued and learnt.
Property and Environment Research Center
Student programs at the Property and Environment Research Center
Young America's Foundation
The National Conservative Student Conference is the signature college conference of Young America's Foundation. The only event of its kind, the intensive six-day conference brings young people together with conservatism's biggest stars, and provides an entry point into the Conservative Movement.
Cato University
This annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country -- business and professional people, retirees, small business owners, high school and college students, employees of large and small firms, families, and many others who share a commitment to liberty and learning.
Mackinac Center for Public Policy Analysis Debate Workshops
The Mackinac Center is a nonpartisan research and educational institute devoted to improving the quality of life for all Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions. The Center is broadening the debate on issues that has for many years been dominated by the belief that government intervention should be the standard solution.
Institute for Justice
The Institute for Justice holds its acclaimed Law Student Conference at the George Washington University each July. The annual conference covers the Institute for Justice's four litigation pillars: First Amendment rights, school choice, economic liberty and private property rights.¬?
Foundation for Economic Education
Every summer for more than forty years, FEE has welcomed students to their noted week-long seminars celebrating the freedom philosophy. With renowned speakers and experienced discussion leaders, FEE seminars are a great opportunity for those who seek a better understanding of the foundations of a free society and the market economy. Students and teachers alike enjoy the unique ambiance of a FEE seminar with its stimulating mix of lively presentations and informal discussions.