Internships 2008 Summer Opportunities
"An internship is for the most enthusiastic, motivated, and deserving students. There are many advantages, such as, favorable contact with prospective employers; experiences, insight, and knowledge drawn back from the classroom; self-discovery; and, first-hand experience which cannot be taught in the classroom. Interns are given the opportunity to “test the waters” before making lifelong commitments. Lastly, the internship is an excellent capstone experience for the Justice Systems major."—Dr. Matt Eichor, Emeritus
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Below are a few comments from 2005 interns' weekly and summary reports…….
Taryn Spoon interned with the Cass County Sheriff's
Office, Virginia, IL
Kenny Jacobs
interned with The Bowers Law Office, Kenny Jacobs conducted his internship with
The Bowers Law Office in Kansas City, Mo. Most of his time spent there was
focused on personal injury cases. He was able to do research on the cases,
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Erin Poettker spent
her summer at Six Flags,
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Examples of Agencies Hosting Truman
Office
of Prosecuting Attorney
U.S.
Secret Service
13th
Judicial Circuit, Juvenile Office
Missouri Board of Probation & Parole Columbia Police Department, MO
Law
Firm of Sorling, Northrup, et al.
Illinois State Police Decatur Police Department, IL
Cook
County Juvenile Court
Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney
Division of Youth Services
Missouri State Highway Patrol Peoria Police Department, IL
Law
Firm of Kerr, Waid, & Associates St. Joseph Police Department, MO
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms
Scott
County Juvenile Detention Center
Missouri Public Defender
10th
Judicial Circuit, Juvenile Office
Missouri State Legislature
41st
Judicial Circuit, Juvenile Office
Missouri Department of Conservation St. Louis County Police Department, MO
Iowa
Division of Criminal Investigation
2nd
Judicial Circuit, Juvenile Office Jefferson City Police Department, MO
Target
Stores, Assets Protection Team
Warren
County Sheriff’s Department Will County Coroner’s Office, Illinois Iowa State Penitentiary, Ft. Madison Chesterfiled Police Department, MO Six Flags at St. Louis, MO
Department of Corrections- Probation &
Missouri State Water Patrol
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Preferred Family Healthcare
The
Bowers Law Office LLC |
Taryn
Spoon spent eight weeks at the Cass County Sheriff’s Department experiencing
various aspects of the criminal justice field including county and city
patrol, and courts and corrections. She states, “ I learned the
process of conducting a traffic stop, a search, an arrest, issuing a
citation, serving the papers of the court, the process of booking an
inmate….all of these have contributed to my understanding of the way the law
enforcement field of criminal justice works.” Not only did she gain a better
understanding of the criminal justice field, but this internship allowed her
to see that if she decides not to practice law in the future, then she can
become a police officer.
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the court hearings for the cases, meet clients involved, sit in on a
settlement for the case, and even give his “expert ” opinions to one of the
lawyers regarding the case. This experience gave him a chance to see how the
whole legal system works, he said, “The time in court is very short compared
to the amount of correspondence and paperwork done up to that point.” Kenny
was very appreciative for having this opportunity, and he stated, “If the
second half goes as good as the first half I will have learned so much more
than I expected coming into this.”
Erin
Poettker spent her summer with the Six Flags Security Department in St.
Louis, Mo. She dealt with a lot of the same situations that police officers
would handle, such as lost children, injuries, suspicious people, vehicles,
thefts and fires just to name a few. During her first day she said, “I felt
as if I had been ‘thrown into the fire’,” but after she got acquainted with
her environment and the other police officers, she said, “I was ready to do
almost anything by myself.” Erin described her internship as “a fast paced
learning experience”. This internship helped her gain a wealth of knowledge,
and she states, “I plan on using this internship experience as a
stepping-stone into future law enforcement employment.”