Criminal Justice Internship Prerequisites
- Criminal Justice major
- Senior status
- All interns must have a recommendation form completed by a professor or lecturer from the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice (Social Work or Criminal Justice faculty).
- All interns must complete an internship contract and provide an unofficial UW Tacoma transcript reflecting a 2.5 overall grade point average (GPA).
- All interns must have completed T CRIM 371: Helping Skills in Criminal Justice with a minimum 2.0 final grade.
- All interns must have completed at least one of the following courses with a minimum of a 2.0 final grade:
- T CRIM 370: Police and Society
- T CRIM 372: Adult Corrections
- T CRIM 360: Youth and Juvenile Justice Systems
- T CRIM 395: American Criminal Courts
What is the Criminal Justice Internship course?
The Criminal Justice Internship course (T CRIM 498) is aimed at providing students with an opportunity to learn through experience while receiving academic credit. The course is restricted to students who are Criminal Justice majors with senior status. A description of further prerequisites are articulated on the TCRIM 498 Application Summary and Checklist.
Relevant internships might include the following areas:
- Federal, state or local police agency
- Pre-trial, probation, parole
- Adult or juvenile corrections
- State or federal court
- Criminal or immigration law
- Juvenile justice
- Appropriate private security
- Non-profit agencies which provide support to victims; witnesses; and the accused
- Other relevant entities that provide support to the criminal justice system such as emergency management organizations, forensic laboratories, medical examiner’s offices, etc.
T CRIM 498 is limited to 20 students, so it is imperative that you apply as early as possible. You can apply in Winter Quarter, and need not wait until registration begins for Spring Quarter. All applications must be complete and submitted three weeks prior to the first day of the quarter.
- Secure an internship. There are two ways:
- The student can secure their internship individually. Internships secured in this manner must be approved by the department. To do this, you should provide details to Dr. Barb Toews via email at btoews@uw.edu.
- The student will receive internship opportunities via email from the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice. These are pre-approved and the student will follow the application directions as detailed by the agencies.
- Obtain a Criminal Justice Faculty Recommendation. This form is titled CJ INTERNSHIP RECOMMENDATION.
- Upon completion, referee should email a pdf of the recommendation to Dr. Toews at btoews@uw.edu
- Upon completion, referee should email a pdf of the recommendation to Dr. Toews at btoews@uw.edu
- Both the student and agency should complete their portions of the CJ INTERNSHIP CONTRACT.
- Submit the CJ Internship Contract, along with unofficial UWT transcripts, as attachments in an email to btoews@uw.edu.
- Submit the CJ Internship Contract, along with unofficial UWT transcripts, as attachments in an email to btoews@uw.edu.
- Enroll in the course during the Registration Period.
- An add code will be provided after all material has been submitted and reviewed.
Resume Assistance for Internship Positions
All students have a need for an updated resume and Career Development is here to assist! You can make an appointment with Career Development to help create and update your resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile. To schedule an appointment, please call 253-692-4421, email tcareer@uw.edu.
