Student/Intern Remote Legal Gazette Program

  • General Website: https://www.loc.gov/law/
  • Hosting Service Unit: Law Library
  • Program Contact: drd@loc.gov
  • Interests/Areas of Study: Law; History; Political science; Library science; Digital projects; Metadata; Humanities; Foreign language; Spanish; French; Portuguese
  • Citizenship: U.S. Citizen; Permanent Resident; Visa Holder
  • Application Period: Annually
  • Application Notes: This program is offered in the fall (Sept-Dec) and spring (Jan-Apr) semesters. The fall 2025 application period will open July 14, 2025, and remain open through August 15, 2025, or until filled. Decisions will be made on a periodic basis until full. Volunteers/Interns are expected to work approximately 12 hours per week for a minimum of 9 weeks within the dates/semester of the program. Returning interns and graduate students in library and information science are given priority, but all students and alumni are welcome to apply. To apply, please send an email during the open application period addressed to drd@loc.gov / recipient: Jennifer González. Use subject line: "Application for [semester] Remote Program: Gazettes." Please attach a PDF résumé and include a short cover letter in the body of your email that addresses any experience or interest in metadata, digital projects, US history, foreign languages, and/or the law. Be sure to include any/all foreign language reading proficiency.
  • Compensation: Non-paid
  • Academic Credit: The Library does not provide academic credit, but you may arrange with your school in advance to receive credit.
  • Available Benefits: No Benefits
  • Program Duration: Negotiable. Fall; Spring; Summer
  • Qualifications: Currently Enrolled Students; 1-year post graduation; Retired; Any

The Law Library of Congress seeks volunteers and interns for a project that will serve to increase the visibility of the Law Library of Congress foreign legal gazettes. This program allows volunteers and interns to learn about research and online searching from the “inside out” by creating metadata and keywords from legal material that will facilitate the discoverability of this material on the web.

Volunteers are able to work remotely with the convenience of flexible timing and asynchronous training. Volunteers and interns will review legal gazettes in a foreign language and enter fields into a spreadsheet to be used to create metadata for accessibility to the collections. This position is unpaid, but may be used for volunteer hours or course credit, if applicable to their school’s requirements.

Current language needs: Spanish, Portuguese, Bosnian/Russian