Capitol Applied Learning Labs

Career

ABOUT YOUR CAREER

Get incredible professional experience.

At The CALL, you’ll participate in a professional experience that powers up your resume and impresses future employers—whether that’s a traditional internship or a project-based opportunity through our Professional Experiential Seminars. And you won’t be on your own. Throughout the search process, you’ll work one-on-one with our Manager for Professional Development & Programs to get personalized guidance, identify your strengths and talents, define your aspirations, and explore the best pathways toward your career goals. You’ll also gain the tools to replicate successful internship and job searches long after your semester ends.

Ready to kickstart your career?

Skills, Coaching, Connection

Level Up Your Career

Personalized career coaching 

We’re with you every step of the way: get expert career coaching before, during, and after your time in the CALL.

Build a network now that opens doors later

Connect with peers, Hoya alums, and professionals during your internship who can shape your path after graduation.

You don’t have to choose between the right experience and your paycheck

Pursue a paid internship, or automatically be considered for a $3,600 stipend for unpaid internships. Either way, you still earn academic credit.

Earn digital badges that showcase your career-ready skills to employers

Build the skills and professional knowledge you need to succeed, and earn digital badges showcasing your strengths. These credentials highlight your career-ready skills and give you a competitive edge with employers.

“The CALL experience helped me on my current professional journey by allowing me to work with incredibly capable and talented professional coaches like Melissa and Abigail. Through their help, I learned more about the resources Cawley Career Center had to offer and the many professional development opportunities I had been missing out on.”

Michelle Ramos

CAS ’25

“The CALL made me seriously consider what I would like my future to look like. As a pre-law student, touring GULC and taking law classes confirmed that I want to pursue a J.D.”

Ella Lesher

CAS ’25, GU Law ’28

CALL students can deepen their experience even further through fellowships like Advancing Women’s Empowerment and Service, focused on leadership, and the Idol Family Summer Fellowship, an intensive summer program for students with high financial need. Learn more about our fellowships here!

Where Experience Meets Opportunity

At the CALL, Washington, D.C. becomes your classroom and your launchpad. With intensive career coaching and ongoing professional development, students are supported as they identify, apply for, and secure internships and other professional opportunities that match their interests and career goals. Whether you’re drawn to policy, media, business, advocacy, the arts, or science, the city offers a dynamic landscape to explore. CALL students have built their experiences across a wide range of organizations — here’s a sampling of where they’ve interned.

  • Ayuda
  • Father McKenna Center
  • Washington Lawyer’s Committee
  • Unite Here Local 25
  • DC Witness
  • Human Rights Institute at Georgetown Law
  • Autism Speaks
  • Girls Inc.
  • Georgetown Venture Lab
  • Woolly Mammoth Theatre
  • Street Sense Media
  • O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
  • The White House
  • US House of Representatives & Senate
  • The State Department
  • The Department of Defense
  • The Smithsonian Institution
  • US Chamber of Commerce
  • Library of Congress
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • The Brookings Institution
  • American Enterprise Institute
  • DC Attorney General’s Office
  • and More!