Training & Event Highlights
Training tomorrow’s leaders today.
The Leadership Institute is America's premiere conservative training organization. As an intern, you will benefit from all the Leadership Institute has to offer.
All interns have the option of attending any training offered by the Leadership Institute, FREE of charge during their internship and for one year thereafter. Whether your interest lies with the media, political campaigns, fundraising or the internet, you'll receive the finest training available.
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Share a meal with some of the conservative movement’s top leaders.
Each week interns correspond with, meet and have dinner with top conservative leaders. From members of Congress to Supreme Court Justices to heads of major public policy groups, interns receive personal mentoring on how to achieve success and make a difference in government, politics, and the media.
Among the past speakers:
- Edwin Meese, former U.S. Attorney General
- Former Congressman Bob Barr
- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey
- Former U.N. Ambassador Charles Lichenstein
- Congressman Ron Paul
- Congresswoman Michele Bachmann
- Paul Weyrich, President, Free Congress Foundation
- Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform
- Loren Smith, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- Gary Aldrich, former FBI agent, author, and President, Patrick Henry Center
In addition to weekly speaker nights arranged by the Leadership Institute, interns are encouraged to attend issue briefings by other conservative organizations like the Cato Institute and Heritage Foundation.
Interns also go on group outings to Mount Vernon, the Briar Patch (Morton and Helen Blackwell's home in the Blue Ridge Mountains), the U.S. Capitol, the White House and other national landmarks.
