Yurij Pawluk, a junior in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell, has been selected as one of two undergraduate students from around the country to take part in the Judicial Internship Program at the U.S. Supreme Court in the spring semester. Pawluk will work full time at the court.

The Judicial Internship Program, named by The Princeton Review as one of America's top 10 internship programs, chooses six undergraduates (two in each of three semesters) from about 240 applicants each year to intern at the Supreme Court.

"I'll be working for the administrative assistant to the chief justice, who is Chief Justice Rehnquist's 'right hand man' -- he writes speeches for him, coordinates conferences and takes care of any other needs the chief might have," said Pawluk, whose hometown is Pittsford, N.Y. "I'll be conducting research for speeches and reports, preparing memoranda on international legal and other issues, compiling media information relevant to the court and doing projects assigned to me by the judicial fellow, a college professor on sabbatical with the court who will be my immediate supervisor."

Pawluk also will have the opportunity to attend lunches and other events with prominent government and judicial officials, who may include present and retired justices, the U.S. attorney general, the U.S. solicitor general and others.

Pawluk's background in government includes working as a legislative aide to New York State Sen. James S. Alesi (R-55th Dist.) since 1997 and as the College of Human Ecology's representative to the Cornell Student Assembly since 1998. He also was a volunteer intern for the Monroe County Family Court this past summer and was a research assistant to Donald Tobias, Cornell associate professor of policy analysis and management, on a national leadership training evaluation project in the spring semester of 1999. He is set to graduate in May of 2001 with a double major in policy analysis and management and in human development.

Related World Wide Web sites:

• College of Human Ecology: http://www.human.cornell.edu/index.cfm
• Department of Policy Analysis and Management: http://www.human.cornell.edu/pam/index.cfm.