Jobs, Internships & Co-ops

Criminal Justice Internships

There are many opportunities for internship experiences in our program. We have recently employed a full-time professional-in-residence with more than 20 years of experience in the system to help place students in meaningful internships. Over the past several years, we have placed students in federal, state and local criminal justice agencies including:

• DEA
• Federal Probation
• U.S. Marshals, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
• Niagara Falls Police Department
• Niagara County Probation Office
• Niagara County Sheriff ’s Office
• NYS Division on Consumer Fraud
• NYS Police
• NYS Department of Corrections
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
• Niagara County District Attorney's Office 
• U.S. Attorney’s Office (in Buffalo) 

Students have also taken advantage of semester-long internships in Washington, D.C. and with the New York state government in Albany.

Juniors, seniors and graduate students can perform internships for course credits by enrolling with Ron Winkley.

• Undergraduates enroll in CRJ 390 - Field Experience in Criminal Justice for fall internships, or CRJ 395 - Independent Study for spring or summer internships.
• Graduate students enroll in CRJ 600 - Independent Study/Supervised Readings for internships in any semester.

Finding an Internship

• Contact Ron Winkley in Timon Hall (Room 114) for  information and potential internship contacts. (rwinkley@niagara.edu)
• Look over the internship postings on the bulletin board in Timon Hall outside of Room 114.
• Visit the Cooperative Education Office in the lower level of Seton Hall. They have many internship postings and will help create a file to help you find an internship.