Interns spend a majority of their time doing legislative work and are exposed to the wide variety of experiences available in the General Assembly. The program also seeks to provide a sound theoretical understanding of State government by inclusion of a strong academic component. Appointments are announced in December by the Legislative Internship Committee which selects the individual interns after interviewing each applicant for the program. The Legislative Internship Committee assigns the interns to individual legislators with preference given to legislative leaders, committee chairmen and ranking members. A workable and mutually beneficial relationship between legislator and intern is a major goal of the intern program.
Every effort is made to assure a match satisfactory to both legislator and intern.
The Legislative Reference Section of the State Library is part of the executive branch of the State government. It provides a number of services to legislators and the public. Tours are conducted on each regular work day and on Saturdays from April through October. In March of 1997, the Connecticut General Assembly began a program to modernize the computer systems used in the Legislative process. All computing platforms at the General Assembly where updated as a part of this program.