Employment opportunites also exist within the legislative domains of federal, state, and local government structures. These opportunities are generally of two sorts. The first involves working in the office of a legislator. For example, Congressional offices are filled with case workers, legislative specialists, public relations personnel, correspondence specialists, speech writers, and administrative and office managers. National legislators have offices in their home districts as well as in Washington.
Most state legislators have two offices as well.
Another type of employment opportunity in the legislative domain can be found within the legislative committee structure. Passing laws is a major preoccupation of legislative institutions and committees are crucial to this task. Legislative committees generally have staffs whose main job is to provide support for this aspect of the legislative process. This support includes research, investigation, and planning hearings for bills before the committees. The many advocacy groups that seek to influence public policy at all levels of government often employ political science majors.