Resource Legislative Careers

ASLCS is dedicated to providing an effective forum for solving professional problems common to legislative clerical officers and their staffs. Legislative clerks and secretaries and their staff members work in a unique environment for which little formal training is available.

Communications staffers fill many different roles, from writers to photographers to civic education to social media developers. The common goal is to help the public—from schoolchildren to seniors—understand the legislative process, the role their elected officials play, and how they can play a part themselves.

Evaluators review state programs to provide the legislature recommendations for making government as efficient, effective and timely as possible.

The legislative branch wields the power of the purse. Fiscal staffers play an important role in analyzing the costs and benefits of a wide array of programs and policies. Members rely on you when they vote on issues in the budget. The greatest challenge is making complex issues understandable.

The Leadership Staff Section includes legislative staff who work for legislative leaders and party caucuses in a variety of roles.

The Research, Editorial, Legal and Committee Staff (RELACS) professional association is dedicated to fostering professional development and communication through NCSL among legislative employees who provide a multitude of services to state legislatures, including research, editing, legal services, committee staffing, bill drafting, code revision, administrative rules review and compilation, policy analysis, and constituent services. As a legislative staffer working in one of these areas, you are automatically a member of the association.

The Legislative Research Librarians Staff Section includes librarians and information specialists in legislative agencies. The members help lawmakers and staff with legislative research, information retrieval and other work involving legislative information, operations and procedures.

The Research, Editorial, Legal and Committee Staff (RELACS) professional association is dedicated to fostering professional development and communication through NCSL among legislative employees who provide a multitude of services to state legislatures, including research, editing, legal services, committee staffing, bill drafting, code revision, administrative rules review and compilation, policy analysis, and constituent services. As a legislative staffer working in one ofthese areas, you are automatically a member of the association.

Our members provide service and security to ensure efficient and effective operation for legislators, staff and the general public. As legislative staff, we maintain order in capitols and legislative buildings, serve committees, conduct tours, maintain buildings and grounds, manage pages and interns, and provide accounting, administration and medical services.

Information technology helps the development of public policy by providing infrastructure, software and services that make communication possible. The management and technical support of legislative systems involves the work of executives, managers, systems analysts, project managers, network engineers and administrators, software applications programmers and help desk support staff.