Internships
International Law, Development and Human Rights Fellowship Program
The 2011-2012 fellowship application is closed. The application process occurs during the fall semester.
The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, with the support of the IILJ and the Office of Graduate Affairs, coordinates a fellowship program in which about 20-25 students participate each year. The fellowship program provides selected JD, LLM. and J.S.D. students with substantive training in international law and funds summer internships at selected institutions overseas. Student fellows prepare research papers based on their work experience.
Fellowship Placements
In 2011, the LLM fellows were: Francesca Corbacho, Zachary Denver, Amali Dissanayake, Emma Dunlop, Maria Alejandra Etchegorry, Lisandra Fernandez, Isabelle Figaro, Semuteh Freeman, Manuel Gimenez, Scott Grossman, Daniel Hanna, Mateya Kelley, Jerilyn Laskie, Florencia Lebensohn, Maitreyi Misra, Trang (Mae) Nguyen, Bradley Nicholson, Helen Poitra-Chalmers, Michal Pomeranz, Joseph Rome, Kari Rotkin, Jaclyn Saffir, Benjamin Schachter, Valerie Scott, Carson Thomas, Julia Torti, Diana Tseng.
Placements in the area of international law and development for LLM students include: the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Development Law Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
For a list of current placements in international law and human rights for JD and LLM students, please consult the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. Additional information on the fellowship, including eligibility requirements and application materials, is available here.
Following are descriptions of just a few of the fellowship placements:
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
In summer 2009, one NYU School of Law student completed an internship at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. The tribunal was established by the United Nations after the genocide in Rwanda, and it has the mandate to bring to justice those most responsible. Law School interns have worked in each of the three parts of the tribunal: the Office of the Prosecutor, the Registry, and Trial Chambers.
International Law Commission
One of the Law School’s long-standing international programs funds five to seven positions each summer with the U.N. International Law Commission. The commission is the legal codification arm of the United Nations and meets in Geneva to consider proposals for treaties, declarations of principle, and other codification of norms. Students work with individual commissioners on subjects ranging from reservations to treaties, responsibility of international organizations and shared natural resources to the obligation to extradite or prosecute. Reports on ILC internships is available here.
Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The UNHCR’s mission is to protect and assist refugees in all parts of the world. Their efforts have become an integral part of U.N. humanitarian and peace-building operations in the former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, East Timor, and Afghanistan, among other places. In summer 2009, one student worked as an intern in UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, and one student worked in the UNHCR field office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reports on UNHCR internships are available here (NYU NetID and password required) .
A list of Fellows and their internship placements for the Summer 2010 is available here.
Preparatory Seminars
Each Spring, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, together with the IILJ, coordinates a series of seminars that prepare fellows for work at their assigned placements. The seminars are required for all fellows and are open to the wider law school community. A schedule of the Spring 2011 seminars is available here.
More information can be found at Center for Human Rights and Global Justice.
