If you are interested in pursuing a Henigson Human Rights Fellowship, please read the guidelines below and contact Mindy Jane Roseman,
Academic Director of the Human Rights Program at mroseman@law.harvard.edu or 617-495-6912.
Description
The Human Rights Program is currently
accepting applications for Henigson Human Rights Fellowships for 2007-2008.
The Henigson Human Rights
Fellowships are for HLS students and recent graduates with a demonstrated commitment to international human rights and an interest in working
in the field. They are intended to enable students to make a valuable contribution to human rights during the year of the fellowship and to help
students to build human rights work into their careers.
The Henigson Fellowships were made possible by a generous gift to HRP from Robert ’55 and Phyllis Henigson. Henigson Fellows spend ten to twelve
months working with a nongovernmental human rights organization in the developing world. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $22,000
(with additional transitional support after the fellowship of up to $5000, under conditions described below).
Eligibility
For current and former J.D. students: 3Ls expecting to receive the J.D. degree in June 2007, as well as J.D. graduates from 2005 or 2006 who
(i) currently clerk for a judge; (ii) are engaged in full-time public interest work; or (iii) were active in human rights or public interest
work while students at HLS.
For LL.M. students: Students who expect to receive the LL.M. degree in 2007, and who come from and will return to a country other than the United States.
Applications should be submitted to HRP by March 5, 2007. Decisions will be made by March 23, 2007. Interviews may be required for finalists. The Faculty
Committee awarding the fellowships is not required to award any fellowships in the absence of sufficiently qualified applicants.
Purpose of the Fellowships
The Henigson Human Rights Fellowships are for HLS students with a demonstrated commitment to international human rights and an interest in working
in the field. They are intended to enable students to make a valuable contribution to human rights during the year of the fellowship and to help
students to build human rights work into their careers, whether those careers are in academic life, in governmental or intergovernmental organizations,
as activists, or as legal practitioners.
The fellowships are not intended to permit research at an academic or other institution. They contemplate a fellow’s active participation in the
work of nongovernmental human rights organizations.
Funding Amounts and Restrictions
Fellowship awards are made without regard to financial need. The amount of the fellowship will be $22,000 for the fellowship period. Fellows who
are intending to pursue work in international public interest immediately following the fellowship may also be eligible for an additional amount
of up to $5,000 of “transition funding.” The transition funds would enable the fellow to spend up to three months preparing a written report – law
review article, magazine piece, advocacy proposal, etc. – based on the fellowship, as one step toward finding a position in human rights or a related
field. Fellows would be expected to spend some portion of the three months in residence at HRP, but could use a portion of the funds for approved travel
to explore job possibilities. Fellows interested in the transition funding should contact HRP when they have completed at least the first half of the
fellowship period.
Fellows may supplement the fellowship from other grants and awards up to a limit of $10,000. HRP may reduce the amount of its grant to correspond to
other grants in excess of that amount. Fellows are required to keep HRP informed of funding.
To apply for a Henigson Human Rights Fellowship,
please click here.
To view previous Henigson Human Rights Fellows,
please click here.
