2008 Summer Interns and Placement Organizations
For Summer 2008, the Human Rights Program has helped place twenty-four students in summer internships across the globe. To view our interns for Summer 2008, click here. To view placement organizations that are sponsoring students during Summer 2008, click here.
Information for Students
(Please note: Stay tuned for updated information in Fall 2008 for how to apply for summer internships for Summer 2009.) Summer fellowships for human rights internships are a central part of the Harvard human rights experience and provide rich professional, personal, and intellectual opportunities. Many students and alumni/ae who are committed to human rights were introduced to the field through an internship. Interns work for at least ten weeks with nongovernmental or intergovernmental organizations concerned with human rights, almost exclusively outside the United States (except for LL.Ms). The Program encourages interns to work in organizations in the developing world that are actively involved in monitoring and responding to human rights violations, grass roots mobilization, or similar activities. Students are free to seek out organizations and design new internships. Twenty-three years of experience has left HRP with a rich source of information on NGOs and the experiences of past interns.
HRP advises students who are seeking internships and, upon their return, helps students to build on the experience through the law school curriculum, clinical work and third year writing. Many students have drawn on their experience to write articles published in the Harvard Human Rights Journal and elsewhere. The fellowships are only open to current J.D. and LL.M. students. The Program will also assist students who are not seeking financial support to obtain information.
Information for NGOs and IGOs
We are constantly seeking new organizations interested in hosting interns. If your organization is interested in hosting HRP interns, please contact the Program at hrp@law.harvard.edu to request that we send via fax or email a copy of our NGO Datasheet for you to complete.
Summary of Summer Internships for 2008