Human Rights USA uses impact litigation and other legal strategies to obtain justice for survivors of human rights violations, punish the violators, and ensure that the U.S. government complies with international human rights norms. Find out more about who we’ve helped and our issues. We offer both legal and graduate internships. All of our internship positions are unpaid. At this time, we do not have any openings for staff positions. Social Media Internship We are seeking a Social Media Intern to help us keep our website, blog, YouTube channel and Facebook page updated. Interns are expected to work 15 hours a week for the spring semester. Applicants should have strong communication and writing skills, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced working environment with limited resources. The Social Media Intern will spend most of his or her time writing about legal issues, so attention to detail and copy-editing skills are must. The Social Media Intern will also search YouTube looking for human rights videos to favorite for our YouTube channel, and will search for interesting and useful applications to include on our Facebook page. While we already have a website format in place, we need someone to ensure that our content is up-to-date, thorough, comprehendable to non-lawyers, accessible, and intuitively organized. We see our web presence as a tool to reach the public at large, the legal community, and equally important, potential donors. This is a fun internship with many opportunities to learn about what it means to be a human rights advocate, and to help some of the world's most vulnerable people. Deadlines:Application deadlines are rolling. Please send a resume and a cover letter in pdf form, describing your writing background, your experience working with social media, and what drives your interest in human rights, to:
Social Media Internship Program
World Organization for Human Rights USA
2029 P Street NW, Suite 202
Washington, D.C. 20036
or
E-mail your application materials as a pdf to: info [at] humanrightsusa [dot] org. We will contact top candidates to schedule an interview. No phone calls, please. Legal InternshipsWe have filled all of our positions for the Spring and Summer 2010 Internship sessions. Human Rights USA welcomes applications for Fall, Spring, and Summer internships from law students seeking deeply fulfilling, dynamic and fast-paced work witha small human rights, impact litigation organization. Interns play a key role in our organization and are given responsibility accordingly, making major contributions to the court complaints and legal briefs we file, and working on substantive projects. We give recognition to interns’ important contributions in all courtsubmissions they help to draft. Many of our current staff members begantheir careers at Human Rights USA as law student interns. In 2005, interns Sheku Sheikholeslami and Sapna Lalmalani were featured in an article in the Washington Post for their work on the Ahmed Abu Ali. For photos of our summer 2009 interns, please see our Facebook page.
Internships are unpaid. Human Rights USA encourages interns to seek academic credit or external funding from sources such as grants and fellowships. Interns will be expected to work 20 hours per week during the Fall and Spring semesters, and full-time during the Summer. Applicants should have completed their first year of law school, and must have a demonstrated interest in human rights, strong legal research and writing skills, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced working environment.
Human Rights USA values diversity in its staff and Board and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. Deadlines:Interns are selected on a rolling basis, with priority given to early applications. We will review applications received by the following dates, until positions are filled:
• December 4th for the Spring semester,
• February 1st for the Summer, and
• August 3rd for the Fall semester.
Human Rights USA strongly encourages interested students to apply for internships as early as possible. If you are interested in an internship, please send a cover letter specifying your preferred practice area (International Justice Project, Refugee & Detention Project, or Human Rights & Anti-Terrorism Project), résumé and writing sample to:
Legal Internship Program
World Organization for Human Rights USA
2029 P Street NW, Suite 202
Washington, D.C. 20036
or
E-mail your application materials as a pdf to: info [at] humanrightsusa [dot] org.
We will contact top candidates to schedule an interview. No phone calls, please.
We are delighted to receive applications from students at any law school. We currently have credited externship relationships with the following institutions:
• American University, Washington College of Law, Supervised Externship Program
• George Mason University School of Law, Supervised Externship Program
• George Washington University Law School, Outside Placement Program
• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. Externship Program
• Howard University School of Law, Externship Program
• The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Legal Externship
• University of D.C., David A. Clarke School of Law, Internship Program
We welcome applications from students attending other law schools that offer similar for-credit externship programs. Human Rights USA staff members regularly attend career fairs organized by American University Washington College of Law, George Washington School of Law, Georgetown Law Center, and Equal Justice Works. Please feel free to introduce yourself to a staff member at these career fairs to discuss our internship program in person. Graduate Internships
Human Rights USA welcomes applications for Fall, Spring, and Summer internships from graduate students in the fields of Business, Marketing, Non-Profit Management, Information Technology, Accounting & Finance, Journalism, Photography, Film, and other related fields.
As a graduate intern, you might work on website management, office management, development, grant writing, event planning, strategic planning, PR, marketing or media outreach projects.
Interns are expected to work 20 hours per week during the Fall and Spring Semesters, and full-time during the Summer. Applicants should have commenced their graduate studies at the time of application, and must have a demonstrated interest in human rights, women's rights, or related social justice causes, strong communication and writing skills, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced working environment with limited resources.
Human Rights USA values diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. Deadlines:Interns are selected on a rolling basis, with priority given to applications received by:
• December 4th for the Spring semester,
• February 1st for the Summer, and
• August 3rd for the Fall semester.
If you are interested in a graduate internship, please send a cover letter outlining your planned professional contribution to Human Rights USA, along with a résumé and writing sample or portfolio excerpt, to:
Graduate Internship Program World Organization for Human Rights USA 2029 P Street NW, Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 or E-mail your application materials in pdf format to: info [at] humanrightsusa [dot] org
We will contact top candidates to schedule an interview. No phone calls, please.
Jobs Human Rights USA is not currently hiring for full- or part-time paid positions. Any positions that become available will be posted on this website.
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