Student Organizations: Drexel Law Democrats (DLD): Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law

navigation2.gif

Student Organizations: International Law and Human Rights Society (ILS)

Mission Statement: To support and sustain international legal studies, foster experiences abroad, and participate in the global legal community.

Our Goals:

To be a resource for students studying abroad
To enable students to experience and appreciate foreign culture, legal systems, and international law
To create awareness of international legal issues, and provide an outlet for action
To help shape the academic curriculum to reflect international legal issues

Interested in Global Affairs? Contact us at: internationallawdrexel@yahoo.com

Officers:

Co-Presidents:
Amanda Harris - anh28@drexel.edu
Milena Mladenovich - milena@drexel.edu

Vice President:
Sarah Nerino - sen28@drexel.edu

Treasurer:
Chad Strausbaugh - cas335@drexel.edu

Secretary:
Jennifer Root - jt363@drexel.edu

Job Resources:
American Bar Association has a Pro Bono website: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/ Another great website is the Foreign Policy Association >http://www.fpa.org/ and their job board http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact.htm but they're not exclusively legal internships. And yet another great site is the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations http://www.wango.org/ where you can search their world-wide NGO directory http://www.wango.org/resources.aspx?section=ngodir.

Some others: http://www.idealist.org/if/h
http://www.hri.ca/jobboard/joblinks.shtml

International Non-Governmental Organizations (got it from Harvard's career center site - http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cchrp/opportunities/resources.php)
American Friends Service Committee - http://www.afsc.org/jobs/default.htm
American Refugee Committee - http://www.archq.org/positions.shtml
Amnesty International - http://www.amnesty.org/en/employment (job board)
Amnesty International USA - http://www.amnestyusa.org/About_Us/Employment/page.do?id=1121001&n1=2&n2=20
B'Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories - http://www.btselem.org/
CARE - http://www.careusa.org/careers/
The Carter Center - http://www.cartercenter.org
Center for Strategic and International Studies - http://www.csis.org/employment/index.htm
Human Rights In China - http://www.hrichina.org/public/index
Human Rights Watch: Job Information: http://www.hrw.org/jobs/

Fellowship Opportunities: http://www.hrw.org/about/info/fellows.html
International Commission of Jurists http://www.icj.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=36&lang=en
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)- http://www.icrc.org/eng/jobs
International Human Rights Law Group- http://www.hrlawgroup.org/employment/
International Law Institute - http://www.ili.org/Employment.htm
International Organization for Migration - http://www.iom.int/en/who/main_vacancies.shtml
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims - http://www.irct.org/
Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights - http://www.lchr.org/about_us/about_us.htm
Oxfam - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/work_with_us/
Sierra Club International - http://www.sierraclub.org/jobs/index.asp
The Project On International Courts and Tribunals - http://www.pict-pcti.org/index.html
Global Volunteers (for those interested in an alternative spring break opportunity) - http://www.globalvolunteers.org/

* Note: This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of resources. We recommend that you talk to the Career and Professional Development Office (CPDO) and conduct additional research on your own.

Last Modified: 6/10/2008

Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law • 3320 Market Street • Philadelphia, PA 19104 • 215.571.4815
Apply: LawAdmissions@drexel.edu • Law Admissions: 215.895.1LAW
Drexel University © 2008