Global Legal Program 2015 Summer Internship

Center Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing reproductive freedom as a fundamental right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill. The Center engages in cutting-edge impact litigation, policy analysis, advocacy, research, and public education throughout the world, to achieve women’s equality in society and to ensure that all women have access to appropriate and freely chosen reproductive health services.Internship Summary: The Center’s Global Legal Program (GLP) collaborates with women’s rights organizations and advocates around the world to promote and defend internationally-recognized reproductive rights through a range of legal strategies and global initiatives. The Center works in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean, has a Global Advocacy program that leads its advocacy work before the United Nations and in other international fora, and has regional offices in Bogotá, Kathmandu and Nairobi, and soon in Geneva. Our activities include litigation to enforce reproductive rights norms in national, regional and international fora; developing advocacy tools and training materials to build the capacity and support the work of reproductive rights lawyers worldwide; monitoring and documenting violations of reproductive rights; and analyzing legal and policy developments relating to reproductive rights.

We seek to hire four skilled and highly-motivated legal interns in our New York office to help us pursue our mission of advancing women’s fundamental human rights this summer. The internship is full-time and ten weeks long’from June to August. Applicants are encouraged to obtain funding from law schools or other sources. This internship is eligible for a small stipend if outside funding cannot be obtained.

Our New York summer program also includes opportunities for lunches with experts in the field, social events, networking opportunities with other organizations, and other activities.

Responsibilities:

As an intern with GLP’s New York office, your primary job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist members of our legal team with researching and writing reproductive rights-related submissions to United Nations and regional human rights bodies.
• Conduct other general legal and policy research on international law, human rights law, and foreign and comparative law relating to reproductive rights.
• Prepare materials for advocacy in regional and international fora.

Qualifications:

• Strong legal research and writing skills.
• Demonstrated interest in gender or reproductive rights.
• 2Ls, 3Ls and LL.M. students with prior knowledge of human rights law are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply: Please click here to apply. A cover letter, résumé, and a short writing sample must be included in your application in order to be considered for this internship. Please also include contact information for two references and an unofficial transcript, if available. It is encouraged to include these application materials as attachments.

Mailing address:
Center for Reproductive Rights

GLP Summer Intern – 2015
120 Wall Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10005

Deadline for Applications: Applications will be made on a rolling basis as they come in and we will not hold the positions open for any specific time period. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply by November 28 2014.