Career Resources

• ABA-Section of International Law, Human Rights Committee E-Brief, www.abanet.org/abanet/common/email/listserv/listcommands.cfm?parm=subs
• lawschool.westlaw.com (Click on Job Postings, then Law Student Jobs Online, then Federal Careers for Attorneys).

• ABA International Human Rights Committee Job Search Links, http://sites.google.com/site/ihrcjoblistinglinks/home
• American Society of International Law, https://www.asil.org/resources/careers-international-law.
• Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), www.awid.org/jobs
• Communication Initiative, www.comminit.com/vacancies.html
• HRights Opportunities List (Yale, Schell Center), Great list serve of human rights openings. To subscribe, send an email to schell.law@yale.edu and specify you want to be added to the jobs list.
• Human Rights Blog, www.humanrightsblog.org/listings
• Human Rights Resource, www.hri.ca
• Human Rights Jobs, www.humanrightsjobs.com
• Human Rights Resource Center, www.hrusa.org/field/joblinks.shtm
• Human Rights Tools, jobs.humanrightstools.org
• Idealist (Action without Borders), www.idealist.org

• Devex, www.devex.com 
• Foreign Policy Association, www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact.htm

• Microfinance Gateway, www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/jobs
• One World, us.oneworld.net/jobs
• Pambazuka News (Africa-focused), pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/
• Peacebuilding Portal, peacebuildingportal.org
• PSJD, http://www.psjd.org/
• Public Interest Law Institute, http://www.pilnet.org/public-interest-law-news/pilnet-listings/archive/listing.html
• ReliefWeb, www.reliefweb.int/vacancies
• Foundation Center, www.foundationcenter.org
• Finding and Funding International Public Service Opportunities, www.pslawnet.org/assets/394_findingfundingintlpsoppor.pdf
• Human Rights Funders Group, www.hrfunders.org

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, dosfan.lib.uic.edu/acda/abtacda.htm

The agency’s legal department offers a fellowship for which law students are eligible.

Central Intelligence Agency, www.cia.gov

Law graduates are hired for the Legal Honors Program, and 2Ls for a paid summer clerkship.

Department of Defense, www.dod.gov 

Law students are hired for paid summer legal internships.

Export-Import Bank of the United States, www.exim.gov 

General Counsel’s office hires very small number of law students for summer internships.

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, www.ustr.gov

Overseas Private Investment Corporation, www.opic.gov

U.S. Agency for International Development, www.usaid.gov

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, www.usace.army.mil 

The office hires 5-10 law graduates each year for its Civilian Honors Law Graduate Program.

U.S. Department of Justice, www.usdoj.gov

Students with international interests should consider the following DOJ constituent groups: Antitrust, Civil, Criminal, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), Office of International Affairs and the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review.

U.S. Department of State, www.state.gov 

The Office of the Legal Adviser hires law students and graduates through Early Interview Week. Some of the Department work provides overseas placement or domestic work on international issues. The office also coordinates U.S. government recruitment efforts for the UN, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe, Organization of American States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

U.S. International Trade Commission, www.usitc.gov

U.S. Trade and Development Agency, www.tda.gov

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, www.usda.gov
• U.S. Department of Commerce, www.commerce.gov
• Commodities Futures Trading Commission, www.cftc.gov
• Congressional Research Service, www.loc.gov/crsinfo
• Federal Reserve Board, www.federalreserve.gov
• Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, www.ftc.gov
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission, www.nrc.gov
• Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov
• Office of International Affairs investigates enforcement problems, promotes cooperation among international bodies, and works on treaties. Law graduates are hired for the Advance Commitment program.
• U.S. Department of Transportation, www.dot.gov
• The Office of General Counsel has a small Office of International Law. The Honors Attorney Program is offered every two years for graduating law students.
• U.S. Department of the Treasury, www.ustreas.gov
• Coordinates U.S. recruitment efforts for the Inter-American Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Monetary Fund and World Bank.The Office of General Counsel hires graduates for its Legal Honors Program, with the possibility of assignment to handle legal issues for the Office of International Affairs which promotes economic growth and stability.
• U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, www.uscirf.gov

• United Nations Internship Programme, www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/sds/internsh/htm/funding.htm
• International Criminal Court, www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Recruitment
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, www.un.org/ictr
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,www.un.org/icty/pratical-e/index.htm
• JPO Programs, www.jposc.org/content/programme/other_programmes-en.html. JPO programs open junior professional positions with UN agencies to nationals of specified countries. Certain governments sponsor JPO positions for their nationals, and some sponsor positions for nationals of developing nations. JPO programs for US citizens are listed at www.state.gov/g/prm/jpoae
• PAE-REACT, www.pae-react.com. This is the contractor paid by the US State Department to select US citizens for seconded jobs with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
• United Nations, jobs.un.org/Galaxy/Release3/vacancy/vacancy.aspx. Check under “Human Rights,” “Legal,” and “Humanitarian Affairs.”For information on the competitive exam, see www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/exam.htm
• UN Development Program, www.undp.org/jobs. For information on UNDP Leadership Development Program, see www.undp.org/lead.
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/WorkStudyOpportunities.aspx. Theoretically the High Commissioner’s vacancies are all listed on the UN site, but in reality there are often jobs here that are never posted to the main site.
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees, www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c491.html
• UNICEF, www.unicef.org/employ/current.htm
• General Note: field offices of different agencies are increasingly creating their own websites that may have job information as well as more specific information on staff and activities, so it is a good idea to search for these sites as well. E.g. UNHCR in Sri Lanka is www.unhcr.lk, UNIFEM’s office for East and Southeast Asia is www.unifem-eseasia.org, and the OSCE in Bosnia is www.oscebih.org.

• American Bar Association Rule of Law Programs, new.abanet.org/hr/default.aspx
• Center for Constitutional Rights, http://www.ccrjustice.org/jobs 
• Center for International Environmental Law, www.ciel.org/Join/Join_Jobs.html
• Center for Reproductive Rights, www.crlp.org/ab_employment.html#lc
• Global Rights, www.globalrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wwcd_index_44
• Human Rights First, www.humanrightsfirst.org/about_us/about_us.htm
• Human Rights Watch, www.hrw.org/jobs
• International Center for Transitional Justice, www.ictj.org/en/about/jobs/index.html
• International Committee of the Red Cross, www.cicr.org
• International Crisis Group, www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1152&l=1
• International Rescue Committee, www.theirc.org/jobs/index.html
• Open Society Foundations, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/jobs-opportunities