Internships are not used to recruit to organisations but they can be helpful in getting excellent experience and give you the edge in a particular area of expertise, e.g human rights law, family law, commercial property law. Recruitment can be very competitive and deadlines can fall a few months before the internships start, so plan ahead and do your research.
Some organisations who offer legal internships are below:
- Amicus-ALJ
3-6 month internship based in an office of a US death penalty attorney.
- Amicus-ALJ
3-6 month internship based in an office of a US death penalty attorney.
- Amnesty International - Interships
There are many different ways to get involved with Amnesty. Do an internship within International Organisational Law department for 4-6 months. You can act as an individual campaigner, join a specialist network, join the urgent action scheme, campaign as
- Anti-Slavery
Volunteer placements involve practical office-based work experience. The schedule is flexible - some volunteers work for as little as four hours a week, others for up to four days. A time commitment of three months is normal. There are volunteer positions
- Center for International Environmental Law
Committed to strengthening and using international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society.
- Committee of the Regions
Long term and short term traineeships available where you will acquire work experience in a European institution.
- Committee of the Regions
Long term and short term traineeships available where you will acquire work experience in a European institution.
- Common Law Section - Information on Student-Proposed Internships
Common Law students have the opportunity to pursue self-proposed internships during their studies at the University of Ottawa. Students have the opportunity to learn in a more practical setting, explore different legal fields and work environments, and ga
- CONSILIUM
Paid traineeships where the attendant is attached to a department and works as part of the team. They may be required to attend meetings of working parties (and possibly Coreper and Council meetings), draft minutes or carry out preparatory work or researc
- CONSILIUM
Paid traineeships where the attendant is attached to a department and works as part of the team. They may be required to attend meetings of working parties (and possibly Coreper and Council meetings), draft minutes or carry out preparatory work or researc
- CURIA
5 month long paid internships for newly qualified interpreters to be supervised as they perfect their interpreting skills, particularly in legal interpreting, which involves the preparation of case-files, terminological research and practical exercises in
- Environmental Law Foundation
A charity which helps people use the law to protect and improve their local environment and quality of life
Internships available in advice and referrals, sustainable communities and advertising, marketing and events.
- Environmental Law Foundation
Iternships available in advice and referrals, sustainable communities and advertising, marketing and events.
- EU Trademarks and Designs Registration Office
Five month traineeships offered twice a year providing training in industrial property and more specifically in trade mark law.
- European Commission - Traineeships Office
Winter and summer traineeships available with the European Commission.
- European Data Protection Supervisor
Five month traineeships are available twice a year allowing applicants to acquire practical experience of the day-to-day activities of the EDPS and specialising in data protection.
- European Law Students' Association
European Law Students' Association - has a membership of close to 30 000 students and recent graduates who are interested in law and have demonstrated commitment to international issues
- European Parliament
- Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
Acquire direct exposure to human rights work at local and international levels. It is designed to complement law, human rights, social work, social sciences, development and other international studies with practical experience in various aspects of democ
- Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
Acquire direct exposure to human rights work at local and international levels. It is designed to complement law, human rights, social work, social sciences, development and other international studies with practical experience in various aspects of democ
- Human Rights Watch - Fellowships
Help bring talented people from disadvantaged economic backgrounds into human rights. The Arthur Koenig fellowship is open to recent graduates (at the Master's level or above) in the fields of law, journalism, international relations, or other relevant st
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee
For students with a background in law or social sciences you'll assist the HHC in human rights monitoring and research, legal analysis, research, helping to organize events, project management tasks, program development and proposal writing, website maint
- ICC - International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent, permanent court that tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Offer both legal and non-legal internships.
- ICTY - TPIY
Various positions available in the Chambers and the Office of the Prosecuter.
Various positions available in the Chambers and the Office of the Prosecutor.
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights Internship and Professional Visit Program
This program provides internship opportunities in Costa Rica in law, international relations, political science, languages and translation for students and professionals. Selected candidates are not paid. Candidates must possess the motivation and skills
- International Bar Association
assist the IBA in developing academic papers and research on key legal topics of both local and international relevance with regards to human rights and business and economic law.
- International Court of Arbitration
Two months in length, internships are available in arbitration, ADR and expertise and promotion and marketing.
- International Criminal Court
3-6 month internships for hardworking students at the start of their career.
- International Criminal Court
3-6 month internships for hardworking students at the start of their career.
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Internships available when the business need is there.
- International Labour Organisation
You will be exposed to high-profile conferences, participate in meetings, and contribute to analytical work as well as exciting programmes and groundbreaking strategies.
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Interns are involved in the law of the sea, public international law, international organisations and international relations, political science, public information, publications and library science and translation.
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Interns are involved in the law of the sea, public international law, international organisations and international relations, political science, public information, publications and library science and translation.
- JUSTICE
Law students can apply for this internship where they will undertake legal research in one of JUSTICE's main areas of policy work: human rights, criminal justice or EU justice and home affairs.
- Kurdish Human Rights Project
For this legal internship interns will provide invaluable research and support assistance to the legal team, including but not exclusively work relating to its heavy caseload to the European Court of Human Rights and complaints to UN mechanisms and resear
- Law and Development Partnerships
The Law & Development Partnership provides high level strategic advice and support to developing country governments and donors. They specialise in justice and security, private sector development: governance and institutional development; and regional ec
- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Interns gain experience of the OSCE and to provide OSCE departments with qualified and specialised assistance in various professional fields.
- OSCE
Addresses a wide range of security-related concerns, including arms control, confidence- and security-building measures, human rights, national minorities, democratization, policing strategies, counter-terrorism and economic and environmental activities
- Permanent Court of Arbitration
Three month long internships giving interns a balance of legal and administrative assignments, enabling them to gain insight into the practical and legal aspects of international arbitration.
- Reprieve
Interns work for at least three months in death penalty law offices representing impoverished accused.
- SEO London
Works with high profile city law firms to broaden the opportunities available for under-represented groups and offers vacation schemes open to students from ethnic minorities.
- The European Ombudsman
Traineeships available twice a year, mainly to university Law graduates.
- The UN Refugee Agency
Six month unpaid internships in fundraising, legal protection, external relations, admin and finance. You'll gain an insight into the UN refugee agency and be contributing towards protecting refugees and asylum seekers.
- Transparency International
Global network including more than 90 locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation. These bodies fight bring together relevant players from government, civil society, business and the media to promote transparency in elections, in publi
Works together with governments, businesses and citizens to stop the abuse of power, bribery and secret deals
- UN Commission on International Trade Law
2-6 month internship in the Legislative Branch where interns work on the development of harmonized legislative texts.
- UN High Commission for Refugees - internships
Internship based on business need and intern's specialism. Examples include fields such as refugee protection (legal), international relations, administration and public affairs.
- UN Internship Programme
The UN Internship, based in New York is a two month programme which is offered three times a year. It can be extended to six months. High calibre graduate and post-graduate students will be placed in a department dependent on their specialism and in line
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - internships
Gives interns an understanding of current human rights issues at the international level and give them an insight into the work of the United Nations and OHCHR in particular.
- United Nations Crime and Justice Research Institute
Internd requried studying in areas such as international and national law; criminal, public, and comparative law; criminology; business administration; communication; development studies; economics; information technology; international relations; psychol
- United Nations Environment Programme
Three to six month internships available.
- World Trade Organisation
Internship programme for post-graduate university students wishing to gain practical experience and deeper knowledge of the multilateral trading system