The SLS International Internship Index Series
The International Internship Index is a binder series compiled by OCS that contains information on legal internships with the U.S.
Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, Intergovernmental Organizations, and International Courts. The binders are designed to
illustrate the variety of internationally focused internships and semester externships available.
The list included here is only updated one time each year. To see full information and application instructions for the internships listed below, consult the binders located in the International Section of the OCS Library (Room 145).
Intergovernmental Organizations
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- African Development Bank (AFDB)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
- Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
- European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
- UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
- UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
- UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
- The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCOPIL)
- OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
- The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- UN International Computing Center (ICC)
- International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
- UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (ICRI)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- International Labor Organization (ILO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- UN International Maritime Agency (IMO)
- UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
- The International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Permanent IOM Observer to the UN, New York
- International Trade Center (ITC)
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (ITLOS)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- World Conservation Union (IUCN)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- OAS Justice of the Americas - Centro de Estudios de Justicia de las Americas (OAS, CEJA)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
- UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA)
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- The United Nations Internship Program (UN, General)
- UN Office in Geneva (UN, Geneva)
- UN Office in Nairobi (UN, Nairobi)
- UN Office in Vienna (UN, Vienna)
- UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- UN Development Programme (UNDP)
- UN Environmental Program (UNEP)
- UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- UN Food & Agriculture Organization (UN FAO)
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
- UN Center for Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT)
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN IFAD)
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
- UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
- UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- UN Systems Staff College (UNSSC)
- UN University
- UN Volunteers
- World Economic Forum (WEF)
- World Food Program (WFP)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
International Courts
- Tribunals
- Andean Community Court of Justice (ACCJ)
- Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- Constitutional Court of South Africa (CCSA)
- Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEC)
- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Defense Support (ECCC)
- European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Foreign Clerkships with the Supreme Court of Israel (Israel SC)
- Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
- Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
- United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT)
- Courts of Arbitration
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICCommerce)
- World Bank (ICSID)
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Environmental NGOs
- The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
- Conservation Law Foundation (CLF)
- Conservation International (Conservation)
- Earthjustice
- EarthRights International
- Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW)
- Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
- Environmental Defense
- Friends of the Earth International Program (FOE)
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Development, Rule of Law, and Security NGOs
- ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA, RoL) - Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa
- Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS)
- American Enterprise institute (AEI)
- Americas Society and Council of the Americas
- American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court (AMICC)
- American Society of International Law (ASIL)
- British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
- Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
- The Carter Center
- Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
- Center for National Security Studies (CNSS)
- Consumers for World Trade (CWT)
- Development Group for Alternative Policies (Development GAP)
- Scowcroft Group and the Forum for International Policy (FIP)
- Citizens for Global Solutions (Global Solutions)
- Global Security Institute (GSI)
- Heritage Foundation (Heritage)
- Hudson Institute (Hudson)
- International Consortium for Law and Development (ICLAD)
- The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
- Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
- Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP)
- National Democratic Institute (NDI)
- National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
- National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)
- Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network (OSI)
- Peace Action Education Fund (PAEF)
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
- Transparency International
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Wilson)
- Washington International Trade Association (WITA)
- World Jurist Association (WJA)
- Human Rights NGOs
- Arab American Institute (AAIUSA)
- ABA Commission on Immigration (ABA, Immigration)
- ABA Public Service Summer Clerkship Program (ABA, PS)
- ABA Section of Dispute Resolution (ABA, SDR)
- ABA Section of International Law and Practice (ABA, SILP)
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
- Advocacy Forum
- Alliance for Justice (AFJ)
- Amnesty International
- Asia Society
- Asian Law Caucus
- ASIL Arthur C. Helton Fellowship, Human Rights and Refugees
- CARE
- The Carter Center
- Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
- Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
- Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR)
- Center for International Policy (CIP)
- The Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA)
- The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)
- European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)
- Fund for Peace (FFP)
- Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC)
- Global Rights
- Global Health Council (Global Health)
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- Human Rights First (HRF)
- Human Rights House in Moscow (HRH, Moscow)
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- International Crisis Group (ICG)
- International Commission for Jurists (ICJ)
- Indian Law Resource Center (Indian Law)
- Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Justica Global
- Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights (Kennedy)
- Legal Aid of Cambodia (LAC)
- Legal Momentum
- Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights (MAHR)
- National Women's Law Center (NWLC)
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Immigration and Refugee Services of America (Refugees USA)
- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC)
- Street Law, Inc.
- United Nations Association and the Business Council for the United Nations (UNA-USA)
- Volunteers in Asia (VIA)
- Vital Voices
- Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (WCRWC)
- Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
U.S. Government
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
- U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Inter-American Foundation (IAF)
- Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor (State, OLA)
- U.S. Department of State, General Graduate/Undergraduate Internship Program (State, General)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
- U.S. Court of International Trade (USCIT)
- U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
- U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
- United States Trade Representative (USTR)
Print Resources
Public Service and International Law: A Guide to
Professional Opportunities in the U.S. and Abroad, 3rd Edition, Yale/Harvard
Career Development & Public Interest Offices.
An excellent resource containing advice, personal narratives, and employer profiles for numerous inter-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies, United States government agencies, and non-governmental organizations.
Careers in International Affairs, 7th Edition, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
Discusses job search strategy and describes opportunities in government, international organizations, banking, business, business organizations, lobbying, consulting, international development, media, non-profits, and research institutes.
Careers in International Law, 2nd Edition, Mark W. Janis and Salli A. Swartz, American Bar Association
Section of International Law and Practice.
Provides career advice for lawyers and law students interested in pursuing and international
legal work; includes narratives describing various career directions such as international business law, in house positions international commercial arbitration, international trade, international humanitarian work, admiralty, international criminal, and academia.
International Opportunities Resource Guide, numerous contributors from law schools and law firms,
National Association of Law Placement.
Describes the major cross-border legal practice areas, contains profiles of attorneys practicing in international areas, and lists a wide variety of print and internet resources.
Serving the Public: A Job Search Guide (International), 6th Edition, Harvard Law School.
Provides an overview of international public interest law settings and practices, describes various means of entry into a public service career, and lists resources for fellowships, grants, and additional information regarding public service employers.
Online Resources
Additional Online International Career Resources may be accessed with the listed passwords.