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Global & International

For Students

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Opportunities for Current Students

  •  gives JD students the opportunity to spend a semester immersed in the law and legal culture of another part of the world through an academic program designed and administered by the Law School in cooperation with local partners. The abroad sites are located in Buenos Aires and Paris.
  •  allow ÈâÂþÎÝ Law students to take courses at 11 universities located on four continents.  are also eligible to apply to ÈâÂþÎÝ Law as exchange students.  
  •  allow ÈâÂþÎÝ Law students to travel and test their oral arguments against other law students.
  • is for students with outstanding academic backgrounds and strong international law interests.
  • The  offers support to  and ; they also have a .
  • : ÈâÂþÎÝ offers students interested in improving or developing foreign language skills a variety of alternative forms of language instruction, including courses, software, language coaching, and language tables.

Postgraduate fellowships open to JD students

  •  provides two graduating JD students with the opportunity to spend one year working with an innovative human rights organization.

  • ÈâÂþÎÝ Public Interest Law Fellowship: Graduating third-year students at ÈâÂþÎÝ Law are invited to apply for an ÈâÂþÎÝ Public Interest Law Center (PILC) Fellowship with a public interest host organization in the United States or abroad. Applicants may propose either a project-based fellowship or an issue-based fellowship at the sponsoring organization.

Postgraduate fellowships open to LLMs 

  •  are awarded to full-time LLM students on a competitive basis. They provide outstanding opportunities to gain experience working with international organizations in the areas of finance and development. 

Postgraduate fellowships open to JDs and LLMs

  • International Court of Justice Judicial Fellows Programme: In 2000, ÈâÂþÎÝ became the first American law school to initiate a clerkship program with the , and since then, the Law School has sent a recent graduate to serve in the ICJ’s Traineeship program every year. 
  • : The Bernstein Fellowship provides an opportunity for a recent graduate to spend one year doing human rights advocacy work at  in its New York or Hong Kong office. 
  • Arthur Helton Global Human Rights Fellowship:  The Helton fellowship supports one or more graduating students annually who have demonstrated a commitment to pursuing a career in international human rights law, and who have designed sound proposals for work at a host organization that they have chosen. 

Postgraduate fellowships open to JDs, LLMs, and JSDs

  •  helps students learn about the theory and practice of international law and human rights law through scholarship and practical experience gained through internships at prominent international organizations.