HRP Summer Internships Summer internships are a central part of the Harvard human rights experience and provide rich professional, personal, and intellectual opportunities. HRP sponsors about 20 Harvard Law School students every summer to work as human rights interns. Interns work for at least ten weeks with nongovernmental or intergovernmental organizations concerned with human rights. A few positions are in the United States, but the large majority are abroad. The Program encourages interns to work in organizations in Third World states that are actively involved in monitoring and responding to human rights violations, grass roots mobilization, or similar activities.
Students are free to seek out organizations and design new internships.
Sixteen years of experience has left HRP with a rich source of information on NGOs and the experiences of past interns. HRP advises students who are seeking internships and, upon their return, helps students to build on the experience through the law school curriculum, clinical work and third year writing. Many students have drawn on their experience to write articles published in the Harvard Human Rights Journal and elsewhere. The internships are only open to current J.D. and LL.M. students. Those interested should visit HRP Offices to obtain our memorandum outlining procedures.