Intern with the International Consortium for Law and Development!

ICLAD is currently accepting applications for its internship program for graduate and law school students interested in law and development. Summer and academic year internships are available. Internships can take a variety of forms, depending on the intern's areas of interest and expertise and ICLAD's institutional needs. Interns will be afforded opportunities to work on articles for publication, to received advanced training in legislative research and drafting methodology, to participate in developing university-level courses in topics related to legislative drafting and to gain insight into the potential for using law to resolve social problems. Interns may also work on project management, evaluation and organizational development.

Who should apply

This internship provides you with the opportunity to shape an emerging international organization, conduct policy research that will be used by policy makers, design university-level courses and work in close collaboration with university professors, legislative drafters and development practitioners throughout the world. Successful interns are highly motivated; take initiative; are able to work independently, and in collaboration with others; and are interested in exploring how law can be used as a tool for promoting democratic social change.

This internship is unpaid. We encourage you to seek funding through your school or through other sources.

To apply

Send a cover letter and resume to:

Attn: Lorna Seitz
International Consortium for Law and Development
P.O. Box 422
Boston University Station
Boston, MA 02215
Fax: 001-617-353-3077
lseitz@bu.edu

In your cover letter, please specify why you would like to intern with ICLAD, what your interests are and what you would like to achieve during your internship.

Examples of potential internship projects

• International Trade

Compiling information about how WTO agreements effect the ability of developing nations to use tariffs, subsidies, tax incentives, and other policy instruments to promote the development of vital industries. Identifying organizations currently researching the impact of the WTO on developing nations.

• Transformation of Dysfunctional Social and Economic Institutions

Analyzing the way inherited institutions foster developing countries' external dependence and poverty. Developing possible legislative strategies for restructuring economic institutions to contribute to more balanced, nationally-integrated development directed to providing full employment and improving the quality of life.

• Realizing and Implementing Human Rights

Utilizing legislative theory and problem-solving methodology as basis for legislative interventions to move the current rights and development discourse into more effective practice on the ground, particularly in respect to second and third generation human rights.

• Civil Participation in Governance

Conducting research into the factors that constrain civil participation in government decision making, and compiling information about the different strategies taken by governmental agencies and NGOs to increase the power of citizens to influence governmental decisions and policies.

• Developing Linkages

Compiling a database of the results generated by legislative attempts to resolve social problems. Developing methods for using the internet as a tool for facilitating the international exchange of ideas. Organizing international conferences on how various nations are using law as a tool for promoting democratic social change.

• Course Development

Developing course materials for in-country workshops on legislative drafting methodology, methodology and techniques; the Distance Course on Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change, the Residence/Visiting Scholars Program and on specialized issues (as the need arises).