International Consortium for Law and Development

Knowledge in the Service of Democratic Social Change

Now accepting applications for the Summer 2007 Intern Program and the Fall 2007 Residence and Intern Programs!

2006 Summer Interns

During the summer of 2006, ICLAD's interns compiled and assessed comparative law and experience information on on agriculture, water distribution, decentralization and emergency management to provide background information to consultants working with elected officials, NGO personnel and government drafters overseas. The interns also edited draft research reports and bills from the Distance Course and worked to expand ICLAD's reference materials on subjects such as the economic and social effects of different market liberalization strategies and on the ways different governments situate, and utilize, research centers. We are in the process of developing a wide array of materials on comparative law and experience which we will ultimately make available for reference by individuals using the Institutionalist Problem-Solving Methodology. Click here to view our Summer 2006 Intern Program Syllabus.

Our thanks go out to the following programs, for lending their financial support to ICLAD's summer 2006 interns: the Rapoport Summer Fellowship Program, Boston University School of Law's Public Interest Project and Suffolk University's Summer Public Service Fellowship Program.

We would also like to extend our congratulations to 2006 intern Annelies Lottman, who was selected as a University of Texas' Human Rights Scholar upon her return to school.

The Brandeis Internship Program

Throughout the 2006-7 academic year, ICLAD is hosting two students in Brandeis' Sustainable International Development Masters' Program. Arthur Arugungo is working on a project to improve agricultural opportunities for Rwanda's poor; while Jason Chang is researching mining in Peru, with a focus on assessing the effectiveness of possible monitoring and assessment strategies.

2005-6 Interns and Projects

Legal Interns in the summer of 2005

During the summer of 2005, interns conducted research into the influence that various constitutional forms have had on the relationship of ethnic minorities, women, the poor and the military to their government. By providing the Iraqi Parliament with information about the types of real-world effects that other countries’ constitutional provisions have had, ICLAD's interns will support the Iraqi Parliament's efforts to develop a constitution that structures the relationship between Iraqis and their government in a manner that is protective of the dignity of all citizens and that affords the citizenry with opportunities to monitor, and participate in, governmental decision-making processes.

ICLAD benefits from its first ever Distance Intern

With the fall of 2005 came ICLAD's first distance internship. Rob Horricks, an experienced attorney and graduate of the 2005 Distance Course on Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change, worked with us to revise and update the Distance Course materials. Rob has joined us as an editor for the 2006 session of the Distance Course.

The Brandeis Internship Program

ICLAD has been working with members of the ICLAD Advisory Board who provide leadership to the Brandeis University Sustainable International Development (SID) MA Program in the Heller School to develop a viable internship program to enable SID’s students to fulfill SID’s second year project requirement.    This builds on the very successful work of two SID interns, one of whom conducted the evaluation of the BU Program that helped lay the foundations for ICLAD’s establishment; the other drafted a bill and research report that form the core of a proposed book on the use of law to transform the inherited institutions that perpetuate the external dependence, poverty and powerlessness of so many African peoples.   Two students from April’s, Bob’s and Ann’s Brandeis SIDs course on Law and Development are participating in ICLAD's 2005-2006 internship program: Pumzo Mbana (a South African lawyer & Fulbright Fellow) joined us for the summer, and Silal Shafquat (a Pakistani national) who joined us for the 2005-2006 academic year. Pumzo spent his internship editing a book on the use of law to promote social change in africa. Silal is researching impact of the religion/state relationship on civic input processes and on the nature of constitutionally guaranteed rights.