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Human Rights Clinic Internship at UT School of Law – Spring 21

About the Human Rights Clinic

The Human Rights Clinic is a course in the School of Law’s Experiential Education section. Law students and other graduate students who take the Human Rights Clinic advocate on behalf of victims of human rights abuses. They work on a variety of projects. You can read more about the Human Rights Clinic here: https://law.utexas.edu/clinics/human‐rights/

Internship Information

The Human Rights Clinic seeks volunteer interns for the coming semester – Spring 2021

We are seeking a few unpaid interns to assist the students with their projects. In the past, interns have helped with tasks like making copies, scanning, translating documents, assembling materials for meetings, or assisting with mailing campaigns. Spanish language skills are a plus, but are not required.

The hours are very flexible, and the amount of time required varies from week to week. Some work must be done here at the law school, but often an intern’s work can be done remotely from home or from outside of the law school.

How to Apply

To apply to become an intern for the Human Rights Clinic, please send a copy of your resume to Ted Magee, the Clinic Administrator at: tmagee@law.utexas.edu

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Immigration Case Management Internship Available with the Equal Justice Center

Organization Profile:

The Equal Justice Center (EJC) is a non-profit law firm and social justice organization which empowers the immigrant community by providing free legal services throughout the state of Texas. We advocate for systemic reforms that strengthen immigration rights and work towards securing permanent immigration solutions for Dreamers. Through assistance of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program we are able to serve a large and vastly unrepresented community.

We have ongoing internships for: Fall semester (15 weeks), spring semester (15 weeks), and summer semester (12 weeks).

Internship:

Qualifications: Spanish fluency preferred.

Time Commitment: 10 hours per week.

Job Description:

  • Conduct detailed telephone interviews with numerous potential clients who contact the EJC seeking immigration legal assistance,
  • Open new matters and update existing cases in the EJC’s case management system,
  • Collect, upload and review client documents,
  • Prepare case files and assist with client applications,
  • Sort and record mail and government correspondence,
  • Assist in virtual community outreach efforts and virtual legal clinic preparation,
  • Research and assist with writing organizational public comments to proposed rule changes,
  • Other tasks and duties assigned.

Learning Opportunities: Interns are not required, but are invited to attend the virtual intensive course, alongside UT Law clinic students and other law student interns, to learn the basics of the substantive law and practice methods employed by EJC. The internship will also provide on-the-job training in handling confidential client information, community outreach, social media management and various immigration processes.

Academic Credit: Academic credit toward your major is likely available; please inquire with your college/university.

Cycle Deadlines: Applications are accepted on a rolling admission basis, but we recommend you consider the following deadlines. Fall: August 15 | Spring: December 15 | Summer: April 30

Apply: Fill out the application on our website (www.equaljusticecenter.org) and submit a one page cover letter, letter of recommendation and your resume by email to: phernandez@equaljusticecenter.org

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Call for Applications – Barbara Harlow Internship

Deadline: November 30, 2018

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas School of Law is currently considering applications for the Barbara Harlow Internship in Human Rights & Social Justice, for undergraduates interested in interning with us during the Spring semester 2019.

The Barbara Harlow Internship in Human Rights & Social Justice honors the life and work of BarbaraHarlow (1948-2017), who was the Louann and Larry Temple Centennial Professor of English Literature at the University of Texas. She was a committed colleague, friend, and mentor to countless students, activists, and intellectuals. As a collaboration between the Rapoport Center and the Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDP), the internship aims to introduce BDP students to Harlow’s scholarship and activism, and to encourage them to imagine future trajectories for her work.

This internship is chosen to honor Barbara Harlow because it was largely through her efforts that the Rapoport Center and the BDP partnered to create the Human Rights & Social Justice BDP certificate in 2009. Harlow chaired the faculty panel for the certificate from its inception until 2017. While the internship is open to all BDP students, regardless of which certificate they are pursuing, it is meant for students who are working on issues of social justice.

Though the internship is similar to the Rapoport Center’s standard undergraduate internship, it offers a higher stipend and requires three additional components:

  • In the cover letter, students should reflect (in one paragraph) on how Harlow’s scholarship and activism might influence their work with the Rapoport Center and their pursuit of human rights and social justice more broadly.
  • During the internship, each recipient will write a piece for our Human Rights Commentary page,which either engages directly with Harlow’s work or uses her work as a lens through which to engage critically with a topic.
  • After the internship, each recipient will create a poster to reflect on the internship, taking into account Harlow’s impact on their experience, and present it at the Annual BDP poster session in April. (Fall and Summer interns will submit at the end of their respective term, and then present in April.)

Required Qualifications

  • Commitment to working on issues of human rights and justice
  • Excellent writing and editing ability
  • Individual initiative and flexibility
  • Strong organizational and time management skills

How to Apply

Qualified students should submit the following materials through our online internship application:

  • Cover letter: State why you are interested in the position; demonstrate basic knowledge of our programs and activities
  • CV/Resume: Indicate any relevant skills and foreign language proficiency
  • Transcript: Unofficial is fine; an official copy can be mailed separately if needed, to arrive by the application deadline
  • List of three references: At least two must be UT faculty; include contact information; full letters not required
  • Writing sample: 3-5 pages; does not need to relate directly to human rights, although that is preferable

Questions?

Contact Ariel Travis at atravis@law.utexas.edu or 512-232-4857.