Undergraduate Internships
- Working on human rights research and advocacy projects
- Learning how an academic center functions
- Engaging in human rights scholarship
- Gaining practical experience
- Collaborating with faculty, staff, and students
Interns play an important role at the Rapoport Center, and support various initiatives depending on their background, interest, and the needs of the Center. Primary duties include:
- Assisting with human rights research and advocacy projects
- Supporting the coordination and publicity of events and programs
- Expanding the Center’s social media outreach
- Providing administrative support for Center programs
- Contributing written work for press releases, website, and Annual Review publications
- Serving as liaison to UT undergraduate community (through the Human Rights Student Advisory Council) and helping develop Center’s undergraduate outreach
- Assisting Co-Directors, Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Rights Scholars, graduate students, and affiliated faculty with other projects and tasks as assigned
This is an unpaid internship. Selected interns should be available at least 10 hours per week during the semester, and 15-20 hours per week during the summer.
Application
Required Qualifications
- Commitment to working on issues of human rights and justice
- Excellent writing and editing ability
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Professional demeanor
The following qualifications may be preferred in some candidates:
- Demonstrated experience with publication, design, and website software (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite)
- Proficiency in a foreign language
- Experience with scholarly research and editing
- Journalism experience
How to Apply
Qualified students should submit the following items individually in PDF format via email (subject: Undergraduate Internship) to humanrights@law.utexas.edu:
- 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 acceptable; an official copy can be mailed if needed, to arrive by the application due date)
- List of three references (at least two must be UT faculty; include name, title, and contact information; full letters not required)
- Writing sample (3-5 pages; does not need to relate directly to human rights, although that is preferable)
Deadline
November 21, 2016
Contact
Contact us at humanrights@law.utexas.edu or 512-232-4857