Human Rights Watch Orville Schell Jr. Fellowship
Human Rights Watch / Yale Law School
Postgraduate
United States
The Orville Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, in partnership with Human Rights Watch, offers a fellowship for recent law graduates to work with HRW's research teams on international human rights documentation. Fellows spend one year conducting research and advocacy on specific human rights issues across the globe. The fellowship is highly competitive and provides a salary, benefits, and access to HRW's global field operations. Fellows typically go on to careers in international human rights law, academia, NGO leadership, or government.
Recent JD graduates from accredited law schools; international human rights background; research skills
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