One of the most significant roles of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center is our work to strongly position students for post-graduation success. Through the years, hundreds of students have parlayed their internships into permanent jobs.
Recent International Law Internships
Kaylara Benfield at Human Rights Watch.
Laura Graham at the International Criminal Court.
Nour Safi at the International Institute of Akron.
Aabid Shivji at the IFRC.
Emily Ghazoul at the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
Dalerys Feliciano Acevedo at INTERPOL.
Pearl Morttey at the Center for the Study of Democracy Sofia, Bulgaria.
Leading the Way in Foreign Internships and Study Abroad
For 30+ years, CWRU School of Law has expanded its foreign internship opportunities for students. To make these experiences financially viable, the Cox Center provides $75,000 in annual funding to support summer, semester-long and post-graduate unpaid internships and externships abroad or in the United States. Over the years, CWRU School of Law students have found practical work experience all over the world. Take a look at where they’ve left their mark.
- AIDS and Rights Alliance for South Africa (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Constitutional Court of South Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Equality Now (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Legal Resources Centre (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- International Justice Mission (Nairobi, Kenya)
- International Law Institute - South African Centre for Excellence (Kampala, Uganda and Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Institutional Reforms (Port Louis, Mauritius)
- Refugee Law Project, Center For Forced Migrants (Kampala, Uganda)
- Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, Office of the Prosecutor (Freetown, Sierra Leone, The Hague)
- Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (Kampala, Uganda)
- Aide Medicale Internationale (Yangon, Myanmar)
- Bar Council of Gujarat (Gujarat, India)
- Allbright Law Firm (Shanghai)
- Cambodian Center for Human Rights (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
- Documentation Center of Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
- End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (Bangkok)
- Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (Islamabad)
- International Bridges to Justice (Beijing)
- Interpol, Office of Legal Affairs (Singapore)
- Jingtian and Gongcheng (Shanghai)
- JTJB International Lawyers (Bangkok)
- Medecins Sans Frontieres (Rangoon, Burma)
- Senate Legal Counsel (Ngerulmud, Palau)
- Society for the Protection and Rights of the Child (Lahore, Pakistan)
- Supreme Court of India (New Delhi, India)
- Supreme Court of the Philippines (Manila, Philippines)
- United Nations Development Programme (Hanoi, Vietnam)
- United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (Dili, Timor-Leste)
- Solicitor Vinod Mistry and Company (Mumba, India)
- World Health Organization Centre for Health Development (Kobe, Japan)
- Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Ministry of National Security and Legal Affairs (Dominica West Indies)
- The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, Intellectual Property Office (Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis)
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica)
- Peru Ministry of Health, Office of Transparency and Defense of Human Rights (Lima, Peru)
- South American Trade Office (Santiago, Chile)
- Al-Haq, Defense of Human Rights (Ramallah, Palestine)
- Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (Amman, Jordan)
- Refugee Rights Clinic (Tel Aviv, Israel)
- Shurat HaDin Israel Law Centre (Tel Aviv, Israel)
- Amnesty International (London)
- Center for Study of Democracy (Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP (London)
- International Bar Association, Human Rights Institute (London)
- International Bridges to Justice (Geneva)
- International Criminal Court, Office of the Prosecutor, Chambers, Defense (The Hague)
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Geneva)
- International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (The Hague)
- International Trade Center (Geneva)
- Interpol, Office of Legal Affairs (Lyon, France)
- Office of the Mayor of the City of Paris (Paris)
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Office of General Counsel (The Hague)
- Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Office of General Counsel (Budapest)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
- United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva)
- U.S. Embassy (Berlin)
- U.S. Embassy (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Naval Support Activity Naples Legal Services Office / U.S. JAG Office (Naples, Italy)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva)
- Accountability Counsel (Washington, D.C.)
- Advanced Air Mobility Project (remote)
- Advancing Justice, Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco)
- American Friends Service Committee, Immigrant Services (Miami)
- American Gateways, Political Asylum Project of Austin (Austin, Texas)
- Amnesty International USA (Washington, D.C.)
- Asian Services in Action: ASIA (Cleveland)
- Department of Justice Canada, War Crimes Program (Ottawa, Ontario)
- Canada-US Law Institute (Cleveland)
- Carter Center: Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope (Atlanta)
- Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland, Migration and Refugee Services (Cleveland)
- Center for Human Rights and Environment (Florida)
- Center for International Environmental Law (Washington, D.C.)
- Council of Great Lakes Governors (Chicago)
- Federal Trade Commission (Washington, D.C.)
- Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics - FASPE (New York and Europe)
- Global Affairs Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)
- Great Lakes Aviation and Space Technology Alliance (Cleveland)
- Human Rights First (New York)
- Human Rights Watch, Klatsky Fellowship (Washington, D.C. and New York)
- Immigration Courts (Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit)
- Immigrant Defenders Law Center (Los Angeles)
- Institute for Justice and Democracy (Marshfield, Massachusetts)
- International Foundation of Art Research (New York)
- International Institute of Akron (Akron, Ohio)
- International Monetary Fund (Washington, D.C.)
- National Organization for Women (Washington, D.C.)
- National Security Law Center (Charlottesville, Virginia)
- Oasis Legal Services, Immigration (Berkeley, California)
- Organization of American States (Washington, D.C.)
- Parliament of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)
- Permanent Mission of Thailand to the U.N. (New York)
- Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the U.N. (New York)
- Public International Law and Policy Group (Washington, D.C.)
- Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (Washington, D.C.)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Washington, D.C.)
- United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (New York)
- U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps (various locations)
- U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps (various locations)
- U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps (various locations)
- U.S. Coast Guard, Legal Assistance (Cleveland and Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Court of International Trade (New York)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Chief Counsel (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of Justice, Joint Terrorism Unit (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration Review, Organized Crime and Gang Section (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Foreign Litigation, Civil Division (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of International Affairs, Criminal Division (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the Chief Counsel (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. International Trade Commission (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Office of Military Commissions (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Trade and Development Agency (Arlington, Virginia)
- World Bank (Washington, D.C.)