Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... 3 ABOUT UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW ........................................................................................... 3 ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW PROGRAM ........................... 3 ABOUT THE PROMISE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ................................................ 3 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 4 I. PATHS WITHIN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS ............... 4 TYPE OF WORK...................................................................................................................................................... 5 LITIGATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 RESEARCH & ACADEMIA ............................................................................................................................ 5 LOBBYING & ADVOCACY ............................................................................................................................ 5 ORGANIZING .................................................................................................................................................... 6 ADJUDICATING................................................................................................................................................ 6 POLICYMAKING & NEGOTIATION ......................................................................................................... 6 INNOVATION & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ................................................................................ 6 PRACTICAL FIELDWORK / OPERATIONS ............................................................................................. 7 DIFFERENT SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................................................... 7 UNITED NATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 7 REGIONAL / NATIONAL BODIES ............................................................................................................... 8 INTERNATIONAL AND MIXED CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS ................................................................. 8 INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS .................................................... 8 U.S. BASED ORGANIZATIONS / GOVERNMENT / FIRMS .............................................................. 10 II. ALUMNI NARRATIVES .................................................................................................. 12 ANDREW BOYLE ‘08 ........................................................................................................................................... 12 JESSICA EBY ‘14 ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 CRISTIAN GONZÁLEZ CABRERA ‘17.............................................................................................................15 SHANE LE MASTER ‘17 ........................................................................................................................................ 17 RONALD PORCELLI ‘16 .......................................................................................................................................18 SHIRIN TAVAKOLI ‘17 ......................................................................................................................................... 19 JESSIE TEMPLE ‘16 ................................................................................................................................................ 20 III. PREPARING FOR CAREERS IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS ............................................................................................................................ 21 1L STUDENTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 COURSEWORK AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ............................................................. 21 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS: WHEN AND WHERE TO APPLY ........................................................... 22 THE 1L SUMMER EXPERIENCE ............................................................................................................... 22 2L STUDENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 COURSEWORK AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ............................................................. 23 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS: WHEN AND WHERE TO APPLY ........................................................... 23 THE 2L SUMMER EXPERIENCE ............................................................................................................... 23 3L STUDENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 COURSEWORK AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ............................................................. 23 WHEN AND WHERE TO APPLY .............................................................................................................. 24 CLERKSHIPS .................................................................................................................................................... 24 CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA .................................................................................... 24 INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ...................................................................................................... 24 1 Careers in Public International Law & Human Rights INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS ............................................................................................... 24 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COURTS & COMMISSIONS .................................................... 24 IV. STUDENT NARRATIVES ............................................................................................... 25 CHRISTINA AVALOS ‘19 .................................................................................................................................... 25 LAURA BLOOM ‘18 ............................................................................................................................................... 26 ERIN N. FRENCH ‘19 ........................................................................................................................................... 26 AMELIA KIMBEL ‘19 ............................................................................................................................................. 27 RIE OHTA ‘19 .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 IHAAB SYED ‘19...................................................................................................................................................... 29 KRISTINE UEDA ‘19 ............................................................................................................................................. 30 V. INTERVIEW PREPARATION ......................................................................................... 31 SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ................................................................................................................ 31 VI. FELLOWSHIPS ................................................................................................................ 32 ARYEH NEIER FELLOWSHIP .......................................................................................................................... 32 EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS FELLOWSHIP .................................................................................................... 32 OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION ...................................................................................................................... 33 PROMISE INSTITUTE POST-GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS ................................................................... 33 SKADDEN FELLOWSHIP................................................................................................................................... 33 UC PRESIDENT’S PUBLIC LAW SERVICE FELLOWSHIP ..................................................................... 33 VII. HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW ORGANIZATIONS ........... 33 BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS.................................................................................................................. 33 DEMOCRACY / RULE OF LAW / TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE ................................................................ 34 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................................... 34 ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................................................... 35 EQUALITY / WOMEN’S RIGHTS ...................................................................................................................