The American Bar Association (“ABA”) has an opportunity for an unpaid intern to gain valuable experience while contributing to the important work of the ABA. The details of the unpaid internship opportunity are as follows:
ABA Department/Section/Entity: Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)
Work Location: Combination of in office and remote/telework.
Duration of Internship: twelve (12) weeks If your academic institution or relevant program requires a different duration, please make note of such requirement in your cover letter and provide any supporting documentation for the ABA to consider.
Hours per week: Negotiable. If your academic institution or relevant program requires a different hourly requirement, please make note of such requirement in your cover letter and provide any supporting documentation for the ABA to consider.
Unpaid: This is an unpaid internship. Participation in the internship is not an offer of employment, and successful completion of the internship program does not entitle the selected intern to an employment offer from the ABA.
Description of Internship Opportunity: MEL office is looking for an intern interested in producing literature and evaluation reviews, briefs, summary papers on current issues in international development, analyzing ABA ROLI’s digital database for rule of law program indicators, knowledge product curation and collation, and conceptualization of learning events and short discussions on rule of law, human rights, institutional reform, and other sub-themes.
This would be particularly interesting for current graduate level student or a recent graduate with focus or coursework in international development, political science, data analysis, program evaluation, or development economics.
Typical assignments will include literature review, program documentation review, to identify good practices, examples, and gaps; support in developing training materials for in person and virtual settings, where needed; basic data analysis, preparation of briefs, summary papers, or data visualization, as well as organization of discussions on these briefs/topics to strengthen learning on specific focal topics.
Eligibility: Candidates must be 18 years old or older and:
• currently enrolled in (or in a deferred enrollment/gap year status recognized by) a post-secondary academic institution (i.e. undergraduate, graduate) and in a program/area of study directly related to the purpose of the internship program; or
• a recent (i.e. up to one (1) year) graduate of a post-secondary academic institution (i.e. undergraduate, graduate) with a degree in a program/area of study directly related to the purpose of the internship program.
Relevant Program/Area of Study:
• International Development, data analysis, program evaluation, development economics, or political science
Additional Desired Qualifications:
• French, Spanish, Arabic or Russian language skills
• Strong research and writing stills
How to apply
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to melrecruitment@americanbar.org no later than 5:00 pm CST on 5/12/2023.