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International Public Interest Law Fellowship Program

The International Public Interest Law Fellowships allow students to work for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in countries around the world during the summer after their first or second year at Wayne Law. NGOs have agreed to partner with Wayne Law and host our students as summer interns. The partner organizations engage in advocacy on a broad range of issues including human rights, environment, women’s rights, law reform and more. Fellows will receive a $5,000 stipend to cover travel and living expenses for up to two months of work.

Partner organizations include:

  • People’s Watch - India
  • The Crisis Centre - Bahamas
  • MASUM-India
  • Jananeethi Institute-India
  • Dalit Foundation-India
  • ACRLI-Lebanon
  • Centro Prodh-Mexico

The application and instructions below describe what is required in an application. Successful applicants will be notified in late January.  

APPLICATION MATERIALS:

Instructions
Application

Call Holly Hughes at (313) 577-3620 or send an email to international.law@wayne.edu for more information.

Give to this program at http://cardinal.wayne.edu/wsugiving/give.cfm?deptid=10.

NON-PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACCEPTING INTERNS:

The following NGOs have declined to become partner organizations but are still willing to accept internship applications from Wayne Law students directly. Please note that scholarship funds are NOT available for internships at these non-partner organizations.