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Just Transition and Legal Research Intern
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Conduct online legal research on news, commentaries, reports, court documents, lawsuits against companies, human rights and environmental abuses, and legislative developments .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Conduct online legal research on news, commentaries, reports, court documents, lawsuits against companies, human rights and environmental abuses, and legislative developments
- Compose abstracts and titles
- Create and update website information, including fixing broken links
- Research just energy transition lawsuits for the Just Transition Litigation Tracking Tool
- Draft concise and accessible lawsuit summaries
- Draft and update lawsuit profiles for the strategic litigation database
- Draft the Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update newsletter and participate in its dissemination
- Select key news items for the Centre’s Weekly Update
- Participate in virtual meetings, including fortnightly Global Team meetings
- Assist with general non-legal work, such as supporting the company response mechanism and liaising with relevant organisations
Requirements
What you’ll need- Currently enrolled in university
- Studying law (LLB/LLM/JD or similar) or having a legal background
- Academic and/or work experience carrying out legal research
- Ability to carry out general online research and summarise information clearly and succinctly
- Demonstrated academic or professional experience carrying out research and analysing information
- Interest in and commitment to promoting human rights, especially business and human rights
- Ability and willingness to do a large amount of routine data input daily
- Excellent English language skills (reading, writing and speaking)
- Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Availability for a minimum commitment of 14 hours per week for at least 4 months
- Ability to maintain at least 3.5 hours of overlap within 8:30am–6:00pm CET
- Fluency in French, Spanish, Arabic or Russian is desirable but not essential
- Good working knowledge of other languages is a plus
Benefits
Comp & perks- Reimbursement of lunch expenses up to GBP 7/USD 9/EUR 9 for interns who do not have funding for the internship from their university or other institution
- Remote work from home or university
- Regular contact via Microsoft Teams