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Law Human Rights voluntary work placements with Projects Abroad give you the opportunity to change legislation or make a difference to other people’s lives. You can become part of a vital resource, providing legal services to businesses, community organisations or individuals.

Projects Abroad’s Law and Human Rights internships offer a practical and constructive way to support positive action amongst marginalised groups and disadvantaged communities. Under experienced supervision, interns have a varied workload and the opportunity to gain a first-hand perspective of human rights advocacy and experience in legal casework in the developing world.

Human Rights interns work overseas in areas such as

- refugee rights

- domestic violence

- police accountability

- discrimination

- child trafficking

- women’s rights, and

- with young offenders.

In Argentina. Ghana and South Africa. interns work in dedicated Projects Abroad Human Rights Offices which provide advocacy, raise much-needed awareness of human rights, monitor vulnerable areas of society and strive to resolve human rights abuses through community outreaches, social justice workshops, legal aid services and research projects. In other countries such as Mongolia. Cambodia and Tanzania. interns are placed in local NGOs focusing on land rights, employment issues and women’s rights.

All these internships offer a unique and valuable international experience. To take part in the law placements in China, Mongolia and Cambodia, students should be studying law. However, for many of the human rights projects we welcome volunteers with no formal law experience who have good communication skills and a desire to work in the field of human rights.

Law & Human Rights project destinations:

If you’re interested in a career in the notoriously competitive legal profession, a voluntary placement with a well-respected law firm overseas could be a valuable addition to your CV.

We offer a wide variety of placements suitable for law graduates, law professionals wishing to take a career break, law students (during holidays) and people who have completed a law conversion course

In some destinations we also have some placements for pre-university students thinking of joining the legal profession and people with no formal law experience who have good communication skills and a desire to work in the field of human rights.

These overseas voluntary placements with Projects Abroad enable you to gain a unique insight into day-to-day legal practice, and the rules of law, while working in well-respected legal organisations in Africa or Asia.

Please let us know if you have any preferences so we can match you to the most appropriate placement.

"Before Cape Town, I really knew nothing about human rights. I learned more in my month of interning then I ever could have imagined. It was the first time in my life I felt like I was doing tangible work, and at the same time, I was actually touching the lives of people."

Emily Dennis

Law Human Rights volunteer in South Africa