Adalah hosts several overseas professionals, recent graduates and students for legal and human rights advocacy and development fellowships and internships each year. Adalah offers a collegial work environment, challenging and varied responsibilities, and the opportunity to contribute significantly to the efforts of a groundbreaking human rights organization.
Recruitment for 2006-2007
Human Rights Advocacy and Development Fellow position. Opening expected in June / July 2006. The minimum commitment is for one year. Send CV and letter of interest to adalah@adalah.org.
Legal Fellow / Intern positions. Openings available in fall 2006 and year-round in 2007. The minimum commitment is for three months. Please apply as soon as possible. For Summer 2007, please apply by January 2007 (notification in mid-February). Send CV and letter of interest to adalah@adalah.org.
Human Rights Advocacy and Development Fellows
Qualifications
* Completed a relevant Masters degree.
* Excellent, native level English writing and editing skills.
* Demonstrated commitment to human rights (at least one year of NGO fundraising or advocacy experience).
* Knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
* Computer literacy.
* Advanced Arabic or Hebrew language skills are preferred.
* One-year minimum commitment.
Fellows work with the International Advocacy and Development Director on all aspects of fundraising, international advocacy, English-language publications and public relations. Duties include: grant writing and reporting; funding research; and writing and editing a wide variety of documents, including press releases, UN reports, academic articles and public relations materials. Adalah provides a small stipend for living expenses, health insurance, and transportation to the office.
Legal Fellows / Interns
Qualifications
* Practicing as a lawyer / graduated from law school preferred.
* Law students who have completed at least one year of law school are also considered.
* Excellent English writing and legal research abilities.
* Demonstrated commitment to human rights.
* Knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
* Computer literacy including database research on Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, etc.
* Arabic or Hebrew language skills are helpful.
* Three-month minimum commitment.
Fellow / Interns work closely with Adalah's staff attorneys. Interns gain practical experience in legal research and writing, as well as specialized knowledge of the legal situation of Palestinian citizens of Israel. The focus of the internship is comparative constitutional, administrative, and international human rights law research and writing for Adalah's petitions to the Israeli courts and publications.
No stipend is available for living expenses. Legal Interns should obtain grants through their law firms, schools or other sources for internships. Adalah provides health insurance and transportation to the office.