NEW YORK, NY (July 26, 2011) – Seventeen Fordham Law School students are undertaking internships supported by the Leitner Center around the globe this summer. Students receiving Leitner Center stipends to support their internships are working in a variety of positions working in international human rights law. They are working on a wide range of important global issues in Cambodia, China, Egypt, France, Haiti, Ireland, Nepal, the Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
The Leitner Center for International Law and Justice annually funds student internships in international human rights. The Center’s Internship Program provides students with $5,000 stipends to work fulltime for a minimum of ten weeks.
Read more about the students experiences on the Leitner Intern blog, here: http://leitnerinterns.blogspot.com/
Students selected as Leitner Interns for the summer of 2011 are:
Student |
Organization |
Placement |
Grace Bagnulo ‘13 |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Kristin Blomquist ‘12 |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Jocelyn Brooks `12 |
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, Center for Constitutional Rights |
Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Erin Bundra ‘12 |
Lagos, Nigeria |
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Jennifer Chiang `13 |
Kathmandu, Nepal |
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Bridgette Dunlap ‘12 |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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Rebecca Iwerks ‘13 |
New York, NY USA |
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Andrew Laub `13 |
Beijing, China |
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David Levy ‘12 |
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) |
The Hague, Netherlands |
Mary McEvoy ‘12 |
Washington, DC USA |
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Leila Mokhtarzadeh ‘13 |
New York, NY USA |
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Jonathan Park ‘13 |
Cairo, Egypt |
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Sara Petranek `13 |
Dublin, Ireland |
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Jeffrey Severson `13 |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Kelly Starcevich `12 |
New York, NY USA |
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Elizabeth Walsh ‘13 |
New York, NY USA Paris, France |
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Alexander Wentworth-Ping ‘13 |
New York, NY USA |
For more information about the 2011 Leitner Summer Interns, please contact Liz Wickeri at wickeri@law.fordham.edu or (646) 312-8237.