NEW YORK, NY (April 22, 2010) – The Leitner Center for International Law and Justice annually funds student internships in international human rights. The Leitner Center’s Internship Program provides students with $5,000 grants to work with international human rights organizations full-time for ten weeks.
This summer, thirty-five students will receive funding from the Leitner Center to do international human rights work. This year, students will work on a wide range of important global issues in Australia, Austria, Northern Ireland, Hungary, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Israel, Malawi, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda and the United States. The students will blog about their experiences here: http://leitnerinterns.blogspot.com/
Students selected as Leitner Interns for the summer of 2010 are:
Student | Organization | Placement |
Stephanie Baez `12 |
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Rio Blanco, Nicaragua |
Jenna Beatrice `11 |
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New York, New York, USA |
Nicholas Behr `11 |
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Sydney, Australia |
Laura Berger `12 |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Kristin Blomquist `12 |
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Kampala, Uganda |
Jocelyn Brooks `12 |
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New York, New York, USA |
Andy Cabasso `12 |
|
New York, New York, USA |
Kimberly Carson `12 |
Chambers Support Section of the United Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
Arusha, Tanzania |
Allison Chandler `11 |
Center for Safe Motherhood, Youth and Child Outreach (CESMYCO)
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Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Cristine Delaney `11 |
Belfast, Ireland |
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Katia Fach |
Chevron Litigation
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New York & Ecuador |
Chris Fell `12 |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
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Nicholas Hernandez `12 |
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Rio Blanco, Nicaragua |
Debra Humphrey `11 |
Sydney, Australia |
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Anne Kelsey `12 |
New York, New York, USA |
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Maria-Elena Kolovos `11 |
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New York, New York, USA |
David Levy `12 |
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Kathmandu, Nepal
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Stephanie Lopez `11 |
Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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Sarah Matari `11 |
New York, New York, USA |
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Katherine Mayall `11 |
New York, New York, USA |
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Weiwei Mu |
New York, New York, USA |
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Patrick Nagler `11 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
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Jessica Parra `12 |
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Budapest, Hungary |
Alexandra Rizio `12 |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
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Dianne Samu `11 |
Freetown, Sierra Leone |
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Diana Schaffner `12 |
Cairo, Egypt |
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Aaron Scheinwald `12 |
New York/Vienna, Austria |
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Kelly Starcevich `12 |
Wellington Community Law Centre
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Wellington, New Zealand |
Nitzan Sternberg `12 |
New York, New York, USA |
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Dimitri Teresh `12 |
New York/Vienna, Austria |
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John Tschirgi `12 |
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Rio Blanco, Nicaragua |
Andrea Vazquez `12 |
Centre for Population Education and Human Rights |
Accra, Ghana |
Shara Venezia-Walerstein `12 |
Legal Resource Center |
Accra, Ghana |
Danielle von Lehman `12 |
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Kathmandu, Nepal
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Katie Wang `12 |
Lilongwe, Malawi |