Burns H. Weston Funded Human Rights Internship Program
The Burns H. Weston Funded Human Rights Internship Program provides funding for a UI College of Law student to intern with Human Rights Watch. Preference will be given to students who are affiliated with the UICHR.
Download the application for the 2010 Burns H. Weston Human Rights Funded Internship Program.
For more information contact
Liz Crooks at (319) 335.3900 or send an e-mail to uichr@uiowa.edu.
2010 Deadline for Submissions:
Friday, March 12, 2010
About the program
The Burns H. Weston Funded Internship promotes and recognizes an outstanding law student working in international human rights issues. It also aims to promote understanding and the continuing advancement of human rights in the United States and abroad as well as honor Weston, the founding director and now senior scholar of UICHR, professor Emeritus of the UI College of Law and an internationally renowned scholar in international human rights law.
About Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of international human rights. Their ground-breaking work includes standing with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, and bring offenders to justice. They investigate and expose human rights violations and challenge governments and those in power to respect international human rights law.
2009 Recipient
Sarah Pierce
Law student, College of Law
Human Rights Watch
London, England
Sarah Pierce is a law student at the University of Iowa College of Law. In the past she has interned for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Common Ground, and the Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado in Madrid, Spain. In the summer of 2009 she will be working for the Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch in London. Sarah has a B.A. in English and Spanish from Grinnell College. Her senior thesis focused on international legislation on child soldiers.