24-25 HR Scholars Call for Application
2024-2025 | call for applications
Human Rights Scholars
The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice is accepting applications for its 2024-2025 cohort of Human Rights Scholars. The program offers enrolled NYU Law students with the opportunity to:
- contribute to our activities as research assistants,
- be integrated into our community of staff, faculty, visiting scholars, and students through invitations to events, research workshops, and expert convening,
- undertake independent writing projects under the guidance of faculty and staff.
program components
Scope of work | 2025 Projects and Positions
- Human Rights Scholars will work with faculty and staff to further the Center’s research agenda and to support the design and implementation of our projects, workshops, and programs including legal research, writing and advocacy.
- Each Human Rights Scholar will be assigned a primary supervisor associated with their project at the Center.
Community
Human Rights Scholars will be integrated into the Center’s community of staff, faculty, visiting scholars, and students through invitations to its events, research workshops and convenings.
Scholarship
Scholarship is vital to preparing students for careers in human rights. Students:
- who are interested in working on their own research projects are encouraged to apply,
- will benefit from guidance and feedback from the Center’s faculty
- could earn academic credit, at the discretion of their supervisor, through NYU’s Directed Research program or through enrollment in a course with a writing component taught by a Center’s faculty.
- will be encouraged to submit contributions to the annual Emerging Scholars Conference, a forum that provides students with the unique opportunity to receive detailed feedback from experts and peers in order on their research.
application
Eligibility
The program will begin in Fall 2024 and continue through the academic year as needed. Applicants must:
- be enrolled NYU Law Student in any degree program (JD, LLM, JSD)
- demonstrate commitment to human rights and social justice
- have excellent research and writing skills
- able to work independently in a professional environment
- demonstrate potential for engagement and rigorous scholarship or applied research
Terms
Human Rights Scholars at the Center will be:
- Either compensated at $16.00/hour
- or undertake work for RA academic credit; please note that 1L students are ineligible to be RAs for credit.
Workloads will vary by project, and will be assigned on an as-needed basis. All applicants should be prepared to contribute:
- a minimum of 60 hours per semester
- with a maximum of 20 hours per week of paid RA assistance.
Timeline
- Applications are due by September 9, 2024
- Selected candidates will be notified by September 23, 2024
Apply
Please submit the following documents through this application form using your NYU login information:
- CV
- Cover letter detailing your qualifications, specific research interests, and any relevant background or experience where applicable (max 500 words)
- Unofficial transcript from NYU Law (even if this is your first semester)
- English-language writing sample (10 pages max, excerpts acceptable)
Refer to the 2025 Projects and Positions document to review the scope of work, and identify which project(s) you are applying to (min. 1; max. 3)