Partners in Justice International (PJI) is pleased to announce that we are seeking candidates for summer 2025 internships for law students and for one-to-two-year fellowships for law school graduates beginning in August or September 2025.
About PJI: Founded in 2020 by international crimes litigators with over 35 years of combined experience, Partners in Justice International (PJI) is a woman-led and woman-founded organisation that envisions a world in which victims and survivors of grave crimes have access to justice wherever they live.
To make this vision a reality, PJI strengthens local justice processes for victims and survivors of grave crimes such as crimes against humanity, war crimes, conflict related sexual violence, and genocide. We accomplish this by sharing the legal strategies and techniques used at the international level with local justice actors — serious crime prosecutors, victim representatives, and investigators — who are working in post-conflict and post-dictatorship jurisdictions. We provide our partners with the sustained technical and practical support they need to attain justice through strategic litigation in their domestic courts, while also building collaborative networks of on-the-ground practitioners capable of investigating, building, and litigating cases long after PJI is gone.
To ensure maximum impact, PJI prioritises work in jurisdictions that are under-served by the international community, where there are few comparable organisations working, and where there is a pathway to justice for victims and survivors.
PJI’s work is grounded in our values. We only work where our support is specifically requested by the local justice actors and/or victims. We ground our technical support in respect for our colleagues, and we stay the course for the long term, accompanying our peers through all steps of the justice process. As we do so, the skills are shared, and ultimately PJI is no longer needed.
If this mission speaks to you, we invite you to consider applying to join our team!
About the Positions:
A fellowship at PJI gives an entry-level lawyer the opportunity to work for 1-2 years as a junior staff attorney. Ideal candidates have a demonstrated interest in international human rights law or international criminal law and are completing their final year of graduate law study (such as JD or LLM students), judicial clerks, or recent law graduates with an LLB and equivalent professional experience.
An internship at PJI gives a second or third year JD student, LLM student, or LLB graduate with equivalent professional experience, the opportunity to support PJI’s work primarily through research and writing. Exceptional law students who do not meet all of these qualifications perfectly may be considered.
Please note that PJI maintains a remote office. All team members are expected to work from home and be available for meetings between 11:00 and 17:00 UK time.
How to apply
PJI will be pleased to sponsor selected candidates in their funding applications, but the organization does not have independent funding to pay legal fellows or interns.
We expect fellowship candidates to apply for funding from an outside source, typically a competitive grant. The majority of fellowships at PJI have been funded by the fellows’ educational institutions, and we consider this the most likely source of funding for these positions. While the candidate is expected to take the lead, PJI will assist the selected candidate in developing proposals, including specific projects, if appropriate.
You can find full job descriptions and apply on our website’s “Get Involved” page.
