Examples of Bates Overseas Fellowship Awards
2013
2013 - Internship in either the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Unit or the Human Rights Unit of the Liberian Ministry of Justice in Monrovia, organized through the Carter Center/Washington and Lee Transnational Law Institute Liberia Fellowship Program
2013 - Internship in Brussels, Belgium, with Human Rights Watch to work on the trial of Former Chadian Dictator Hissene Habre
2013 - Internship with the Migrant Family Unity Project with Instituto para las mujeres en la Migración (IMUMI) in Mexico City, Mexico
2013 - One month of intensive Spanish language study followed by eight months of an internship with Asylum Access in Quito, Ecuador
2013 - Legal Internship at the International Finance Corporation in Istanbul, Turkey
2013 - Dean Acheson Legal Stage with Judge Thomas von Danwitz at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg
2013 – Internship at the International Finance Corporation in Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013 – Internship at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ankara, Turkey
2013 – Internship at the Nansen Initiative under the UN Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland
2013 – Internship with the ITAM Law School Human Trafficking Clinic in Mexico City, Mexico
2013 – Internship at the UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg, France
2013 – Pursue in Germany a Comparative Study of Health Law and Policy: Parallels Between German and American Modes of Regulation of Health Behavior
2013 – Internship at the Global Workers Justice Alliance in Mexico City, Mexico
2013 – Internship with the Arbitration Council Foundation in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2012
2012 - Internship as a Volunteer Legal Advocate with Asylum Access Tanzania in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2012 - Internship with UNHCR in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2012 - Internship at the Female Prisoners Welfare Project on their Hibiscus Project in London, United Kingdom
2012 - Internship with UNESCO's World Heritage Centre in Paris, France
2012 - Internship in San Salvador, El Salvador engaging in HIV/LGBT advocacy work with an NGO called Asociacion Entre Amigos
2012 - Internship with the Australian Law Reform Commission in Sydney, Australia
2012 - Internship with the Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes in Vienna, Austria
2012 - Research project entitled, "Indigenous Law and Public Integrity in the Far North: A New Old Paradigm?" in Norway and Greenland including participation in the annual Polor Law Symposium in Rovaniemi, Finland
2011- Internship at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands
2011 - Internship with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2011 - Internship in the Refugee Status Determination Department and the Identity Claims Department at the African Refugee Development Center in Tel-Aviv, Israel
2011 - Internship in the Constitutional Litigation Unit at the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa
2011 - Dean Acheson Legal State Program at the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg
2011 - Internship at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Regional Bureau for Europe in Brussels, Belgium
2011 - Internship at the Civil Association for Equality and Justice and the Public Interest Legal Clinic at the Unversidad de Palermo Law School in Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 - Internship with the Legal Resource Center in Durban, South Africa
2011 - Internship at The Hague with the Association of Defence Counsel practising before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ADC-ICTY)
2010
2010 - Research on New Zealand's conservation and environmental management programs to develop a website that highlights conservation issues in relation to sustainable outdoor travel information
2010 - Internship with Asylum Access in Kigoma, Tanzania
2010 - Internship in the Office of the International Co-Prosecutor of the UN Assistant to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) in Cambodia
2010 - Internship with the UN Housing Rights Program in Nairobi, Kenya, run by UN-HABITAT
2010 - Internship in the Microfinance Project of the International Development Law Organization in Rome, Italy
2010 - Internship at the AIRE Centre in London
2010 - Legal internship in the Istanbul Regional Hub Office of the International Finance Corporation in Turkey
2010 - Internship at the International Telecommunication Union's Corporate Strategy Division in Geneva, Switzerland
2010 - Internship in the Legal Department of the British Red Cross in London
2009
2009 - Internship at Asylum Access in Tanzania
2009 - Internship at the East-West Management Institute in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2009 - Internship as a legal advocate with Asylum Access in Quito, Ecuador
2009 - Internship at the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) in Jerusalem, Israel and at the Iraqi Information Office (IIO) in Cairo, Egypt
2009 - Stage with Advocate General Miguel Maduro at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg
2009 - Internship at Agora Partnerships and two weeks of intensive Spanish language study in Managua, Nicaragua
2009 - Internship at the International Lesbian and Gay Association in Brussels, Belgium
2009 - Doctorate of Philosophy at the University of Oxford
2009 - Internship with the International Republican Institute's (IRI) Lima, Peru office
2009 - Internship at the University of Cape Town Refugee Law Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa
2009 - Internship with the Parliamentary Unit of the South African Human Rights Commission in Cape Town, South Africa
2009 - Internship as a Legal Advisor at Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) in Cairo, Egypt
2009 - Internship with the International Finance Corporate (IFC) in Istanbul, Turkey
2008
2008 - Internship at the WTO Legal Affairs Division in Geneva
2008 - Internship in the Office of the Co-Investigating Prosecutor in the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Tribunals (UNAKRT) in Cambodia
2008 - Internship with the AIRE Centre in London
2008 - Work for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lilongwe, Malawi
2008 - Foreign clerkship at the Israeli Supreme Court
2008 - Pursue a research program at the World Trade Institute in Berne, Switzerland
2008 - Internship in the Legal Department of the International Finance Corporation in Istanbul, Turkey
2008 - Internship with the Legal Aid and Counseling Department of the Refugee Law Project in Kampala, Uganda
2008 - Internship with the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Botswana
2008- Internship with Timap for Justice in Sierra Leone
2008 - Research in Norway for the project, "Caring for the Elderly: Alternatives to Institutionalization in Norway"
2007
2007 - Intensive Spanish language study and a part-time internship at the National Council of La Raza in San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007 - Internship in the Parliamentary Department of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
2007 - Volunteer Legal Advisor Intern at the Africa & Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) in Cairo, Egypt
2007 - Internship at the UNHCR Regional Representation's Protection Unit in Budapest, Hungary
2007 - Internship at CODHES in Bogata, Colombia, working on a refugee/IDP law project
2007 - Intensive Spanish language study and volunteer project with Centro Internacional de Idiomas in Honduras
2007 - Internship at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture in London, England
2007 - Internship with Human Rights Watch in Brazil
2007 - Internship at the AIRE Centre in London
2007 - Internship with ProAsyl in Frankfurt, Germany