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If you are interested in becoming involved with The Advocates for Human Rights and can commit 10 or more hours per week, then you should consider becoming an intern with The Advocates for Human Rights. Interns can play an integral role by assisting with activities such as research, writing, client service, media development, translation, or event planning as well as administrative tasks in our projects and programs (All internships include administrative duties). All volunteer positions are filled on a need basis. The Advocates internships do not offer financial compensation.
If you are applying for an outside fellowship (i.e. you will have a source of outside funding while you intern at The Advocates) through your school or a fellowship program such as the Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship or Equal Justice Works, you must submit your application materials to The Advocates at least 4 weeks in advance of the deadline for your fellowship application. For example, if your fellowship application deadline is February 15th, then you must have your internship application submitted to The Advocates by January 15th. Proposed fellowships must be directly related to The Advocates' program areas.
Many interns are students; however internship positions are also open to others. During the school year most interns work 10-20 hours per week. During the summer most interns work 20-40 hours per week. We have fall, spring and summer internships that roughly follow school calendars:
Fall: September-December, applications due by August 1
Spring: January-May, applications due by December 1
Summer: late May/early June-August, applications due by March 15
To see internship descriptions for different programs, please click on the links below:
Refugee and Immigrant Program
Human Rights Education Program
Women's Human Rights Program
International Women's Day
Human Rights Monitoring Project
Death Penalty Project
Journalism & Communications Internship
Graphic Design Internship
To apply for any of these internships, please download the Intern Application (Word document) and include a cover letter, resume, and either a brief (3-5 pages) writing sample or 3-5 visual samples with your application. Please email your application (MS Word) to hrights@advrights.org or mail the application to:
Intern Coordinator
The Advocates for Human Rights
650 Third Avenue South, #550
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1940
Or fax it to: 612-341-2971.
Please note, not all programs will need interns every term. You may email hrights@advrights.org if you are interested in interning with a specific program to find out if that program is seeking volunteers for the particular time period. | 
