The Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC) is pleased to announce a call for applications for Research Assistants from rising Harvard Law School students (n.b.: incoming HLS students are not eligible for this call; please return to our website once the school year begins for other opportunities). Over the past three years, dozens of HLS students have contributed to an array of HLS PILAC initiatives — including reports on “Medical Care in Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and State Responses to Terrorism,” “War-Algorithm Accountability,” and “Indefinite War: Unsettled International Law on the End of Armed Conflict” — as well as to the academic work of HLS PILAC scholars. 

HLS PILAC RAs may contribute to a range of activities, such as:

  • Identifying and evaluating relevant treaty provisions concerning research projects;

  • Discerning state practice and opinio juris on a particular topic or theme;

  • Drafting bibliographies, research memoranda, and other resources;

  • Summarizing and evaluating contemporary news or historical materials; and

  • Obtaining evidence and analytical resources for research products.

For this call, only rising HLS students are invited to fill out the form below and thereby submit an application. We note that we anticipate receiving more applications than available positions.