The application deadline has been extended to February 8th at 5 PM ET

The Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC) is an independent, nonpartisan research program that seeks to identify and analyze — and inform responses concerning — some of the foremost challenges facing the normative and operational framework governing armed conflict. Governments, U.N. system actors, advocates, and academics regularly draw upon the Program’s independent analyses and research products.

For the Summer of 2021 (between late May and mid August), HLS PILAC seeks to hire two full-time (35 hours per week) Research Assistants to work on a project on Humanitarian Assistance, International Humanitarian Law, and Counterterrorism Mandates. The RAs will support PILAC’s work aimed at combining an analysis of international law and practice stemming from Security Council counterterrorism mandates with a descriptive account of how States in fact seek to implement and interpret those mandates in light of those States’ applicable IHL obligations and humanitarian policy frameworks in the area of humanitarian action. RAs may also contribute to other PILAC projects and initiatives, as needed. Positions are remunerated at the hourly HLS RA rate.

Interested eligible current HLS students may apply via the form below. We note that we anticipate receiving more applications than available positions.

Eligibility

The Program is committed to offering equal opportunities to all current HLS students interested in positions at PILAC. We have been advised that there are many variables that may impact the hiring process for our international students while we remain in a remote status, including the tax and employment laws of the country in which students are currently residing (if they are not in the United States) and any restrictions relevant to their visa type. For this reason, we would encourage you to reach out to Lauren Reed to discuss your particular status if you are currently residing outside of the US or are on a VISA and residing within the U.S. If we remain in a remote status, we may be subject to certain hiring limitations, subject to payroll guidelines effective during the intended employment period.

Please note that in some cases our only course for hiring may be through a Professional Employer Organization (a third-party employer that ‘hires’ on behalf of Harvard in countries where we are not allowed to hire directly). These arrangements often take 6–8 weeks to execute and, given the time necessary to establish this employment relationship, it may be the case that the work we have available must completed within that time frame. Additionally, PEO hires come with additional fees which can be prohibitively expensive.  Unfortunately, we are not always able to proceed with hires in those circumstances due to the extraordinary costs and time associated with establishing a relationship that complies with the labor laws of the relevant country. With the support of the Law School, PILAC will proceed with PEO supported student hire agreements where feasible. 

Deadline

Eligible students may submit an application through the following form by February 8th at 5 PM ET.

Application Form

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