Columbia Law School
Project Director (Bringing Human Rights Home Project)
Grade (TBD)
Human Rights Institute

May 2001

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Human Rights Institute, the Project Director will run the Institute's Bringing Human Rights Home Project. The goal of the project is to develop new models of advocacy by using international human rights to address domestic social justice issues.

Responsibilities

1. Coordinating a network of civil rights and human rights
practitioners who meet periodically at the Institute to develop and
share legal strategies that support human rights in the United States. (25%)

2. Overseeing cooperative projects adopted by the network on
particular topics such as criminal justice issues (i.e., the juvenile death penalty) violence against women, race discrimination, economic rights, and U.S. compliance reports to the United Nations on human rights treaties (20%).

3. Collaborating on joint projects with the Human Rights Clinic on advocacy related to the Bringing Human Rights Home Project. (15%)

4. Undertaking related projects such as advocacy surrounding the World Conference on Racism and monitoring the actions of the federal
Inter-Agency Working Group on Implementation of Human Rights Treaties in the United States. (15%)

5. Managing a Bringing Human Rights Home practice area on an interactive web site, which will soon be launched by the Institute and Probono.net; supervising student research to ensure that the web site is periodically updated with model briefs and other advocacy tools for lawyers asserting human rights claims. (15%)

6. Developing a Human Rights Rocks video as a popular education tool for teaching young people about human rights issues. (10%)

Minimum Requirements:

BA required, JD preferred. 3-5 years of relevant experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience, is required. Superior communication and writing skills required. An understanding and commitment to human rights.

Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter describing your
interest in the position to:
Sharon Kim, Human Rights Institute,
Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street,
New York, New York 10027.
Initial screening will begin on May 31,2001. Columbia University is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity employer.