Intern at the International Judicial Relations Office

Duties and Responsibilities

IJR seeks an intern, current law student preferred, to work 8-16 hours per week at the FJC to provide support for the IJR Director and staff. The intern will be responsible for providing administrative, logistics, and research support to IJR and to the Director of International Judicial Relations. Tasks and responsibilities will vary depending upon IJR’s workload, activities and events. Job responsibilities may include:

• Maintaining databases and spreadsheets, including a database of foreign and international contacts and partners and a database of US, foreign and international materials on topics of interest to the FJC;
• Assisting with foreign delegations, including but not limited to coordinating arrangements and logistics with organizations requesting briefings; editing briefing materials; copying/collating program materials; researching foreign law, procedure and judicial practice; greeting/escorting foreign delegations within the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building; assisting with set up of training/meeting facilities; preparing, editing, organizing and printing slides; staffing meetings to provide administrative/logistics support.
• Drafting correspondence and compiling/preparing mailings in response to requests for information and/or FJC materials;
• Assisting in preparation for foreign exchange programs whereby U.S. judges travel to foreign countries to offer assistance, including assistance in making travel arrangements; editing, copying and printing of materials for U.S. judges, research on foreign law, procedure and judicial practice, answering participants questions, drafting correspondence, preparing mailings, etc.
• Attending briefings as necessary;
• Assisting IJR Director with standard administrative tasks such as filing, copying, word processing, preparation of mailings, binding materials, preparing materials, etc.
• Developing and editing text for website and other materials;
• Cite checking and copy editing publications for the FJC’s International Litigation Monograph Series.

The intern may be invited to attend FJC events on a purely optional and volunteer basis to provide the intern with the opportunity to witness how judges and court staff are trained, to observe specialized training in law and procedure; and to interact with FJC staff.

Qualifications

Candidates should possess:

• Excellent organizational and administrative skills
• Superb oral and written communication skills
• Sound research skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work in a high-paced environment and to work independently
• Willingness to carry out administrative work on a regular basis
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access; Adobe Acrobat; Lotus Notes (preferred); Lexis or Westlaw (preferred)
• Proficiency in a foreign language (preferred)

Compensation

Compensation is dependent upon degree status. Minimum salary for undergraduate is $13.04 per hour; for law/grad is $15.13 per hour.

Application Procedure

Send a résumé with cover letter addressing qualifications to:

Jessica Heller
Federal Judicial Center
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002-8003
jheller@fjc.gov

Email applications are strongly preferred. Applications will be accepted until COB August 5, 2011.

THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.