Graduate Summer Fellowships at the Rapoport Center

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, housed at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, is seeking 1-2 graduate student summer fellow(s) to work at least half-time (20 hours/week) supporting the Center’s work on its thematic priorities, including reproductive justice, environmental and climate justice, peace, and the gendered and racialized dimensions of work and livelihoods.

The Rapoport Center operates as a vibrant, interdisciplinary hub for social justice research, teaching, networking, and advocacy. Among its projects it houses the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice. The Center and Fund regularly convene workshops and public events that bring together academics and activists; engage in research and publication of scholarship and reports; and support faculty and student research, creative work, and advocacy.

Projects may include the following:

• engage in research and provide administrative support for the Center’s priority projects;
• work on the publication of the Center's Annual Review by drafting and editing articles;
• work with a variety of legal and archival material on international and transnational human rights issues;
• support on the Center’s Working Paper Series;
• act as liaison and help with outreach to students and faculty at the law school and across campus;
• mentor undergraduate interns.

Summer '22 Fellows Giulia Oprea and Kaitlin Passafiume

Eligibility

This fellowship is open to all current graduate and professional students at the University of Texas at Austin.

Commitment

Selected fellows should be available at least 20 hours per week (and up to 40 hours per week) for 10-12 weeks between the conclusion of the spring semester and the start of the fall semester. The majority of the fellowship should be completed in-person at the Rapoport Center in Austin.

Funding

Fellows will receive a stipend between $3000 and $6000, depending on the time spent on Center projects.