Undergraduate Internships

Applications are now closed for Summer 2026. Please check back soon for Fall 2026 applications.

Please note that there is a separate application process for the Barbara Harlow Internship in Human Rights and Social Justice.

Rapoport Center undergraduate interns bring energy, engagement, and expanded capacities to the Center’s programming. They will support various initiatives depending on their backgrounds, interests, and the needs of the Center. We are particularly interested in interns who have expertise or interest in the Center’s thematic priorities: environmental justice and climate justice, reproductive justice, and peace, among other focal points.

View our current interns

Application

Eligibility: The internship is open to all currently enrolled UT Austin undergraduate students, regardless of major, and to UT students of all citizenship statuses.

Internships are recommended for undergraduates interested in:

  • Working on human rights and social justice research and advocacy projects
  • Learning how an academic center functions
  • Engaging in and discussing human rights scholarship
  • Gaining practical administrative experience
  • Collaborating with faculty, staff, and students on human rights research, advocacy, and education

Intern projects may include the following:

  • Expand the Center's social media and general communications outreach
  • Maintain websites for the Rapoport Center’s projects and initiatives
  • Attending and actively participating in/assisting with Center events
  • Serve as liaison to UT undergraduate community and help develop the Center's undergraduate outreach
  • Engage in human rights research and writing, with a focus on the Center's ongoing historical and archival research
  • Organizing and leading undergraduate "coffee chats" on human rights topics
  • Assist Center staff and other student team members with other projects and tasks as assigned

Required Qualifications:

  • Commitment to working on issues of human rights and social justice
  • Excellent writing and editing ability
  • Individual initiative and flexibility
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Professional demeanor

The following qualifications may be preferred in some candidates:

  • Community engagement and/or outreach experience at UT, or in a comparable academic or nonprofit setting
  • Experience designing public-facing communications, including social media, event publicity, newsletters, blogs, etc.
  • Experience developing websites (especially using WordPress platform) and/or curating digital content
  • Proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese
  • Experience with scholarly research, editing, writing, and/or archival work
  • Demonstrated interest in issues such as environmental/climate justice, reproductive justice, and/or peace

Fall and Spring internships offer a scholarship of $1250, and selected interns should be available to work 10 hours per week. Summer internships offer a scholarship of $2500, and selected interns should be available to work 20 hours per week. The majority of an intern's working hours will take place in-person at the Rapoport Center.

Qualified students should submit the following items in a single PDF file through our online form. Please make sure the file name includes your full name.

  • Cover letter: state why you are interested in the position; demonstrate basic knowledge of Rapoport Center programs and activities. Be sure to address your specific skills and qualifications.
  • Resume/CV: be sure to indicate any relevant skills or proficiency in languages other than English.
  • Transcript or academic summary: we will accept official and unofficial transcripts, and/or an academic summary.
  • Writing sample (3-5 pages): it does not need to relate directly to human rights, though that is preferable.

In addition, three references (at least two must be UT faculty) who can speak to your professional or academic background must complete our short online reference form. Applications without references submitted by this deadline will be considered partially incomplete.

Contact

Contact Rapoport Center staff member Maia Borchardt at maia.borchardt@law.utexas.edu if you have any questions.

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