Two Legal Internships with the Office of the Executive Director (OED), New York Headquarters, and Copenhagen, Denmark, 6 months

About the role

UNICEF’s Legal Team supports the organization’s business units around the world by delivering strategic legal solutions through collaboration. The team provides risk-informed, timely, responsive, and pragmatic legal advice, empowers clients to self-help, anticipates trends and challenges, and protects UNICEF by identifying and mitigating legal, reputational, and other risks. Lawyers are based in several UNICEF locations, including New York Headquarters, Rome, Copenhagen, and Brussels.

Responsibilities

• Conduct legal research on issues relevant to UNICEF’s mandate, programmes, operations, partnerships, and institutional framework.
• Assist in the preparation of legal memoranda, briefing notes, presentations, correspondence, and other legal documents.
• Review and analyze legal, policy, and background materials.
• Support knowledge-management and documentation initiatives within the Legal Team.
• Assist with the preparation of background materials for meetings and discussions.
• Attend meetings and prepare summaries or notes, as appropriate.
• Support other projects and activities of the Legal Team, as assigned.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in a graduate program in law (e.g., LL.M, J.D. or equivalent);
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program in law; or
• Have graduated from such a program within the past two years.

Skills

• A constructive and client-oriented approach to problem resolution.
• Strong legal research and analytical skills.
• Strong written communication and drafting skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of Spanish is desirable.
• Knowledge of another official United Nations language (Arabic, Chinese, French or Russian) is considered an asset.