About the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Internship Program

The Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program is dedicated to in-depth analysis and creative policy solutions addressing comprehensive rule of law issues across Latin America and the Caribbean. It seeks to facilitate debate and build policy consensus on a wide set of institutional issues, including citizen security, corruption, judiciaries, prison systems, individual and political freedoms, civil society, electoral systems, and human rights.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Help plan, oversee, take notes, and report on program events;
• Conduct research as needed on a broad variety of rule of law issues, including occasionally proposing new research ideas and topic areas;
• Help edit, fact-check, and proofread articles and publications;
• Attentively follow news and developments in the region;
• Keep abreast of relevant academic and policy literature pertaining to rule of law and Latin American politics in general;
• Attend and report on Washington area meetings outside the Dialogue;
• Assist in logistical, administrative, and research assistant responsibilities as needed by the program director and program assistant.

Interns should:

• Be enrolled in a college or university as a graduate or undergraduate student or have graduated no more than six months prior to the start of the internship;
• Has completed considerable coursework in issues related to Latin America, and/or has lived and/or worked in Latin America;
• Have strong writing and research abilities;
• Be proficient in English and Spanish, Portuguese a plus;
• Be available for a minimum of eight sixteen to twenty hour weeks during the fall and spring terms or thirty to forty hours a week during the summer term;

HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please use this link: Application Form – Summer 2021

DEADLINE: Applications are due on March 26, 2021, at 5:00 PM (ET).

NOTE: The Dialogue’s Internship Program for Summer 2021 will be remote. Applicants do not have to be based in DC. Circumstances permitting, interns may have the opportunity to participate in a combined in-person/remote internship at the Dialogue’s DC office. This may be an option later in the semester. However, interns can still choose to continue their internship remotely if they prefer or if they are not based in DC.

Although the Dialogue does review each application, the volume of applications we receive makes it impossible for us to communicate directly with all applicants. We will notify you if you are selected for a first-round interview.

For questions, please e-mail internships@thedialogue.org.

About the Inter-American Dialogue

The Dialogue is committed to the professional development of young leaders from around the world. Our internship program has provided students and recent graduates with the training and experience they need to kick-start their careers in the public and private sectors. Past interns have gone on to pursue jobs with a wide variety of international organizations, government bodies, think tanks, consulting firms, and private corporations. Interns have expansive duties and play a vital role in the organization’s daily function. In turn, they receive unique exposure to the Washington policy community and unprecedented access to influential leaders from across the Americas.

The Dialogue is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. Internships are educational opportunities meant to benefit the intern. Interns work under staff supervision and offers for internships are not guarantees or suggestions of employment after an internship term is over.