More than 200 primarily public international organizations employ American lawyers in attorney and/or law-related positions. This blog is restricted to them.
They range all over the globe and come in many different varieties. They include both mainstream attorney and JD Advantage positions.
Selected Major International Institutions
The following selected international agencies and organizations hire the most lawyers. Many organizations hire attorneys for more than just their legal counsel office.
Agencies with More Than Three Law/Quasi-Legal Offices
(Number of Such Offices in Parentheses)
- Amnesty International (4)
- Organization of American States (6)
- Inter-American Development Bank (6)
- World Bank (14)
- International Monetary Fund (4)
- United Nations (46)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (4)
- Special Court for Sierra Leone (4)
- World Trade Organization (15)
- International Labor Organization (6)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (6)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (11)
- Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (4)
- International Development Law Organization (8)
- Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (7)
- International Chamber of Commerce (8)
- International Commission of Jurists (11)
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (4)
Selected Additional Agencies
- Pan American Health Organization
- Asian Development Bank
- World Food Program
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- World Health Organization
- Bank for International Settlements
- International Organization for Migration
- Institute of International Finance
Selected JD Advantage Job titles
JD Advantage job titles in international organizations number in the hundreds. Some of the more frequently occurring ones include the following:
- Advisor – Intellectual Property Rights
- Board of Inquiry Officer
- Child Protection Officer
- Civil Affairs Officer
- Claims Officer
- Conduct and Discipline Officer
- Consultant: Constitutional Law
- Contracts Officer
- Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Officer
- Gender Officer
- Human Rights Officer
- Judicial Affairs Officer (JD required)
- Judgment Coordinator (JD required)
- Policy Advisor – Rule of Law and Access to Justice
- Political Affairs Officer
- Recovery, Return and Reintegration Officer
- Research Officer
- Rule of Law Project Manager
- Team Leader – Governance and Human Rights