The program provides support to students who wish to spend a semester or summer in an externship or internship focused on international or comparative law with non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and governments.
UCLA students have held summer or semester long placements in places as varied as:
- The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague, The Netherlands;
- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania;
- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) in Geneva;
- The International Organization on Migration (IMO) in Geneva;
- The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome;
- The State Departments Office of the Legal Adviser in Washington, D.C.;
- The Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJ) in New York City
- The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in The Hague, The Netherlands, and Freetown, Sierra Leone;
- The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia;
- The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in The Hague, The Netherlands;
- The Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.;
- The Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.;
- Human Rights Watch, in Los Angeles, New York;
- International Bridges to Justice, in Geneva;
- International Organization for Migration (IOM), in Geneva;
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (OHCHR), in Malaysia, Washington, D.C.;
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in Indonesia;
- The Ministry of Trade and Industry, Mexico.