Internship – EU and International law, Europol

europol-logoEvery year Europol offers a number of internship projects to provide individuals with the opportunity to learn more about the activities of the agency, and put their learning and skills into practice by contributing to Europol’s mission.

The internship projects aim to enhance the interns’ educational and practical experience through structured work assignments with established objectives, to acquire or develop a particular expertise and an understanding of how Europol works.

Internship Project Description

Purpose of an internship project 

The aims of the official internship scheme with Europol are: 

  • To provide interns with a unique and first hand experience of the workings of Europol in particular and of the European Union institutions in general. It aims to provide an understanding of the objectives and goals of the Europol processes and policies.
  • To provide interns with a unique and first hand experience of the workings of Europol in particular and of the European Union institutions in general. It aims to provide an understanding of the objectives and goals of the Europol processes and policies.
  • To promote European integration within the spirit of new governance and through active participation to create awareness of true European citizenship.
  • To provide the opportunity to interns to put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies and training and in particular their specific areas of competence. To introduce these interns to the professional world and the constraints, duties and opportunities therein.

Internship project specification 

This internship project focuses on practical application of EU and International law matters in the context of an EU Agency. The assigned activities will include research in the area of EU law, new decisions taken, EU Court of Justice recommendations; impact analysis; legislative assessments of different jurisdictions, assistance in preparation of correspondence and official meetings. The project will be lead and supervised by a senior specialist of the EU and International Law team and completed alongside the team members (3 lawyers). The 2 successful applicants will join the EU and International Law Internship Project for a period of 3 months (40 hours a week), which may be extended by Europol once for another period of 3 months.

The internship will take place at Europol premises in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Interns meeting the eligibility criteria are awarded a monthly maintenance grant of
750 EUR per month during the period of internship.

Application deadline: 31 August 2014 

Read more and apply here.

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