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Job Description

About Janus Law In Roman mythology, Janus is the God of beginnings and endings, passages, and transitions through time and space. Janus encapsulates our mission as a firm specialized in the experience of transition, particularly through the lens of migration, human rights, and transitional justice. Through our work, we aim to ensure that everyone can pursue a new beginning. As a public-interest legal research and consultancy initiative, we offer consulting services for individuals and organizations with complex, cross-cutting needs. We are also dedicated to public-interest advocacy and public policy and pursing pursuing cutting-edge research and knowledge-building in our specialty areas. We are developing a jurisprudence and legal knowledge database to support accessible, well-organized research. We are looking for two interns to help update this resource and contribute to ongoing legal and policy research. The role As a Legal/Research Intern, you will help identify, analyze and organize legal sources, including case law, legislation, policy materials and relevant research. You will work with Janus Law on maintaining an accurate, searchable knowledge base and supporting research outputs. The internship is intended as a learning placement. You will receive guidance and feedback, and your tasks will be agreed in light of your learning objectives and experience. Main tasks Find and monitor relevant judgments, decisions and other legal materials in migration, asylum, human rights and international law. Summarize judgments and legal developments, identifying key facts, legal issues, reasoning and outcomes. Update and organize Janus Law’s jurisprudence database, including checking citations, links, and summaries. Conduct targeted legal and policy research and prepare concise research notes. Contribute to drafting research outputs, such as blog posts, articles, and reports. Help identify patterns and developments across cases, jurisdictions or legal topics. Contribute suggestions for improving the database’s structure. Who we’re looking for You are a law student, recent graduate or entry-level researcher with minimum MBO level 4. You have a genuine interest in legal research and knowledge organization. You bring: An interest in migration, asylum, human rights or international law. Excellent written communication and attention to detail. The ability to find, assess and accurately summarize legal sources. A careful and organized approach to citations, records and research documentation. Initiative, curiosity and a willingness to learn. Experience with legal databases, case-law research, spreadsheets or knowledge-management tools is welcome, but not essential. Dutch-language skills are an asset, but not required. Practical details Number of positions: Two. Hours: 16 hours per week (0.4 FTE). Allowance: €200 per month, based on a full-time internship allowance of €500 and a five-day working week. Location: Remote. Duration and start date: 3 months, renewable upon funding availability. Start ASAP. Application deadline: Rolling applications. Send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. Our approach to internships At Janus Law, we believe internships must be paid. Fair compensation makes professional learning opportunities more equitable and accessible, especially to underrepresented groups. As a start-up, however, our resources are currently limited. We have therefore structured this opportunity as a remote part-time internship and divided it into two positions, so that two interns can benefit from paid experience. As we grow, we intend to raise the working hours for our interns and the full-term internship allowance. We welcome applications from diverse candidates who are committed to careful, thoughtful legal research. We are especially eager to support starting BIPOC legal professionals.

Core Responsibilities

Find, analyze, summarize, and organize legal materials related to migration, asylum, human rights, and international law, while maintaining Janus Law’s searchable jurisprudence database. Conduct targeted legal and policy research, contribute to research publications, identify developments across cases and jurisdictions, and suggest improvements to the database.

Requirements

Applicants should be law students, recent graduates, or entry-level researchers with at least MBO level 4 and a genuine interest in legal research and knowledge organization. They should have strong written communication, attention to detail, and the ability to find, assess, and accurately summarize legal sources; Dutch-language skills and experience with legal databases or knowledge-management tools are welcome but not required.