Student Associate - College of Law Human Rights Quarterly Summer Internship

Next Lives at the University of Cincinnati 

 

Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to more than 53,600 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, and over 360,000 living alumni, UC, a Carnegie 1 institution, combines research prowess with a physical setting The New York Times has called “the most ambitious campus design program in the country." UC's momentum has never been stronger as the anchor of the Cincinnati Innovation District, the oldest cooperative education (co-op) program in the country with students earning $94 million annually through paid experiences, an academic health system, and as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The university contributes $10.6 billion in economic impact to the city and $22.7 billion to the state of Ohio. At UC, next is all of us. Learn more at uc.edu. 

 

UC is a mission-driven organization where we are committed to student success and positively transforming the community through scholarship and service.  We thrive on innovation, making an impact, and fostering an environment where staff and faculty are key contributors to UC’s success.   

Primary Duties

The Student Associate position provides part-time employment opportunities within University of Cincinnati departments. This role offers students the chance to gain valuable work experience while supporting the operations and services of the university.

The Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights at the University of Cincinnati College of Law has been editing the Human Rights Quarterly, the world’s leading human rights academic journal, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, for more than forty years. Though edited at the UC College of Law, HRQ is multidisciplinary, publishing research, policy analyses, essays, and book reviews on a range of international human rights matters by accepting scholarship from various fields—gender studies, history, philosophy, sociology, economics, disability studies, law, and more.

HRQ student editors are responsible for conforming articles to Bluebook citation and HRQ style standards through line editing, copyediting, cite checking, and formatting articles. Editors work with Urban Morgan’s program manager, who acts as a resource for student editors and as a liaison between the editors, authors, and Johns Hopkins University Press. The selected students will be rising undergraduate juniors or seniors (currently sophomores and juniors), or rising 2L and 3L law students (currently 1Ls and 2Ls); with an interest in law and human rights, excellent research and writing/editing skills, and meticulous attention to detail.

Location: The internship may be remote or in-person. HRQ is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dates: Students can begin working as early as mid-April and work through mid-August. Weekly hours are flexible, but typically 10-20 hours per week.

Pay: $13/hour

Please apply with your resumé by February 15, 2026. If you would like to submit writing samples, we will consider those as well.

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Enrolled at a post-secondary institution or a secondary school.
• Enrolled at least part-time (one or more credit hours if at a post-secondary institution), except for summer term, or will be a registered student during the next academic term.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• “Enrollment” shall include:
  • The period between two successive terms for which the student is enrolled.
  • The one “off” term in each academic year in which the student is not enrolled. Student employee status may be retained for one additional term following either graduation or withdrawal from enrollment.

Physical Requirements

As a UC student employee, and employee of an Ohio public institution, if hired you will not contribute to the federal Social Security system, other than contributions to Medicare. Instead, UC employees have the option to contribute to a state retirement plan (OPERS, STRS) or an alternative retirement plan (ARP). 

 

If hired, you will be required to provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility.  You will need to present acceptable, original forms of identification such as a passport, photo ID and Social Security Card.  (To review acceptable documents, please visit