Careers in International and Comparative Criminal JusticeLaw and Justice Around the World

CRIM 405.003 // Prof. Andrew Novak

International Internships International agencies

International Criminal Court (The Hague)

United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (Vienna and New York)

Special Court for Sierra Leone

INTERPOL

Non-governmental organizations Myriad of local, regional, and international organizations that specialize in international

and comparative criminal justice policy

• Prisoners’ rights, sentencing, corrections, death penalty

• Legal aid, law reform, access to justice

• Technical assistance in policing, forensics, judging, etc.

United States Government Agencies United States Department of State

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Bureau of Counterterrorism

Office of Global Criminal Justice

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs Office of International Labor Affairs

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking

U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes

Office of Foreign Assets Control

United States Government Agencies (cont’d) U.S. Department of Justice

Criminal Division, Office of International Affairs

INTERPOL Liaison Office

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (property and injury claims against foreign governments, including state-sponsored terrorism)

Bureau of Justice Assistance (Tribal justice programs)

U.S. Marshals Service, International Investigations Includes international investigations, extradition, pursuit of fugitives

Drug Enforcement Administration

USAjobs.gov General website for career opportunities in the federal government (except

the Department of Justice, which has its own non-integrated website)

Some immigration and citizenship restrictions on employment with the federal government (including internships)

Tips: Because your resumes are screened by a computer for keywords, apply with a full

curriculum vitae and not a one-page resume.

Use full names of laws, agencies, etc., and vary the wording in your CV’s text descriptions.

Do not be modest about answering any required questions, but do not lie.

Have a writing sample on file.

FOR INTERNSHIPS (not jobs), each agency has different procedures.

Sample NGOs African Prisons Project (London and Kampala)

Jamaicans for Justice (Kingston)

Amnesty International (London)

Human Rights Watch (New York)

Coalition for the International Criminal Court (New York and The Hague)

American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (Washington, DC)

Almost always unpaid, but GMU may give class credit. Contact the GMU Center for Global Education.

Study Abroad GMU has one study abroad program that has criminal justice credit:

King’s College of London (Summer program)

But there are many other GMU study abroad programs that touch on issues of criminal justice and international affairs.

GMU will also accept credit from external study abroad programs, though you have to use private (non-federal) loans to pay tuition.

International Graduate Education As criminal justice becomes more of an academic/scientific (rather than a

vocational) career path, international criminal justice increasingly does too.

Many universities in the United States and worldwide offer master’s degrees in international and comparative criminal justice.

Examples: Master of Arts in International Criminal Justice – John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Master of Science in Global Crime, Justice and Security – University of Edinburgh

Master of Arts programs in International Criminology /International Justice– University of Sheffield, University of Aberystwyth, University of Greenwich

Master of Arts in Comparative Criminology, Bangor University (Wales)

Many U.S. graduate criminal justice programs offer international/comparative course work

Need Help? I am happy to look at a resume or a cover letter template

If you do well in the course, I am also happy to write a letter of recommendation

Your paper for this course (on the scholarly article that you choose) would make a good writing sample, so select a topic of professional interest to you