Dive into the professional world of law and international relations
During the fourth year of the Double Degree in Law + Global Governance, Economics & Legal Order, you’ll have your first contact with professional reality, carrying out a semester-long internship in an international organization or a Spanish consulate or embassy abroad. You’ll also have the opportunity to carry out a volunteer, solidarity-based internship working on a development project. You’ll be able to make the most of these and many other experiences to further your career in law and international relations.
Professional internships
Imagine working for the United Nations in New York or Nairobi. Or imagine working for NATO in Brussels. These are some of the internship options available during your fourth year.
If you like, you can focus your semester-long internship on organisations related to your specialisation in political science or economics: in Spanish consulates or embassies abroad, in multinational firms or institutions dedicated to research and analysis such as the European Court of Auditors, the World Bank, UNESCO or chambers of commerce.
Areas of the world where students have carried out internships
Institutions where Esade students have carried out their internships
Spanish consulates and embassies where Esade students have carried out their internships
Some of the United Nations bodies in which you can carry out your internship
Solidarity-based internships
Transform the reality of those who need it the most
Esade offers you much more than just experiences to ensure your professional development. During the summer of the fourth year, you can choose to travel to countries such as Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua or Costa Rica and take part in solidarity-based projects through the Esade University Development Service (SUD).
These internships combine practical education and social commitment: You’ll be able to put your knowledge of law and international relations into practice for real projects, with the added benefit of helping to improve the reality of poor and at-risk people and communities.
What type of projects do they include?
The projects are both important and interesting, ranging from providing legal assistance to refugees and migrants in Costa Rica in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to defending indigenous women against domestic violence and advising and gathering evidence in children’s, and juvenile courts in Guatemala, amongst others. These internships represent a unique personal and professional experience and are completely recommended for your growth, and education at every level.
Benefits of these professional internships
You’ll learn first-hand about day-to-day reality in an international organization.
You’ll hold a real job, with defined responsibilities and tasks.
You’ll be able to apply everything you learn to your degree program.
You’ll acquire skills and competencies that you can only gain through professional practice.
You’ll add a unique professional experience to your CV.