{"id":6224,"date":"2014-01-15T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T17:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=6224"},"modified":"2014-01-15T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T17:16:08","slug":"careers-in-international-organizations-event-being-held-january-29-at-tillar-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=6224","title":{"rendered":"Careers in International Organizations Event Being Held January 29 at Tillar House!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working at an international organization offers unique insight into how international law is made through the convergence of national interests, personal dynamics, global realities and constantly evolving norms.\u00a0But how does a lawyer enter these labyrinths?\u00a0 What is it like to work in them?\u00a0 How do you get the assignments that advance your career once inside?\u00a0 And where do you go from there?<\/p>\n<p>Panelists at this event sponsored by ASIL&#8217;s New Professionals Interest Group will share the perspectives they have gained from the United Nations, the World Bank, the Organization of American States and other international organizations, answering these questions and ones posed by the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leslie Velez, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/\">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Grace Menck, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iadb.org\/\">Inter-American Development Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Heidi Jimenez, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paho.org\/usa\/\">Pan-American Health Organization<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Steve Koh, ASIL (former attorney at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icty.org\/\">International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icc-cpi.int\/\">International Criminal Court<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although the event takes place in Washington, DC, it will be livestreamed for viewers outside DC or otherwise unavailable on <strong><em>Wednesday, January 29th<\/em> <\/strong>at Tillar House. The panelists will share the perspectives they have gained from the United Nations, the World Bank, the Organization of American States, and other international organizations, answering questions about how to get a job at an international organization among other professional development lessons from their experiences. The audience is encouraged to ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>To be a part of this event, please click <a title=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asil.org\/event\/careers-international-organizations\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working at an international organization offers unique insight into how international law is made through the convergence of national interests, personal dynamics, global realities and constantly evolving norms.\u00a0But how does a lawyer enter these labyrinths?\u00a0 What is it like to work in them?\u00a0 How do you get the assignments that advance your career once inside?\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23,24,11,17,27,29,6,12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1l-information","category-2l-information","category-3l-information","category-alumni","category-general-announcements","category-job-search-tips","category-ll-m-info","category-networking-opportunities","category-resources","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6227,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224\/revisions\/6227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}