Akhil has Potential Scholarship
Program Overview!
Direct mentorship and daily work with an ICJ Judge and the Judge’s legal assistant unparalleled practical exposure to public international law.
• Strong professional recognition the fellowship is prestigious and widely respected in international law careers.
• Network building with judges, legal assistants, and international law scholars; experience often leads to academic, NGO or international organization opportunities later.
Want hands-on experience at the world’s top international court? The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Direct mentorship and daily work with an ICJ Judge and the Judge’s legal assistant unparalleled practical exposure to public international law.
• Strong professional recognition the fellowship is prestigious and widely respected in international law careers.
• Network building with judges, legal assistants, and international law scholars; experience often leads to academic, NGO or international organization opportunities later.
Want hands-on experience at the world’s top international court? The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Direct mentorship and daily work with an ICJ Judge and the Judge’s legal assistant unparalleled practical exposure to public international law.
• Strong professional recognition the fellowship is prestigious and widely respected in international law careers.
• Network building with judges, legal assistants, and international law scholars; experience often leads to academic, NGO or international organization opportunities later.
Want hands-on experience at the world’s top international court? The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Benefits:
• Direct mentorship and daily work with an ICJ Judge and the Judge’s legal assistant unparalleled practical exposure to public international law.
• Strong professional recognition the fellowship is prestigious and widely respected in international law careers.
• Network building with judges, legal assistants, and international law scholars; experience often leads to academic, NGO or international organization opportunities later.
Eligibility Criteria
• Who may be nominated: Usually final-year law students (LL.B, J.D), LLM students, recent law graduates and early-career jurists. Many
Application Process
1. University pre-selection / nomination: Candidates do not apply directly to the ICJ. Instead, eligible universities (law schools) pre-select and nominate candidates to the Court following the ICJ’s Call for Nominations. Contact your law school’s careers/graduate office to learn internal deadlines and nomination requirements.
2. Complete ICJ forms: Nominating institutions must complete the ICJ Personal History Form and compile supporting documents (transcripts, CV, letters of recommendation, identity documents, proof of language ability, writing sample, etc.). The ICJ provides a Personal History form template on its site.
