Over the summer of 2025, 18 Harvard Law School students spent time in 12 countries, working as Chayes International Public Service Fellows with non-profit organizations and inter-governmental agencies. Their work addressed topics ranging from international sustainability standards to open-source legal investigations to gender-based violence to legal protections for whistleblowers. Below are photos from some of this year’s Chayes Fellows.
Vaishnav Rajkumar ’27 at TRIAL International in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vaishnav Rajkumar ’27 worked at TRIAL International, in Sarajevo, preparing a report on enforcement mechanisms for international war crime accountability, examining ways through which compliance with non-binding international obligations can be enforced, particularly in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Eli Cooper ’27, Riya Jain ’27, and Reina Patel ’27 in South Africa
Eli Cooper ’27 (back), Riya Jain ’27 (front left), and Reina Patel ’27 (front right) on a safari in South Africa. Cooper had a summer internship with the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa; Jain and Patel were at the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and split time between Malawi and South Africa.
Jaskaran Dhillon ’27 at Minority Rights Group International in the United Kingdom
During a placement in the United Kingdom with Minority Rights Group International, Jaskaran Dhillon ’27 researched and wrote a memo outlining the scope for potential minority rights litigation in South and Southeast Asia.
Mirella Rogers ’27 at UNIDROIT in Italy
Mirella Rogers ’27 worked in Italy with UNIDROIT and drafted a report on the regulatory landscape for corporate sustainability due diligence, with particular attention to environment specific obligations, global value chains, and contractual regulations.
Chenyang (Daniel) Ju ’27 at Human Rights Now in Japan
Chenyang (Daniel) Ju ’27, pictured in front of Matsumoto Castle, spent the summer in Japan working with Human Rights Now on a statement to be submitted to the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Luisina Kemanian Leites ’27 at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Switzerland
Luisina Kemanian Leites ’27 spent the summer in Switzerland with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is shown here (far left, facing camera) taking notes in preparation for writing the Human Rights Committee’s final observations for its fourth review of Viet Nam’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Claire Heiden ’27 and Victoria Yusupov ’27 at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in the United Kingdom
Claire Heiden ’27 (right) and Victoria Yusupov ’27 (left), shown here in front of the Inns of Court in London, interned with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Heiden co-authored a book chapter on the relationship between artificial intelligence and sustainability while Yusupov conducted research on international human rights law and migration, focusing on legal frameworks surrounding border pushbacks and access to remedies for victims of trafficking.
Kylie Henry ’27 in the Netherlands
Kylie Henry ’27, shown here in Delft, the Netherlands, spent the summer working with an international tribunal for which she reviewed evidence and forensics data, and drafted sections of a final trial brief.
David Niedzwicki ’27 at the International Energy Agency in France
David Niedzwicki ’27 was based in France with the International Energy Agency. His projects included conducting legal research on provisional accession to treaties under Article 25 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) and on the powers of international organizations and their member states in relation to treaty compliance, including the concept of “material breach” under VCLT Article 60.