We offer 6 placement options to choose from for applicants wanting to participate in BABSEA CLE Legal Studies International Externship Clinic during the following placement periods May – August or from November – February.

All placements will  begin in Chiang Mai, Thailand.  This is a part of placement “Option T” 

“Option T” – Placement based primarily in Chiang Mai , Thailand (or possibly another city) and may include attending and participating in Community Legal Education (CLE) clinic duties and workshops with interns from Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia and/or Cambodia.

 However interns may request to additionally be placed in one of the following countries.

 “Option  C”  -  Externship  starts  in  Chiang  Mai,  Thailand, continues to Phnom Penh (or possibly another city), Cambodia and finishes back in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Interns must travel overland by bus or train between Thailand and Cambodia country placement and when returning to Thailand.

 “Option  V”  -  Externship  starts  in  Chiang  Mai,  Thailand, continues in Hanoi (or possibly another city), Vietnam and finishes back in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Interns must partially  travel overland by bus or train between Thailand and Vietnam country placement and fully when returning to Thailand.  

 “Option  M” – Externship starts in Chiang  Mai, Thailand, continues in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and finishes back in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Interns must travel overland by bus or train Thailand and Malaysia during country placement and when returning to Thailand.   

“Option L” - Externship starts in Chiang Mai, Thailand, continues to Vientiane, Laos and finishes back in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Interns must travel overland by bus or train between Thailand and Laos placement and when returning to Thailand.  

“Option I” - Externship starts in Chiang Mai, Thailand, continues to Jakarta, Indonesia (or possibly another cityh) and finishes back in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Interns must partially travel overland by bus or train during Thailand and Indonesia placement and when returning  to Thailand.  

NB. Placements are NOT guaranteed; BABSEA CLE endeavours to help place you in your country option, however due to many of the logistics associated with partners, projects and requirements BABSEA CLE will make the final decision on each intern’s placement and in limited cases this may change even after an intern arrives and begins the program. 

Past Organization Placements and Collaborative Partners

Since 2004 BABSEA CLE has placed interns and volunteers with a wide variety of organizations and/or had them directly collaborate with us and other partners on access to justice projects and programs.  Some of the organization  placements have been constant, year after year, and other placements have been simply project based.  Like that of the country placement situation, partner organization placments are not guaranteed and depend on many factors. However, below is a list of partner organizations that past interns have been directly placed with and/or collaborated with.

• American Refugee Committee (Thailand)
• Asian Consortium Human Rights Based Approach to Access to Justice (International)
• Bridges Across Borders-Cambodia (Cambodia)
• CARE International (Laos)
• Chiang Mai University Legal Consultation Center (Thailand)
• CLE Foundation (Thailand)
• ERA Consumer (Malaysia)
• Global Alliance for Justice Education (International)
• Indonesia Legal Resource Center (Indonesia)
• Institute on Policy, Law and Development Vietnam (Vietnam)
• International Accountability Project (International)
• Kings Project (Thailand)
• Lao Bar Association (Laos)
• MAP (Thailand)
• Mae Fah Luang Faculty of Law (Thailand)
• Muban Chombeung Rachabhat University Department of Law (Thailand)
• MPlus+ (Thailand)
• National University of Law Faculty of Law and Political Science (Laos)
• Pannasastra University of Cambodia (Cambodia)
• Phayao University (Thailand)
• Sustainable Cambodia (Cambodia)
• Thai Aid Treatment Action Group (Thailand)
• UNAIDS (Vietnam)
• United Nations Development Program Regional Human Rights Office (Thailand)
• United Nations Development Program Vietnam Country Office (Vietnam)
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Laos)
• Universiti Teknology Mara Faculty of Law (Malaysia)
• Vietnam Trade Union University Faculty of Law (Vietnam)
• Village Focus International (Laos)
• Violet Home (Thailand)
•  Wildflower Home (Thailand)

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