Summer Internship - Testimonials

Want to clerk in Mexico City this summer?

Internships available with Pemex and the Mexican Foreign Ministry

7 Week or Full Summer (full summer applicant preference), May apply for Public Interest Fellowship grant or receive academic credit.  Must speak Spanish.

Pemex Internship:  Work with the legal department of Mexico's national oil company.

"I . . . had access to on-going development and strategic projects of the [energy] industry, international litigation, research projects, conferences and much more, and at the same time I have had the privilege to work with an extraordinary team of professionals."
- Mariana Avendaño (summer 2012)

Mexican Foreign Ministry:  Work in the Legal Consulting Department of the Mexican Foreign Ministry directly under Ambassador Arturo Dager. 

"I was given the flexibility to work in the areas I was most interested.  I revised a variety of international contracts; researched international laws, treaties, and agreements; helped plan Mexico's strategy for international oil and gas litigation, business-investment disputes, and extra-national bankruptcy proceedings; helped draft official communications with Governor Rick Perry and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton;  and participated in meetings with an Israeli legal delegation and the UN Security Council's Ombudsperson . . ."
- Jonathon Jansen (summer 2011)

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E-mail Carmen Cuellar to learn more! cdcuella@central.uh.edu