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United Nations: <strong>Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares</strong></span> <img src="images/global/spc_wht_FFFFFF.gif" width="480" height="2" align="absmiddle"> <h3>Job Openings</h3> <p> Job openings at the Office of Legal Affairs are managed by the United Nations Office for Human Resources Management. 聽For more information on available vacancies and guidelines for application, please visit the UN careers website at <a href="https://careers.un.org" target="_new">https://careers.un.org</a>. </p> <h3>Internships</h3> <p> The Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) offers an internship programme primarily to university students and recent university graduates in the field of law and occasionally in other areas of study such as administration and information technology. 聽The internship candidates must:</p> <ul> <li>be enrolled in a graduate school programme (advanced university degree);</li> <li>be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor鈥檚 level or 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