Legal Intern, 80% (fixed-term employment for 6 months)
Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Aarau
Key information
- Publication date:16 July 2025
- Workload:80%
- Contract type:Internship
- Place of work:Aarau
Job summary
HEKS employs around 600 staff, striving for a just world. Join a supportive team making impactful changes globally.
Tasks
- Assist lawyers with legal submissions to authorities and courts.
- Conduct legal analyses and case clarifications.
- Draft legal correspondence and provide consultations.
Skills
- Law studies (BLaw or MLaw) with interest in asylum law.
- Excellent written and communication skills required.
- Fluency in English and French or Italian is a plus.
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HEKS employs around 600 permanent staff and pursues the vision of a just world where the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and the natural foundations of life are preserved. At 25 locations in Switzerland and worldwide in 30 countries, HEKS is active with over 380 programs and projects amounting to around 138 million Swiss francs. As part of the 2030 Agenda, HEKS works in the four thematic areas of "climate justice", "right to land and food", "refuge and migration", and "inclusion". Additionally, HEKS provides humanitarian aid to victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. The goal is a transformation on social, economic, and political levels. HEKS contributes to improving the living conditions of people in Switzerland and worldwide, advocates for their rights, and raises awareness and mobilizes society, politics, business, and churches for this purpose. In 2023, HEKS reached around 16 million people with its work.
Legal Intern, 80% (fixed-term employment for 6 months)
The HEKS legal advice center for asylum seekers in Aargau offers legal advice and representation to asylum seekers, refugees, and temporarily admitted persons.
To support our team in Aarau, we are looking for a motivated individual to start immediately or by agreement as
Your main tasks are:
- Support for lawyers in legal submissions to the Federal Administrative Court, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), and cantonal authorities
- Legal clarifications and individual case clarifications
- Independent drafting of legal correspondence
- Telephone and personal legal advice
- Participation in hearings
- Assistance in organizing workshops and events
Ideally, you bring the following:
- Study of law (BLaw or MLaw)
- Interest in asylum and immigration law issues
- Very good written expression
- High communication skills and sensitivity in dealing with people from different cultures
- Good foreign language skills, especially in English and French or Italian, additional languages are an advantage
- Flexibility, independence, and high resilience
What you can expect from us:
- Diverse, challenging, and meaningful work in the intersection of law and social issues
- Dedicated and competent colleagues
- Central location of the workplace in Aarau
Would you like to join the HEKS team?
We look forward to receiving your application via our application tool.
We look forward to receiving your application via our application tool.
We welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, or sexual orientation. Please understand that email or postal applications cannot be processed.
For more information about HEKS, visit www.heks.ch.
For further information, please contact Lara Märki, Deputy Head of the Legal Advice Center Aargau/Solothurn, at phone 062 824 60 24 .
For more information about HEKS, visit www.heks.ch.
