The Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI), a public service
project of the American Bar Association, is currently seeking
experienced attorneys for the following positions. Unless noted, the
positions are based in the capital city and require a twelve-month
commitment. The start dates are noted in parentheses.
CEELI considers attorneys for long-term positions with a minimum of
five years of legal experience in the United States, U. S. bar
membership, high level of energy and initiative, strong interpersonal
skills, and demonstrated legal expertise in the substantive area of the
position. International experience and foreign language skills are
preferred, but not required. All participants over 2 months receive a
generous support package that covers travel, housing, general living,
and business expenses. In-country foreign language training, medical
evacuation insurance and reimbursement for medical insurance premiums
are also included.
To receive an application/information packet, please contact our
Liaison and Legal Specialist Department, e-mail ceeli@abanet.org , or
download the form from www.abanet.org/intlegalreform
http://www.abanet.org/intlegalreform, or by phone: 1-800-98CEELI or
(202) 662-1754, by fax: (202) 662-1597 or visit our website
http://www.abanet.org/ceeli.
LONGTERM POSITIONS (around 12 months, in alphabetical order)
ADVOCACY TRAINING PROGRAM LEGAL SPECIALIST - Russia (October 2002)
* Develop a curriculum to train Russian advocates the skills they will
need to participate in Russian criminal jury trials.
* Development of basic skills and follow-up seminars for more advanced
skills training, including interviewing a client, preparing a witness,
opening statement, closing argument, preserving issues for appeal, case
investigation, how to work with evidence, etc.
* Prefer experience with developing new programs, especially CLE type
advocacy training.
* Must have training experience,
* Good interpersonal skills also preferred, because position entails
staff development and skills transfers.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bulgaria (August
2002, 9 months)
* Prefer experience as a mediator and with mediation training
experience.
* Work with the Ministry of Justice ADR task force to develop and
implement a framework to support the introduction of ADR in Bulgaria.
Work includes providing technical assistance to task force (advising on
the development of civil procedure code amendments or a law on
mediation, developing ethics rules for mediators, developing public
education campaign on mediation, etc.), assisting with implementation
of pilot court related mediation programs in Plovdiv and Sofia.
* Assisting with the development of private ADR centers around the
country. Providing mediation skills training to attorneys and other
individuals who will provide mediation services for private centers and
court affiliated programs.
* Work with the Ministry of Labor on the development of a Labor
Conciliation Institute, modeled after the US Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service. Responsibilities include providing technical
assistance to MOL with developing the institutional infrastructure for
the Institute, helping develop and implement a public awareness
campaign on labor mediation, and training mediators who will service
the Institute.
COMMERCIAL LAW LIAISONS - Bulgaria (July 2002)
* Coordinate commercial law related CEELI activities in the host
country.
* Identify, develop, and implement technical legal assistance projects
in partnership with the local legal community and government
representatives.
* Organize interactive training workshops on topics such as banking
law, bankruptcy, and intellectual property.
* Manage legal reform programs focusing on continuing legal education,
bar development, and judicial reform.
CRIMINAL LAW LIAISONS
* Coordinate criminal law related activities in the host country.
* Organize interactive training workshops for prosecutors, judges, and
defense attorneys on topics such as the drafting and implementation of
modern criminal justice legislation, supervision of investigations,
individual rights, white collar crime, political corruption, organized
crime, and jury trial procedures
Armenia (July 2002) Moldova (April 2003)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (July 2002) Russia (April 2003)
Bulgaria (April 2003) Slovakia (October 2002)
Georgia (July 2002) Ukraine (June 2003)
Yugoslavia-Montenegro (July 2002) Uzbekistan (October 2002)
GENDER ISSUES LEGAL SPECIALISTS - Serbia (June 2003), Russia (September 2002)
* Conduct training workshops on domestic violence, sexual assault, and
trafficking for the purpose of prostitution.
* Develop training programs on gender related employment issues,
including sexual harassment and discrimination.
* Assist non-governmental and government organizations in legal
literacy initiatives relating to women's legal rights.
* Help to develop legal clinics to assist the victims of domestic
violence and gender discrimination.
* Provide guidance in the development and strengthening of women's bar
associations.
* Prefer experience with domestic violence prevention, solid background
in trafficking issues.
* For the Russia position, Russian language is a plus.
LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING LEGAL SPECIALISTS - Tajikistan (September 2002)
* Assist the parliaments in the drafting and revising of legislation.
* Organize interactive training workshops for parliamentary staff on
issues such as public hearings, legislative drafting procedures, and
legislatures' role in enforcing and implementing laws.
* Assist in strengthening the legislative drafting centers throughout
Central Asia.
* Work with parliamentarians and NGOs to provide training in gauging
and utilizing public sentiment and developing mass media relations.
* Manage legal reform programs focusing on bar association development
and judicial reform.
REGIONAL TRADE LAW LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bulgaria (6-12 months, TBD)
* Initiate programs to improve trade throughout Southeastern Europe.
* Help to draft trade legislation.
* Assist in the development of a free trade zone.
RULE OF LAW LIAISONS=20
* Coordinate CEELI rule of law related activities in the host country.
* Identify, develop, and implement technical legal assistance projects
in partnership with the host country's legal community and government
representatives.
* Organize interactive training workshop on topics such as creating an
independent judiciary, drafting ethics codes, revising administrative
procedures, and developing judicial training programs.
* Manage legal reform programs focusing on continuing legal education,
law practice management, and bar development for one year.
Albania (February 2003 and July 2003) Belgrade, Serbia (June 2003)
Armenia (May 2003 and June 2003) Nis, Serbia (June 2003)
Azerbaijan (April 2003 and September 2003) Tajikistan (January 2003)
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (January 2003) Turkmenistan (June 2003)
Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina (January 2003) Ukraine (January 2003)
Oskemen/Almaty, Kazakhstan (November 2002) Ferghana/Tashkent,
Uzbekistan (January 2003)
Astana, Kazakhstan (October 2002) Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Sept 2002 and
May 2003)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (January 2003) Yugoslavia-Kosovo (June 2003 and
February 2003)
Osh, Kyrgyzstan (December 2002) Yugoslavia-Montenegro (April 2003)
Moldova (April 2003)
Samara, Russia (Fall 2002)
SHORTER TERM POSITIONS (less than 1 year, in alphabetical order)
AIRPORT CONCESSIONS LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bulgaria (1-2 weeks
Winter/Spring 2002)
* Assist Ministry of Transport officials in developing concessioning
procedures.
* Conduct training on these procedures.
CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST - Georgia
COURT ADMINISTRATION LEGAL SPECIALIST - Slovakia (6-8 months, Aug 2002)
* Assist in implementing court management, administration reforms at
sights around the country based on a model developed and tested this
past year.
COURT ADMINISTRATION LEGAL SPECIALIST - Romania (7-8 months, July 2002
* The primary substantive focus of the position will be working with a
pilot court in Bucharest that is testing case and court management
reforms.
* Oversee the development of forms and new administrative practices to
streamline case processing, development of a system for evaluating
reforms and coordinate computerization of the court with the court and
the EU.
* The project includes a focus on increasing public understanding of
the courts through outreach and media initiatives.
* Oversight of our initiative to develop the institutional
infrastructure and programming of three judges associations.
* Work with the judges associations and the MOJ to develop and
implement reforms to respond to issues raised by the CEELI JRI.
CRIMINAL LAW LEGISLATIVE LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bosnia (Multiple 2-4 month
positions, August 2002)
* Assist, through providing drafting support, in the development and
adoption of new criminal justice laws.
* Current program focuses include criminal procedure and substantive
criminal law provisions, including money laundering, trafficking in
persons, plea bargaining, witness protection, and anticorruption.
* Significant legislative drafting experience, preferably of criminal
justice or related legislation.
* Criminal law practice desirable but not necessary
* Must be available for at least 6 weeks
* 2-4 month availability highly preferable.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT LEGAL SPECIALIST - Kyrgyzstan
EUROPEAN ATTORNEYS LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bulgaria (2 weeks, 2002)
* Work with Supreme Bar Council working groups on the revision of the
Attorneys Act.
* Prefer experience with European Union regulations governing the legal
profession.
GENDER ISSUES LEGAL SPECIALIST - Georgia (3 months, September 2002)
* Develop gender issues program in Georgia
* Work collaboratively with other international organizations,
assisting them to work together effectively.
* Prefer experience creating and managing gender issues projects; exp.
with CEDAW Index
LEGAL EDUCATION LEGAL SPECIALIST - Tashkent, Uzbekistan (3-4 months
beginning Fall 2002)
* Work with Tashkent State Law Institute to assess their current
offerings and make suggestions on new courses and methodologies.
* Assist with consolidating current law faculties in Namangan,
Ferghana, Andijan, Samarkand and Nukus with the Tashkent program.
* Assist in establishing LL.M. program
* Prefer experience or knowledge of law school administration and
establishing LL.M. or similar programs.
PROCUREMENT LAW LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bulgaria (3-4 months beginning
Spring 2002)
* Assist the Bulgaria Government Procurement Directorate
with revising the procurement law.
* Organize training programs on the new legislation and procedures.
CONSULTANT POSITIONS
NIS REGIONAL ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY ADVISOR (12 months renewable contract,
August 2002, NIS country TBD)
* Assist liaisons in the six NIS countries, or a subset TBD, in the
development and implementations of anticorruption programming.
* Track anticorruption trends and initiatives to maintain expertise,
and serve as a resource to CEELI generally.
* Represent CEELI at country and regional meetings.
* Minimum of five years of legal experience related to anti-corruption
issues, preferably in both preventive and law enforcement measures
* Experience developing and implementing anti-corruption, public
integrity, and/or accountability programs in developing countries
* High level of energy and initiative and strong interpersonal skills
* Experience in or knowledge about the region preferred
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