The Central European and Eurasian 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, 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 us by e-mail
ceeli@abanet.org <mailto:ceeli@abanet.org>, or download the registration
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 www.abanet.org/ceeli
<http://www.abanet.org/ceeli> for more information.
LONGTERM POSITIONS (around 12 months, in alphabetical order)
ADVOCACY TRAINING PROGRAM LEGAL SPECIALIST - Russia (Winter/Spring 2003)
* Focus will be on civil law.
* 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.
HUMAN RIGHTS/CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SPECIALIST - Morocco (8-10 months, March/April
2003)
* Coordinate technical legal assistance program focusing on criminal
procedure and
international human rights
* Arabic or French fluency is strongly preferred
* Background in international human rights law or criminal procedure
is required
CRIMINAL LAW LEGISLATIVE LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bosnia (1 year - renewable; May
be multiple
2-4 month
positions, TBD)
* 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.
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 (Winter/Spring 2003) Montenegro (Winter/Spring 2003)*
Bosnia-Herzegovina (Winter/Spring 2004)* Russia (April 2004)
Bulgaria (April 2003)* Slovakia (June 2003)*
Georgia (Winter/Spring 2003) Ukraine (June 2003)
Moldova (April 2003)* Uzbekistan (October 2003)
*Please visit our website www.abanet.org/ceeli
<http://www.abanet.org/ceeli> for more detailed information.
GENDER ISSUES LEGAL SPECIALISTS - Russia (Winter/Spring 2003)*
* 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.
*Please visit our website www.abanet.org/ceeli
<http://www.abanet.org/ceeli> for more detailed information.
RULE OF LAW LIAISONS
* 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 July 2003 Osh, Kyrgyzstan (Winter/Spring 2003)*
Armenia (Winter/Spring 2003; Winter 2004) Moldova (April 2003)
Azerbaijan (September 2003) Samara, Russia (Spring 2003)
Belarus (October 2003)* Dushanbe, Tajikistan (August 2003)*
Tblisi, Georgia (Sept/Oct 2003)* Dushanbe, Tajikistan (February 2004)*
Almaty, Kazakhstan (Winter/Spring 2003)* Turkmenistan (June 2003)
Almaty, Kazakhstan (December 2003)* Ferghana/Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(January 2004)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (January 2004)* Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Winter/Spring
2003, Sept 2003, and June 2004)*
*Please visit our website www.abanet.org/ceeli
<http://www.abanet.org/ceeli> for more detailed information.
SHORTER TERM POSITIONS (less than 1 year, in alphabetical order)
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bulgaria (May-October 2003)
* 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.
CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST - Georgia (2-3 months, TBD)
* Work with two or more of Georgia's leading law clinics (and their
branch offices)
* Develop their training program for law students, including (1)
advising on procedures for selection of students; (2) developing a program
which is uniform, with the inclusion of specific activities that can be
evaluated; (3) helping to develop training manuals; (4) developing
evaluation procedures to document the work done by the trainee and the
quality of skills developed.
JUDICIAL LEGAL SPECIALIST - Almaty, Kazakhstan (2 months, March 2003)
* Conduct targeted trainings on judicial ethics with the new Judicial
Training Center (JTC)
* Explore the JTC's interest in the development of a comprehensive
module on judicial ethics that can be made a part of all JTC trainings
* Explore opportunities to provide targeted trainings to Judicial
Ethics Commissions
* Work with the Commissions to develop an action plan for enforcement
of judicial ethics
* Provide assistance on other ethics-related topics
* Prefer experience with judicial ethics - code development,
enforcement and training.
LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bahrain (7 months with possible break in Summer,
March/April 2003)
* Coordinate rule of law focused technical legal assistance program
* Court administration and/or judicial experience required
* Language not required, familiarity with Arab culture preferred
through study abroad or
travel/work experience.
LEGAL SPECIALIST - Bahrain (2 weeks, June/July 2003)
* Conduct prosecutor training
* Requires experience with developing and conducting training
programs for prosecutors
PROCUREMENT LAW SPECIALIST - Slovakia (series of three 7-14 day trips
between April 1 and
October 31, 2003)
* Work will focus on assisting the national procurement directorate
with developing its
procedures and staff capacity
* Will develop pilot procurement reform project in one national ministry
CONSULTANT POSITIONS
NIS REGIONAL ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY ADVISOR (12 months renewable contract,
Winter 2003, 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
IN-COUNTRY DIRECTOR (CEE country, TBD)
* The Country Director is responsible for developing, implementing,
and reporting on, CEELI's
technical legal assistance projects in country.
* In discharging this responsibility, the Country Director must
oversee the work of the liaison
and/or legal specialists posted to the country.
* Prior management experience & excellent written/oral communication
skills required.
* JD or equivalent.
* USAID-funded project management experience
* 5+ yrs of int'l development experience & and applicable language
skills strongly preferred
Please visit our website www.abanet.org/ceeli <http://www.abanet.org/ceeli>
for more information.
CEELI FELLOWS PROGRAM
Each year CEELI offers a limited number of professional fellowships to
legal practitioners, analysts, and scholars through its CEELI Fellows program.
The Fellows program is designed with two goals in mind: 1) To strengthen
CEELI's capacity to develop research and analytical publications that
complement the programmatic efforts of the organization's network of
approximately thirty field offices; and 2) To provide legal professionals
early in their career and from around the world with practical experience
and insight into the field of technical legal assistance.
Fellows work entirely in CEELI's Washington, D.C. office as part of the
Legislative Assistance & Research program. They are fully integrated into
CEELI's day-to-day operations in Washington DC, and are relied upon to
conduct in-depth legal research and provide analysis of issues related to
the rule of law and legal reform in emerging democracies and transitioning
states. While on staff at CEELI, Fellows will pursue both directed and
independent research projects.
Fellows are hired as employees for roughly 1 year, beginning on or about
September 2nd, 2003 and ending August 31st, 2004. Fellows receive an annual
salary of approximately $35,000 with ABA benefits, including paid vacation
and administrative leave, Federal holidays, and medical, dental, and vision
care insurance. Foreign applicants are responsible for obtaining
authorization to work in the United States.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
CEELI welcomes applications from candidates of all countries. Competition
for Fellow positions is merit-based and selection will be made on the basis
of academic excellence, professional aptitude and experience, leadership
potential in the fields of international development and legal reform, and
command of the English language.
The following selection criteria will also be applied:
* Fellow candidates must hold a law degree from either a U.S. or
foreign law school, and have at least two years of relevant experience.
* Fellow candidates must demonstrate expertise in at least one of
CEELI's focal areas: Judicial Reform, Independence of the Legal Profession,
Legal Education, Gender Issues, Anti-corruption and Public Integrity, and
Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
* Fellow candidates must be familiar with both international law and
comparative legal systems. Familiarity with international development or
technical legal assistance programming is welcomed.
* Fellow candidates must be highly motivated, able to work
independently, and possess both excellent interpersonal and writing skills.
Application Process
Applications will be accepted until March 31st, 2003.To apply, please
complete an application packet, which can be downloaded from:
www.abanet.org/ceeli/program/larp_fellows/home.html. Applications must be
mailed to: CEELI Fellowship Program, 740 Fifteenth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005-1022.
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