[refugee-rights] Refugee Law Programme for law students in Azerbaijan

Refugee Law Programme for Law Students

We would like to inform you that Azerbaijan Young Lawyers' Union (AYLU) has
finished the project on Refugee Law Training Programme for Law Students
implemented with the financial support of UNHCR Baku Office.

The Objective of the Programme was to provide law students with opportunity
to learn refugee law and implement in practice in order to complement the
predominantly theoretical education currently offered at Azerbaijani law
schools.

The curriculum of Baku law faculties doesn't place sufficient emphasis on
the practical experience of students. It is only after having obtained a
degree that they are for the first time confronted with the reality of
court practices. The Azerbaijani Young Lawyers Union (AYLU), which is
foreseen as an implementing partner for this project, had been organised a
limited-scale practice for law students.
Approximately 50 students were accepted as participants in the programme,
based on an assessment of both student performance and personal attributes
at interview.

Participants were divided into 2 groups of 25. Each group had following
programme:

Practical training on court proceedings and the drafting of legal
documents, given by contracted experts and practising lawyers (12 hours);
Workshop on refugee law - analysing of selected domestic court cases
related to refugees; (12 hours)
Visit to training course for refugees conducted by AYLU with the aim to
assist the trainers (24 days);
Moot court sessions on refugees rights (8 hours)
At the end of the programme, the knowledge of participants was assessed and
those achieving a requisite standard were awarded a certificate of
participation.

Azerbaijan Young Lawyers' Union (AYLU)
AZ 1005 Mirze Ibrahimov str. 11, aprt. 8
Baku, Azerbaijan Republic
Phone: +99412973247; 953162
Fax: +99412973127
email: aylu@azeronline.com
http://www.aylu.info



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