Refugee Legal Coordinantor Needed in Morocco

Droit et Justice is seeking a Refugee Legal Aid Coordinator for its office in Casablanca, Morocco

 

Organizational Profile

 

Founded in 2009 by Reda Oulamine and Mourad Faouzi, independent of any political organization, Droit et Justice Association is non-profit organization that aims to help improve the judicial system and the Rule of Law in Morocco, the equal application of law to all regardless of social class or wealth, and maximum respect for civil liberties. The organization is dedicated to changing the current mindset that prevails in the court system by condemning and supporting dysfunctions in judicial cases. Droit et Justice organizes and promotes concrete actions of awareness, including demonstrations, seminars, conferences, and justice awareness roadshows; establishes contacts with institutions, organizations, and national and international non-governmental organizations; prepares reports on the different categories of rights, including civil and criminal, commercial, public and private, national and international standards of human rights; makes recommendations and reform proposals; and conducts studies and legal research projects in all areas of law.

 

Role and Responsibilities

 

The Refugee Legal Aid Coordinator will be required to:

• Promote knowledge on refugee law by organizing training sessions and supporting the other pro-bono lawyers who take on cases.
• Organize monthly visits to refugee communities and NGOs at the borders.
• Provide legal aid and representation to migrants seeking refugee status through the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
• Prepare monthly narrative and financial reports of the project and keep track of the documentation related to each activity.
• Manage logistics, such as communication with the Droit et Justice refugee contact person in Rabat, as well as all the necessary transportation and support for clients.
• Ensure the overall efficient and effective operation of the project. Since this is the NGO’s first experience in pro-bono legal aid, the Refugee Legal Aid Coordinator will help the team of trained lawyers become acquainted with the process of pro-bono legal aid for refugees.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• Advanced, qualifying degree in law with active Bar membership
• French language fluency
• Minimum of three years of professional legal experience
• Minimum of two years of professional experience working specifically with refugees or migrants
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Good attention to detail
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Desirable:

• Arabic fluency or proficiency
• Prior experience preparing financial and narrative reports
• Prior experience leading professional training sessions

Salary

The gross monthly salary for this position throughout the twelve-month period will be €1170.

How to Apply

Applicants for the Refugee Legal Aid Coordinator position should send a resume, cover letter, and letter of recommendation to Sofia Rais at sofia@droitetjustice.org and barbara.harrellbond@gmail.com

Applications will be received until the position is filled, with a preference for applicants who can start immediately. Applicants must be able to begin work as soon as possible, no later than August 1, 2013.

Practitioner-in-Residence Opening at Syracuse University College of Law

Syracuse University College of Law is seeking a Practitioner-in-Residence with criminal practice experience for its Office of Clinical Legal Education.  Additional experience in real estate transactions is desirable, though not required.  The Practitioner will work with clinic faculty and students on clinic cases (primarily criminal cases).  The initial contract period will commence on August 19, 2013, and end on June 30, 2014.  Future contract periods, if the Practitioner is renewed, would be for 12 months, commencing on July 1 of each year.  Salary is commensurate with the candidate's prior experience.  The Practitioner will be considered a full-time, non-tenure track, employee of the College of Law, and will receive all applicable employee benefits. The College of Law is particularly interested in applicants who will bring diversity to the faculty.

Candidates must have a J.D. degree and be admitted to the New York State Bar.  Also, at least three years of experience in criminal law is required.  Experience in real estate transactions and teaching and supervisory experience is preferred.

Interested applicants should submit their resume, cover letter and at least three references via Syracuse University's job opportunity website, https://www.sujobopps.com/.  Applications will be accepted until June 17, 2013.  Syracuse University is committed to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.  

Deborah Kenn
Professor of Law
Associate Dean of Clinical and Experiential Education Director, Office of Clinical Legal Education Director, Community Development Law Clinic Syracuse University College of Law
315-443-4582

Intern Position at International Organization in New York-Potential to Telecommute

Overview:

UNITED SIKHS is a UN-affiliated, international non-profit, non-governmental, humanitarian relief, human development and advocacy organization, aimed at empowering those in need, especially disadvantaged and minority communities across the world.

Position Information:

UNITED SIKHS is seeking Legal Interns to work on the Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Report, 2013. This report is the only one of its kind covering human & civil rights violations perpetrated against the Sikh community; it has exposed serious civil and human rights issues that were previously not being reported. Each year, it is referenced by legal professionals and governmental agencies, and it serves as a surveying and reporting mechanism that easily can feed into the Universal Periodic Review process of the United Nations. To view the 2012 report click here: http://unitedsikhs.org/docs/CivilAndHumanRightsReport2012.pdf

Along with the report, interns will assist with the tasks towards organizing the Annual Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Conference where the Global Report will be released. They will search for, and send out invites to lawyers, law professors, elected officials, UN Rapporteurs, ambassadors and envoys. Interns will maintain a shared database of the same. Interns may be asked to perform various other tasks related to the conference.

Minimum Requirements:

Interns will be proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Word.

Interns will also be assisting in the ongoing work on UNITED SIKHS ICHRA (International Civil and Human Rights Advocacy) cases. Examples include cases of employment discrimination, hate crime, school bullying, and advocacy on behalf of minorities having issues with the DHS, TSA, CBP, ICE and the FBI. Interns may be asked to liaison with the aforementioned federal and other state agencies. They may be asked to do legal research, work on briefs, write memos and draft letters.

Both JD and LL.M. students are eligible to apply.

Interns will be working out of our Manhattan office located at 4 W, 43 St, Ste.401, New York, NY. They will be required to report to the office once or twice a week, but can work from home otherwise. As the time for completion of the Global Report and the date for the Global conference approach near, interns will be required to come to the office more often.

 Weekend work and reporting to office may be required.

This is an unpaid position. Travel expenses may be given in some cases.

To Apply:

Please send resume, coverletter, and short writing sample to the CLSR Fellow abbagail.c.geroux@nesl.edu.

LL.M. Program at David A. Clark School of Law Accepting Applications

University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law is accepting additional applications for its LL.M. program with concentration in Clinical Education, Social Justice and Systems Change.  Current openings are in our Juvenile and Special Education Clinic and Housing and Consumer Law Clinic. 

Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degree Program With Concentration In Clinical Education, Social Justice, and Systems Change

UDC David A. Clarke School of Law—well known for its leadership in clinical legal education and for its public interest mission—is pleased to announce fellowship opportunities in the following clinics:
Juvenile & Special Education Law Clinic Took Crowell Institute for At-Risk Youth And Housing and Consumer Law Clinic.

LL.M. Program Description

The two-year LL.M. program includes coursework in clinical pedagogy, public interest law, and systems change.  LL.M. candidates will work under the supervision of the Law School’s experienced faculty to supervise and teach J.D. students enrolled in our clinics.
By the end of the second academic year each LL.M. candidate will produce a culminating project in the form of a scholarly work of publishable quality or project designed to impact systems change.  

LL.M. candidates will receive a stipend of $49,667, plus health benefits.The program will begin on August 1, 2013. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic Took Crowell Institute for At-Risk Youth

Clinic faculty and law students represent children and parents/guardians primarily in special education matters, with a focus on children with unmet special education needs who are facing school discipline, delinquency, or criminal sanctions.  The Institute engages in system reform projects aimed at reversing the school-to-prison pipeline.

Candidates should be a member of the DC Bar, or eligible to waive in.  At least two years of experience representing children charged in delinquency matters preferred.  Experience handling school discipline and special education matters is desirable.

Housing and Consumer Law Clinic

Clinic faculty and law students represent individuals and small groups in affirmative habitability actions, illegal rent increase, eviction, predatory loan, foreclosure, and fair housing matters.  The Clinic also handles cases on behalf of consumers against merchants, and homeowners against contractors in disputes involving sales and services.

Candidates must be a member of the DC Bar and have a minimum of two years relevant practice experience.

Admissions Process

Please submit the following:
1. A response to the following questions in no more than 1,000 words (two pages):
In your area of concentration, what systemic problems have you identified? 
How do you envision using the law to transform the system?
2. Resume
3. Writing Sample
4. Law School Transcript (official)
5. Two letters of recommendation from persons with personal knowledge of your capabilities and commitment to social justice.

Please send materials, except transcript, electronically to kforman@udc.edu.
Please enter LL.M. Application in the subject line.
Mail transcript to:
Karen Forman, Associate Dean
Public Interest, Clinical and Graduate Programs
University of the District of Columbia
David A. Clarke School of Law
4200 Connecticut Ave., NW
Building 52
Washington, DC  20008
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Questions? Please contact:
                  Karen Forman
                  kforman@udc.edu

Friedman Clinical Fellowship Program Applications Due June 12th

         The George Washington University Law School is accepting additional applications for its Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics' graduate clinical fellowships for the academic years of 2013-15.  In
recognition of the generous gift of Philip Friedman, the Fellows are known as Friedman Fellows.  Friedman Fellows obtain LL.M. degrees while examining and engaging in clinical legal education and public interest law.

About the Program:

         The 2013-15 Friedman Fellowships begin in the summer of 2013.  Each fellowship is affiliated with a specific law school clinic.  Although the various clinics provide the fellows diverse responsibilities and
experiences, each provides the Fellow with opportunities to co-teach and co-supervise, under the supervision of experienced clinical faculty, the law students enrolled in the clinic.

         The Friedman Fellowship program enables every Fellow to learn about clinical education and public interest lawyering through the practice of engaging in each, teaching and supervising law students engaged in
 these endeavors, and participating in a program of study in which these are the primary topics of inquiry.  In the process, Fellows receive mentorship and support from the clinical faculty and administration, and the law school in general.

         Fellows enroll in two year-long courses in Clinical Teaching and Scholarship taught by the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and other clinical faculty.  As part of this course sequence, Fellows
receive specific instruction and guidance in teaching and supervising law students, and in writing a publishable thesis.  During the two years, Fellows also enroll in two or three other law school classes, and receive an LL.M. degree upon completion of the coursework and thesis requirements of the LL.M. program.

Eligibility:

         We are currently seeking applications from candidates with strong academic, clinical, and lawyering experience related to transactional law and community economic development.  Fellows receive an annual stipendbetween $45,000 and $50,000, tuition remission for the LL.M. program, health insurance and other benefits, and possible student loan deferment.  Fellows must be members of a state bar.  Candidates who
are not members of the D.C. Bar must be eligible for immediate waiver into the D.C. Bar.

         Applicants should send letters of interest, resumes, a list of references, and a complete law school transcript by Wednesday, June 12, 2013 to Associate Dean Phyllis Goldfarb.  The preferred submission method is by email to clinicadmin@law.gwu.edu. In the alternative, applications can be mailed to:

 the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics
 c/o Executive Assistant Norma Lamont, The George Washington University
 Law School, 2000 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20052

The George Washington University Law School is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. The University undertakes special efforts to employ a diverse workforce.

New England Law Alum and Faculty Weigh in on the Retroactivity of Padilla in Massachusetts

Laura Mannion Banwarth ’09 is one of the attorneys representing the appellee in Commonwealth v. Kempess Sylvain before the Supreme Judicial Court, which heard arguments on May 6, 2013.  The case presents the issue of whether Massachusetts will continue to apply retroactively the United States Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S.Ct. 1473 (2010), in light of the recent decision in Chaidez v. United States, 586 U. S.___, 2013 U.S. LEXIS 1613 (February 20, 2013). http://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/search_number.php?dno=sjc-11400.

Professors Lawrence Friedman and David Siegel jointly wrote an amicus brief arguing in favor of retroactivity of Padilla in Massachusetts.

Clinical Teaching Fellowship at Cardozo Law School

Cardozo Law School seeks to hire a full-time clinical teaching fellow focusing on international human rights, with the rank of lecturer, in the Law School’s Human Rights and Genocide Clinic. The position, known as the Clinical Teaching Fellow, will start August 1, 2013 or later.  The appointment is for one year, but reappointment for a second term is also possible. Reporting to the Director, the Fellow will work on human rights cases, with a particular focus on international criminal law; supervise student work on clinical case projects; develop existing case projects; develop future case projects in partnership with NGOs, international criminal tribunals, and UN Agencies; work with the Director to develop teaching materials and teach in the clinic; and manage aspects of a website related to the Clinic. In particular, the Fellow will focus on developing the Clinic’s international criminal law case projects. The position is ideal for a candidate interested in the substantive areas of international criminal law/the development of international institutions/human rights and/or interested in clinical teaching.

The Human Rights and Genocide Clinic is a semester-long Clinic in which students represent individuals seeking asylum and individuals and institutional clients in international human rights case projects.  The overall objective of the Clinic is to provide students with first-hand experience in the range of activities in which lawyers engage to promote respect for human rights and the diverse ways the law is utilized to promote social change.  In order effectively to bridge theory and practice, the Clinic is divided into two pedagogical components: first, a weekly doctrinal seminar, and second, case-work and skills training.  The Clinic seminar emphasizes a critical analysis of the legal framework relevant to the Clinic’s case work on human rights and mass atrocity prevention in the areas of international human rights, minority rights, international criminal law, humanitarian law, and transitional justice.  

Qualifications:

Candidates must have: 1) JD or equivalent; 2) strong academic background; 3) significant experience in international human rights/criminal law 3) strong international human rights background as exhibited by human rights work and/or LL.M in international human rights; 4) experience or interest in teaching; 5) proven management or organizational skills.  Fluency in English is required, and another language, preferably French, is desired.


Each candidate should submit a cover letter, resume or curriculum vita, a list of references, and a legal writing sample.  We are receiving applications on a rolling basis.  Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until filled.   Please submit your application electronically by email to: Symona Boyd at sboyd@yu.edu.

Any New England Alum should contact Professor Haynes at dhaynes@nesl.edu before applying.