截止3月18日 公益法研究所(PILnet)公益法律研究及实践项目招募候选人

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公益法律研究及实践项目招募候选人公告


公益法研究所


2011-2012


￭计划从中国、尼泊尔、尼日利亚、俄罗斯及东南亚招募候选人


   在此，公益法研究所非常高兴地邀请您参与2011至2012年度公益法律研究及实践项目的申请，此项目欲从中国、尼泊尔、尼日利亚、俄罗斯及东南亚招募致力于公益法律研究及实践的律师到纽约、布达佩斯等地进行为期10个月的公益法学习、研究及实践。报名者应是积极致力于公益法律研究及服务实践领域的先锋。


   PILnet将招募来自世界各地的公益法律师. 项目第一阶段，他们将在纽约哥伦比亚大学法学院学习有关公益法律课程，同时还将参与各种公益法实践培训,为期5个月。第二年春天，项目参与者将进入纽约地区的公益法组织进行3个月的实习。此后，项目成员会进入公益法研究所在布达佩斯办公室进行2个月的访问学习。公益法研究所希望参与者通过上述学习及实践、能够将项目期间设计的公益法律项目在其本国付诸实施。


   公益法研究所将负担项目参与者的下列费用：项目参与者由本国出发到美国的往返经济舱机票，纽约与布达佩斯之间的交通费、在纽约及布达佩斯由公益法研究所安排的住宿、按月发放的生活费、书本费用补贴以及意外险保险费。被选中的项目参与人需要同公益法研究所签订一份协议，以明确此次奖学金项目的详细要求及规定，同时申明项目参与人保证完成项目所安排的全部培训课程及实习工作。


选拔标准：


·         申请人应当是具有在其本国有成为公益法领军人物可能的律师；


·         申请人所在的组织出具的候选人与该机构之间关系的证明信；申请人所在机构的推荐信；


·         至少具有两年以上的在所在机构从事公益法实践


·         候选人能用英文与其他成员沟通，并能旁听法律课程和足以应对实习过程中的交流；


·         相关推荐机构在公益法律服务领域有良好记录；


·         申请人还应提供旨在提升本国公益法律研究与实践及权利保护工作的项目建议书；


申请须知：


申请人应提交如下材料


·         填写完整的申请书；


·         个人简历


·         申请人所服务或从事志愿工作组织的推荐书，推荐书中应表明申请人如果参与此项目将会给该组织或机构带来何种的益处；


·         两份推荐书，其中应当有一份来自于候选人所服务组织之外的个人；


·         项目第一学期的工作计划描述，以及其回国后将如何把学习到的相关知识运用到实践中的计划书；


·         候选者在法学院学习期间的成绩单复印件（一份）；


·         候选者的律师资格证书或法律执业证书复印件（（一份）如果有的话）；


·         推荐组织或机构的相关信息；同时，欢迎申请人附上其他虽未要求，但能证明申请人相关能力的推荐信或证明材料；


项目描述应该是2-3页、描述您学习期间想要学习和发展的专业知识和您的项目设想。


·         一个初步的项目描述；


·         设计的项目为什么重要；


·         您的项目成功的原因和怎样成功；


·         您的项目怎样能够作用您所在的国家，来增强您的计划。


公众利益的项目可能包括，包括但不限于:


·         促进法律的改革减少种族歧视；


·         保护弱势群体权益的项目；


·         在大学里建立法律教育诊所。


   请通过E-mail进行相关电子版材料投递，同时所有上述材料还应邮寄给我们，如提交申请材料不完整将不会被考虑，如果申请人未能全面提交上述申请材料，则该申请会被视为无效，除非该申请者能够合理的解释其不能获得该材料的原因。


   请将上述材料于2011年03月18日之前提供给公益法研究所。项目相关的更多详情或信息，请与该项目的协调人Erin Carll联系，她的E-mail地址是：pilnetfellowship@pilnet.org或者点击以下链接http://www.pilnet.org/images/pdf/applicationform2011final.doc同时，上述申请材料的打印版请通过邮寄的方式投递到相关地址，具体邮寄地址请与她联系获取。


请注意：公益法研究所不能为您的随行家属提供资金资助，也不能提供适合家庭居住的住房。另外，如果您希望带随行家属参加此项目，哥伦比亚大学在为随行家属提供官方邀请函之前，需要您提供该家属的经济能力担保或证明文件，这一证明责任由项目参与者自己承担。


DEADLINE March 18, 2011


2011-2012 PILnet International Fellows: Seeking Candidates from China; Nepal; Nigeria; Russia; and Southeast Asia*


*[Special consideration will be given to candidates from Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam]


PILnet, formerly the Public Interest Law Institute (PILI), is pleased to invite applications for its International Public Interest Law Fellows Program for 2011-2012. PILnet will select lawyers from China, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, and Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam) for ten months of study and practical experience in New York and Budapest, Hungary. The program targets future leaders in various fields of public interest advocacy.


PILnet International Fellows will join other public interest lawyers from around the world. They will reside a total of eight months in the U.S. The Fellows Program begins with a semester of study at Columbia University School of Law and additional public interest advocacy training. In the spring, International Fellows will participate in a three-month period of internships at New York-based public interest law organizations and a two-month study visit based out of PILnet’s Budapest office.  Fellows return to their home countries after the Fellowship, with the aim to implement the project developed during the Fellowship.


PILnet will cover the cost of a round-trip coach airfare to the U.S. and Budapest, housing in New York and Budapest, a monthly stipend and emergency medical insurance. Selected candidates for the Fellows Program are required to sign an agreement to the terms of the program, stating that they will complete it in full.


Selection Criteria


Evaluation of Candidate:


·    Public interest leadership potential of the candidate in his or her country (minimum of two years working experience with the organization is required),


·    The nature of the candidate's relationship with the nominating organization, and


·    The candidate’s ability to communicate in English.


Evaluation of Project:


·    The quality of the proposed project and its potential for promoting public interest law and human rights in the candidate’s home country, and


·    The track record of the nominating organization in promoting public interest advocacy.


Application Instructions


Applicants must submit the following documents:


·    A completed program application form;


·    A curriculum vitae;


·    A nominating letter from --the organization where they are employed, supporting their application to the program and indicating how the Fellows Program would be a benefit to the organization/institution;


·    Two recommendation letters (in addition to the nominating letter), at least one from an individual outside of the nominating organization;


·    A description of a project that the applicant would like to work on during the first semester of the program, ideally with practical significance to their work upon return home;** and


·    A copy of the applicant's law school transcript.


Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit the following documents:


·    A copy of the applicant's bar association membership,


·    Information on the nominating organization/institution, and


·    Additional recommendations.


**The project description should be a 2- to 3-page outline of a project that you would like to develop during your time as an International PILnet Fellow. This should include:


·    A preliminary description of your project,


·    Why it is important that this project be designed,


·    How and why your project can succeed, and


·    Who you will engage in your home country, and in the US and Europe, in order to increase the quality of your project.


Examples of public interest advocacy projects might include, but are certainly not limited to:


·    Promoting legal reform to reduce racial discrimination,


·    Improving implementation and enforcement of children’s rights law, and


·    Establishing legal education clinics in universities.


Submission via e-mail of application materials is strongly encouraged, though materials may also be submitted via regular mail. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. If an application is submitted without one of the required components, it will be disqualified, unless the applicant can justify why he/she cannot obtain the required information.


The DEADLINE for receiving applications at PILnet is March 18, 2011.  For more information and application forms, please contact Erin Carll, Program Coordinator, by e-mail: pilnetfellowship@pilnet.org or by clicking here (http://www.pilnet.org/images/pdf/applicationform2011final.doc).  Printed applications can be sent via mail to the address on the application.


Please note that PILnet cannot provide any financial or logistical assistance for accompanying family members, including in securing suitable family housing. Moreover, Columbia University requires evidence of financial support for accompanying family members prior to issuing official invitations to them. Providing proof of the requisite financial support for accompanying family members will be the responsibility of the applicant.