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COLOMBIA LAW SCHOOL
Public Interest Law Fellows Program:
Columbia University School of Law
(2004-2006 Session)
The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) is pleased to invite applications
for the Public Interest Law Fellows Program at Columbia Law School. The
deadline for applications is April 1st, 2004. The program was originated in
collaboration with the Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute (now Open
Society Justice Initiative OSJI) and continues to be supported by OSJI and
other donors. Three of the Fellowship slots continue to be jointly
administered by PILI and Justice Initiative.
The program will select lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe, Russia,
the Caucasus and Central Asia for two years of study and practical work
experience. In the past, Fellows from these countries have been joined by
two Fellows from China sponsored by the Ford Foundation. The program
includes undesignated slots as well as slots designated specifically for
advocates of women's rights, mental disability rights and Roma rights.
Criteria for selection will include the experience of the applicant, the
applicant's potential to contribute to the development of the human rights
or public interest law field in the region, and the suitability of the
applicant's proposed role in the nominating non-governmental organization
(NGO). Applicants must have a minimum of two years relevant work experience
outside of law school. Preference will be given to applicants under 35
years of age. Minorities, especially Roma, are strongly encouraged to
apply. Selection decisions will be made by May 1, 2004.
The Fellows will reside a total of one year in the US, consisting of one
semester of study at Columbia University and two three-month internships.
Fellows will return to their home countries after the first year, where
they will spend at least one year working with their nominating NGO on
human rights/public interest advocacy on a non-profit basis in such areas
as providing legal services, strategic litigation, campaigning for reform,
and human rights training/education. Upon their selection, Fellows will be
required to sign an agreement with Columbia University according to which
he/she will commit to two years in the program; the first year to be spent
in the US and the second year in his/her home country working with the
nominating NGO.
PILI will cover the cost of a round-trip coach airfare to the US and
provide each Fellow with a monthly stipend for a period of up to 12 months,
a textbook allowance, and medical insurance for a year while in the US. The
amount of this stipend is carefully calculated to cover the expenses of one
person in the US for the period of one year. PILI will also provide a grant
of $10,000 to the nominating NGO during the second year of the program to
cover, in whole or in part, the Fellow's salary and wage-related taxes and
payments.
Please note, PILI cannot provide any financial or logistical assistance for
accompanying family members, including securing suitable family housing.
Moreover, Columbia University requires evidence of financial support for
accompanying family members. In the 2003/2004 academic year, this amount
was equal to $700 a month for an accompanying spouse and $350 a month for
each dependent child. Providing proof of the requisite financial support
for accompanying family members will be the responsibility of the applicant.
Program Description
The mission of the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) is to advance
human rights principles by stimulating the development of a public interest
law infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia., PILI is
supported by the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Mott
Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Kellner Foundation, the UK
Department for International Development, the European Community, and the
Soros network of foundations. The Public Interest Law Fellows Program is
one of PILI's core activities.
Fellows will be expected to arrive in early August in order to participate
in "Introduction to American Law," an intensive course that starts prior to
other classes and provides an academic orientation for lawyers from civil
law countries. In the first semester of the program, Public Interest Law
Fellows participate in a non-degree program in which they audit 3 to 5
courses at Columbia Law School. As auditors, Fellows do not participate in
exams and do not receive grades or credit from the law school for
completing a course. All Fellows are required to participate in a seminar
taught by Edwin Rekosh, Executive Director of the Public Interest Law
Initiative on Human Rights, Law and Development. This seminar which pairs
Fellows with a select group of full-time Columbia students provides a
practical-oriented overview of law reform issues confronting the legal
systems of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia from an
interdisciplinary perspective, with an emphasis on democracy-building,
civil society, and enhancing the promotion and protection of human rights.
Each Fellow will be expected to propose a project relating to human rights
or other public interest law issues, which will be the subject of research
and collaboration by teams formed with other students in the seminar. The
project should be related to the needs and priorities of the applicant's
nominating NGO, but may change over the course of the semester based on the
input of other students in the seminar. Ideally, the result of the seminar
will be a project plan that can be further modified during the remainder of
the year to fit the particular needs of the NGO.
In the spring and early summer, Fellows participate in two three-month
internships at human rights, legal services, or other public interest law
organizations in the New York area. To the extent possible, internships
will be selected according to Fellows' particular interests in the area of
human rights and public interest law.
More information about the Public Interest Law Initiative can be found on
the Internet at:
www.pili.org. More information about Columbia
Law School
can be found at
www.law.columbia.edu.
The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open
Society Institute, promotes rights-based law reform, builds knowledge, and
strengthens legal capacity worldwide. Justice Initiative projects seek to
shape law reform policy and achieve concrete results through hands-on
technical assistance, litigation and legal advice, knowledge dissemination
and network building, and counsel to donor institutions. The Justice
Initiative works in the following thematic areas: national criminal justice
reform, international justice, freedom of information and expression,
equality and citizenship, and anticorruption. A priority region for the
program's activities in 2003 was Africa. The Justice Initiative has offices
in New York, Budapest, and Abuja, Nigeria.
http://www.justiceinitiative.org.
Application Procedure
Applicants must submit the following:
* A completed program application form
* A nominating letter from an indigenous NGO in the region describing the
need for having a lawyer working in the organization and contractually
committing to PILI to hire the applicant for at least one year after he/she
returns from the US. The nomination letter should also indicate a monthly
salary rate, inclusive of all income taxes, social security and other
wage-related payments payable by the individual or organization, that will
be offered to the applicant by the NGO in the event that he or she is
selected for the program (up to $10,000 of this amount for the period of
one year will be provided to the NGO by PILI in the form of a grant). For
the three slots which continue to be funded by the Justice Initiative and
administered jointly, this sum will be provided by the Justice Initiative.
* At least one recommendation from an individual outside the nominating
organization
* A project proposal that he or she would like to work on during the first
semester of the program, ideally with practical significance to the
nominating NGO. (Some past examples include: developing a strategic
litigation strategy to address discrimination against women in the
workplace; drafting a model mental health care law with a detailed
implementation strategy; establishing a legal aid program, and promoting
freedom of expression and religion through litigation and public education.)
* Information on the nominating NGO and additional recommendations are also
encouraged, although not required.
The electronic submission, via e-mail, of application materials is strongly
encouraged although materials may also be submitted via facsimile or
through 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
needed information.
The DEADLINE for receiving applications at PILI is April 1st, 2004. For
more information and application forms, please contact David Caughlin,
Fellowship Program Manager, 435 W. 116th St, Mailcode 3525, New York, New
York; tel: 1-212-851-1060; fax: 1-212-851-1064;
e-mail:
dcaugh@law.columbia.edu.
Click on the following link for more information about PILI's Public
Interest Law Fellowship Program and to download an application:
http://www.pili.org/aboutpili/fellowship.html