Consultant Lawyer-International Legal Foundation – SOUSSE عودة إلى الفرص

ABOUT THE ILF

Established in 2001, the ILF is a leading global advocate for the right to counsel. Our mission is to make justice a reality for poor people by fighting to guarantee high-quality legal representation for everyone arrested or detained. Around the world, we provide criminal defense services and build sustainable, effective legal aid institutions.  

Headquartered in New York, the ILF has current programs in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, and Tunisia. We work with ministries of justice, bar associations, lawyers, prosecutors, and police to expand access to justice for vulnerable people. By bringing international criminal defense experts together with local lawyers to provide professional mentorship and exchange, the ILF is raising up a new generation of public defenders. Our work prevents torture and mistreatment, promotes alternatives to detention, encourages positive youth development, and builds fair and credible institutions. 

EVALUATION OBJECTIVE:

Through our ILF policy, to improve access to justice for indigent and marginalized defendants with a focus on children, women and immigrants.

 Our lawyers present innovative legal arguments based on Tunisian laws, and work to integrate global best practices in the provision of legal aid to marginalized communities into their practice ; they provide quality criminal defense representation based on ILF’s performance criteria as criminal legal aid lawyers and/or consultants and/or trainers.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

– Provide high quality criminal defense representation to indigent persons charged with crimes in the courts of Sousse.

– Work under the supervision of international and Tunisian experts in criminal matters.

– Commit to expanding knowledge by learning new litigation approaches, deepening criminal analysis, improving legal research and writing, applying global best practices in criminal defense and developing litigation strategies.

– Participate in continuing legal education and other activities that ILF deems appropriate to build the capacity of the consulting attorney for quality representation.

– Participate in research on the impact of gender in the criminal justice system in Tunisia.

– Participate in research on the services provided to children, youth, women and immigrants in the criminal justice system in Tunisia. 

– Support the government’s current legal aid structure by providing legal assistance to poor people accused of crimes at police stations.

– Engage in rights awareness activities in the Sousse.

– Participate in activities such as roundtables and training sessions with members of the justice sector.

 Eligibility Criteria

– License to practice law in Tunisia.

– Good professional standing with the National Bar Association of Tunisia.

– Excellent communication skills including the use of computer (Email, Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Google Docs)

– Strong organizational skills and a well-developed attention to detail.

– Willingness and ability to learn new judicial theories and methods.

– Experience and/or knowledge of criminal law and legislation, nationally and/or internationally, including knowledge of the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems.