Translation intern – The International Legal Foundation Retour vers les opportunités

• Location: Tunis, Tunisia
• Application Deadline: 10/07/2020
• Classification : unpaid internship (2 months)
• Start Date : ASAP

ABOUT THE ILF

The International Legal Foundation (the ILF), an international not-for-profit organization was created in 2001, for the purpose of assisting post-conflict and transitional countries in developing effective legal aid systems.  (www.theilf.org). Driven by the belief that every person accused of a crime, no matter their ability to pay, deserves to be represented by a well-trained lawyer the ILF has legal aid programs in Afghanistan, Nepal, Tunisia, Palestineand Myanmar. In addition to its ground up work establishing the right to defense, the ILF also performs high-level world-wide advocacy, pushing countries, international institutions, and donors to prioritize legal aid as a fundamental human right.

The goal of the ILF’s program in Tunisia is to mentor Tunisian lawyers to provide quality, effective criminal defense services to poor people charged with crimes.  The ILF is looking for a student interested in an unpaid internship that will provide them with experience translating legal and other documents between English, Arabic and French.

Translator Internship

Essential Functions include :

• Written translation of pleadings from Arabic/ French to English
• Assist in Legal discussions
• Assist in Case reviews
• Accompany the International fellow to court.

Learning objectives:

• Introduction of ILF’s work
• Learn to provide high quality oral and written translation services between English, Arabic and French in legal and government related fields as directed by the Translator/Program Assistant.