The Assistant Lawyers' Scheme offers legal professionals the opportunity of working within the European Court of Human Rights. The principal duties of an assistant lawyer consist of assisting more senior members of staff in the preparation of correspondence with applicants and draft decisions in standard form cases.
Under the authority of the Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights and of a Head of a Division, the post-holder will have a range of responsibilities, including: examining and dealing with applications in prima facie inadmissible cases and in cases which can be dealt with in a standard manner; drafting decisions, reports and other documents; advising applicants, in correspondence or, if necessary, in interviews, on the conditions of admissibility of applications; and assisting one or more experienced case-lawyers in the preparation of Chamber cases for examination by the Court.
Applications must be made in English or French using the Council of Europe on-line application system. Details, including information on how to create and submit an on-line application, can be found online. Applications must be submitted by 25 October 2010 (midnight Central European Summer Time) at the latest.