Candidate Attorneys for 2017
Reference No: CER 3/2016
The closing date (15 April 2016) has passed and applications for this position are now closed.
We have appointed two candidate attorneys for 2017, but may consider offering articles to one additional candidate. UPDATE: We have now filled all positions for candidate attorneys for 2017.
The Centre for Environmental Rights is now calling for applications for candidate attorneys for 2017, commencing in early 2017. We are looking for bright young law graduates from previously disadvantaged groups who are either currently completing an LLM part-time, or have completed an LLM – preferably in environmental law, though we will also consider other fields of specialisation.
Location
Based in Cape Town
Qualifications, skills and experience
- An LLB or equivalent qualification, and candidates with an LLM in environmental law will be preferred.
- A sound understanding of legal and procedural requirements for environmental decision-making and legal challenges.
- Excellent writing and analytical skills, good presentation skills and attention to detail.
- Computer literacy, with specific competence in Microsoft Office, and excellent legal research skills.
- A commitment to high quality client service, and a passion for social and environmental justice.
Key responsibilities
- Providing assistance to and, where appropriate, providing hands-on expert legal advice and support to the Centre’s clients, which include communities and civil society organisations.
- Providing support to litigation brought on behalf of the Centre’s clients and brought against the Centre’s clients, including researching, writing and filing pleadings, motions, briefs, and other court documents.
- Doing legal research as required, and facilitating the upload of available resources onto the Virtual Environmental Law Library and other news items on the CER’s website, as well as its social networking sites on Facebook and Twitter.
- Providing expert input into draft environmental policies and legislation.
- Assisting in achieving the deliverables and reporting on those deliverables as set out in terms of the Centre’s funding agreements.
- Assisting with reporting to funders, and fundraising for future projects, as required.
- Assisting with the recording and sharing of learning for systemic change, as well as monitoring performance against indicators.
- Generally supporting the effective operation of the Centre’s programmes.