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LEGAL ADVISOR

National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is seeking to fill Legal Advisor position(s) in Moldova.  Persons interested in applying for the position are encouraged to submit an application consisting of a brief cover letter and resume to NCSC.  Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis and the positions can be filled at any time.  NCSC anticipates engaging staff as soon as early August 2021.

For more information about the programs or job positions, please contact Rachel Abrego at rabrego@ncsc.org.  Persons interested in being considered for a position should send an application to rabrego@ncsc.org.  NCSC will consider applications for as long as positions remain open.  

Legal Advisor

The Legal Advisor will be responsible for overseeing, guiding, implementation of program activities, including planning and coordination, providing input on program progress and technical work, and supporting outreach to local counterparts and other actors to general support for implementation of the program. Support program implementation with law faculties, including curricula, training materials/guidelines, organizing workshops/meetings, and other materials. Performance of duties and responsibilities will involve travel within Moldova. Qualifications include:

• University degree in law or equivalent degree/work experience/Master’s degree in law at foreign law school is considered a plus.
• Experience as legal officer/program officer, staff attorney or similar position, preferably working on donor-funded legal reform, legal education, justice sector strengthening projects.
• Experience in or willingness to support public outreach and monitoring and managing program results/impact.
• Experience in or willingness to support communications and media development related to project activities.
• Experience in researching legal documents, advocacy materials, memoranda, and reports.
• Strong organizational skills, rigorous attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities needed to perform effectively in a demanding position.
• Interest in judicial reform and legal education programs.

Project Summaries

The Advancing Legal Reasoning and Writing Program in Moldova is a three-year grant program to help Moldovan law faculties develop and implement a critical thinking, legal reasoning, research, and writing course while strengthening law faculty instruction in legal ethics, anti-corruption, criminal law, and other subject matters using project-developed methodologies and content. The program is funded by the United States (U.S.) Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). The program performance period is June 2021 to May 2024.  An overarching purpose of the program is to is to equip law faculties and law students with legal writing and legal reasoning practical skills needed to operate effectively within the criminal justice system, strengthening the capacity and professionalism of the next generation of justice sector practitioners. The program has three key results: (1) develop and support implementation of full-year legal reasoning, research and writing course in law faculties of selected Moldovan public and private universities, (2) support expansion of the impact of legal reasoning, research, and writing course to other law faculty courses (3) additional cross cutting activities and considerations following the completion of results one and two.