Assistant Lawyer

Place of Work: - Addis Ababa     Salary: As per the organizational scale     Type of Employment Condition: Six months with the possibility of extension     Required Number: -One     Background      Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is an Ethiopian civil society organization that re-registered on September 19, 2019, before the FDRE Civil Societies Organizations Agency by Proclamation No. 1113/2019. The objectives of the Organization include increasing the participation and contribution of lawyers in the area of human rights through training and other capacity-building activities, supporting lawyers across the nation, and helping the exchange of ideas, information, and experience for better protection of human rights and prevalence of human rights, litigating strategically in courts and other relevant organs to ensure protection and promotion of human rights recognized under the FDRE Constitution and other laws, creating awareness for justice organs on international human rights instruments ratified by Ethiopia, providing free or low-cost legal services for victims of human rights violation, particularly disadvantaged communities, influencing the government to enact new laws or amend existing ones to give full protection for human rights, familiarizing the idea of human rights defenders (HRD) among the lawyers etc.   To achieve these objectives, LHR has been implementing different projects with donors. Currently, LHR is implementing a project entitled “Improving Access to Justice in Criminal Justice Process through Legal Aid Services and Capacity Building Activities in Adama, Shashemene, and Addis Ababa” with the support of the UNODC. One of the activities of the project includes the provision of legal aid services for detainees in Adama, and Shashemene.  Accordingly, LHR is seeking lawyers and assistant lawyers for each of the centers.     Vacant Position I: Assistant Lawyer      LHR is looking for one assistant lawyer, one for the centers to be established in Addis Ababa, with the following responsibilities:    Role and Responsibilities     The principal role of the lawyer is to render legal aid service to detainees in selected prison centers with the roles of:  Assisting the principal lawyer in providing free legal services;   Rendering legal counsel under the guidance of the principal lawyer;  Assist the principal lawyer in preparing pleadings and briefs;  Documentation and clerical activities as instructed by the principal lawyer;    Discharging the duties in accordance with the ethical standards of lawyers as stipulated in the relevant laws.