Legal Program Manager

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Clooney Foundation for Justice

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Clooney Foundation for Justice is an organization dedicated to providing free legal support to victims of human rights abuses across the globe. Founded by Amal and George Clooney, it works to hold perpetrators accountable for mass atrocities and advocates for justice for women, journalists, and marginalized communities. Through initiatives like TrialWatch, the foundation monitors trials, supports victims in their pursuit of justice, and promotes the protection of human rights around the world.

Human Rights • Rule of Law • Justice

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

🤲 Charity

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• Consolidate and support further expansion of our trial monitoring, including across Central Asia and the Caucasus, by helping to develop and execute strategic plans for particular jurisdictions within the region and by building relationships with partners, trial monitors, and other relevant actors; • Produce impactful reports on trials being monitored alongside TrialWatch’s legal experts, pro bono law firms, and partners; • Design, propose, and help to execute strategic litigation work streams to leverage the monitoring work, and support other TrialWatch projects as needed, including through legal research and drafting of submissions to national, regional or international courts or bodies; • Support the Legal Director and Senior Program Managers in developing and executing thematic work streams to further TrialWatch’s objectives; • Serve as a point of contact for regional and local CFJ partners, including partner NGOs, to steward relationships in accordance with CFJ’s partnership principles and facilitate collaboration and information sharing on joint projects; • Serve as point of contact for legal experts, legal clinics, and law firms to facilitate information sharing and manage outcomes of projects; • Help to track measures and outcomes for responsible workstreams against expectations from TrialWatch’s major donors; • Provide updates and reports to the TrialWatch Legal Director and Senior Legal Program Managers; • Support security risk assessments and related procedures for supervised projects, and participate in regional travel to support regional monitoring, training, and advocacy; • Contribute to and support CFJ’s wider programming and organizational development; • Support the management and supervision of interns and legal fellows; • Represent CFJ and its work to governments, media, the global legal and human rights communities, academics, and other stakeholders, including engaging in advocacy on particular cases or initiatives arising under TrialWatch as determined by TrialWatch’s Legal Director and CFJ’s Communications Director; • Other duties or tasks as may be assigned across TrialWatch and CFJ.

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. or LL.M. from accredited law school; • A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible legal experience at a law firm or human rights non-profit; • Demonstrated ability to work with an agile, international, and multi-cultural team; • Willingness to supervise legal fellows and interns, providing mentorship and support; • Outstanding written and oral communications skills; • Desire or willingness to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset; • Passion for and interest in CFJ’s mission; • Willingness to contribute across the board as an integral member of an agile, international, and multi-cultural team; • Working fluency in Russian.