Assistant Lawyer

Junior Professional Programme

**Assistant Lawyer - Latvia**

**Registry of the European Court of Human Rights**

Reference**:e029/2024**
**Location: Strasbourg **Publication**:11/06/2024

**Deadline: 02/07/2024**

Are you a young law graduate who wants to gain experience in an international Organisation working for human rights,

democracy and the rule of law? Do you want to help the European Court of Human Rights to ensure respect for the human rights

on Human Rights interest you? If so, this Programme may be the right opportunity for you.

**Who we are**

With over 2200 staff representing all its 46 member States, the

Organisation. We all strive towards protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law and our three

core values - **professionalism, integrity and respect**:

- guide the way we work.

The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the European Convention on

Human Rights in the member States. Individuals can bring complaints of human rights violations to the Strasbourg Court once

all possibilities of appeal have been exhausted in the member State concerned. See the Court’s website for information about

its activities.

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**Your role**

As an Assistant Lawyer, you will assist more senior members of staff in the preparation of correspondence with applicants

and draft decisions in standard form cases. You will:
manner;
draft decisions, minutes, reports, notes and other documents;
assist one or more experienced case-lawyers, where necessary, in the preparation of Chamber cases for examination
by the Court.

**Our work is carried by our values**

The Junior Professional Programme opens the

an opportunity to gain experience working with this pan-European institution. At the Court, you will benefit from regular working

Registry’s in-house training programme and deepen your knowledge of the functioning of the European Court of Human Rights

and the Convention case-law. The length of employment of Junior Professionals is limited to a maximum of four years under

this scheme.

**What we are looking for**

As a minimum you must:
have a higher education degree or qualification equivalent to a master’s degree (2nd cycle of the Bologna process
framework of qualifications for the European Higher Education Area) in law obtained in Latvia of a standard permitting
access, either on the basis of qualifications or after passing a competitive examination, to the judicial administration or
legal professions in Latvia;
after having obtained the relevant higher education degree in law, have a maximum of two years of relevant professional
experience acquired in the legal field (preferably in the judicial service) in Latvia or in international Organisations;
have a very good knowledge of one of the two official languages of the
ability to draft legal texts therein clearly and precisely; excellent knowledge of Latvian (mother tongue level);
be a citizen of one of the member States of the
service of that State;
have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable);
not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the

Demonstrate to us that you have the following competencies:
Professional and technical expertise:

- thorough knowledge of the Latvian legal system and ability to handle cases arising in other jurisdictions;
- knowledge of European Union law and of international law.

Drafting skills Please refer to the

Concern for quality **Competency Framework**

of the
Planning and work organisation

( - 1,6Mo)

Analysis and problem solving

Learning and development

Teamwork and co-operation

Adaptability

These would be an asset:
Results orientation

Communication

Decision making

Initiative

**What we offer**

If successful, you may be offered employment based on renewable fixed-term contracts for a **maximum cumulated**

**duration of four years** at grade B3. You will receive a basic monthly gross salary of € 4107 which is exempt from national

income tax. This salary may be supplemented by other allowances depending on your personal situation. You will be benefit

from the

(including flexible working hours, training and development, possibility of teleworking, etc.).

This competition is carried out in accordance with Article 4100 of the Staff Rules. People under this article are not eligible

for any subsequent internal competition or secondment, nor shall they be re-appointed under a Junior Professional Programme

out in accordance with Article 490 of the Staff Rules. You can consult the conditions of employment (salaries, allowances,

pension scheme, social insurance, etc.) on our recruitment website. Any changes to these conditions during the recruitment

People who score highest in the assessment process will be placed on a pre-selection list, valid for four years. Being on a

pre-selection list does not give a right to appointment. People on the pre-sele