The School of Public Policy, Central European University announces application open for the fully funded Legal Empowerment Leadership Course in Budapest.

Around the world, more than five billion people are living outside the protection of the law. They are unfairly driven from their land, denied essential services, excluded from society, and intimidated by violence. Legal empowerment seeks to turn this tide. It is about enabling people to understand, use, and shape the law.

Moreover, the aim of the course is to cultivate a global cadre of leaders committed to legal empowerment, and who share a common understanding of the field, including history, methodology, and evidence. A faculty of respected practitioners and academics lead course participants in an in-depth exploration of key themes, including the conceptual framework of legal empowerment, community organizing and social movements, and the role of grassroots legal advocates in realizing systemic change. The participatory nature of the course also emphasizes peer-to-peer learning through small group work.

Fully Funded Legal Empowerment Leadership

The full cost of participation in the course is EUR 2,000. This does not include travel and accommodation (lunch and coffee breaks during the course will be available).

Furthermore, applicants can lodge for a fully funded scholarship for the Legal Empowerment Leadership Course. The scholarship will cover the travel expenses, accommodation as well as the full tuition cost. However, the applicants should keep in mind that only a limited number of scholarships are available.  Further, the applicants should note that the scholarships are available on a competitive basis.

Who are eligible for the Legal Empowerment Leadership Course?

• exceptional paralegals and leaders of civil society and community organizations who are running, or wish to run, legal empowerment programs;
• parliamentary leaders as well as government officials (ministries of justice or development, centralized planning units, NHRIs) with the power to support or regulate legal empowerment efforts;
• development agency representatives working on legal empowerment at an international or country level;
• academics and researchers interested in working with legal empowerment programs.
• Note that scholarships will not be available for applicants from donor institutions.

How to apply for the Legal Empowerment Leadership Course?

Interested candidates can apply for the Fully Funded Legal Empowerment Leadership Course in Budapest by completing and submitting the online application form. Moreover, along with the application the candidates also must submit:

• a short problem statement, describing a challenging area or inquiry facing you in your work, or
• a short proposal for research or action that you wish to workshop throughout the course; and
• your CV.

Deadline

The deadline to apply for the Fully Funded Legal Empowerment Leadership is until 8 August 2019.