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East Africa Emerging Public Interest Advocates Programme (Cohort 4)

Deadline: 31-Oct-22

Are you ready to elevate your Public Interest Law Career? If yes, then apply for East Africa Emerging Public Interest Advocates Programme (EAEPIAP) Cohort 4 to identify talented young lawyers, with between 1-5 years of work experience to learn from public interest litigation gurus, constitutional scholars and researchers, judges of the various courts, advocacy practitioners, both in class and in court.

The goal of the programme is to build the next generation of public interest advocates in East Africa who share a commitment to and passion for promoting social justice and democratic values.

The East Africa Emerging Public Interest Advocates Programme for young legal professionals is a flagship fellowship programme by the Center for Strategic Litigation that empowers young advocates through rigorous skills-based training and practical experience in public interest litigation.

The  East  Africa  Emerging  Public  Interest  Advocates  Programme  for  young  legal  professionals  is  a  flagship  fellowship  programme  by the Center for Strategic Litigation (CSL), currently in partnership with other East African organizations such as The East African Court of Justice which is a regional organization; Katiba Institute, Kenya Human  Rights  Commission  (KHRC),  and  Kituo  cha  Sheria  from  Kenya;  Center  for  Food  and  Adequate  Living  Rights  (CEFROHT),  Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), and The Network of  Public  Interest  Lawyers  (NETPIL)  from  Uganda;  and  the  Legal  and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) from Tanzania.

The fellowship provides up to 30 outstanding young advocates from Kenya, Tanzania (mainland), Tanzania (Zanzibar), Uganda, South Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda with an opportunity to learn from public interest litigation and advocacy gurus, academics, and practitioners, both in class and in court for six (6) months under the following carefully designed curriculum.

Eligibility Criteria

To apply for the fellowship, you must:

Criteria

For more information, visit EAEPIAP.

For more information, visit http://eaepiap.strategiclitigation.org/

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