The Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Rule of Law Programme South East Europe is calling for applications for the 12th edition of the Leadership for Justice / Leaders for Justice - leadership program for Romanian young legal professionals jurists.
The programme is open to young lawyers between 22 and 35 years of age in the first 5 years of their professional career (judges, prosecutors, court clerks, lawyers, legal advisors, notaries public, mediators, bailiffs, lawyers in NGOs/companies, university assistants, police officers with law studies, etc.), master's students, as well as law students in their last year of study. Up to 20 young lawyers with leadership potential will be selected.
Leaders for Justice focuses on developing leadership skills and knowledge, a better understanding of the legal profession (through interaction with participants and graduates of the programme) and the justice system as a whole (through meetings with professionals in the field), as well as identifying solutions to problems in the justice system and in Romanian society as a whole.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Your application must contain:
a CV,
a one-page cover letter, and
an essay of no more than two pages in which you present, at your choice, a change for the justice system, your profession or the institution in which you work. Identify a specific problem (something that bothers you deeply), come up with concrete (long-term sustainable) solutions that reflect the change and describe how you bring your contribution, how the system/institution/profession should look like after the change is implemented.
Papers should be written in Romanian, font size 11 and 1.5 line spacing.
Send your application to office.rspsoe@kas.de by 25 October 2020, 23:59.
Each candidate will receive a confirmation of application via email within 48 hours after the deadline. In the absence of this confirmation, please contact us.
The selection process will consist of 2 stages:
pre-selection of written applications (26 October - 6 November 2020),
interviews with the shortlisted candidates (16 - 20 November 2020) and
Communication of the final result: by 10 December 2020.
Both (pre)selected and rejected candidates will be notified by e-mail.
To keep up to date with the latest news, log on to the programme's official Facebook page fb.com/LeadersforJustice or Youtube channel yt.com/LeadersforJustice.
We look forward to your application!
What does Leaders for Justice 2021 entail?
Six training sessions and a national Leaders for Justice community meeting, all dedicated to developing leadership skills:
Session 1 - Vision and Creativity. Vision and Creativity. Common Mission, Common Values (21-24 January 2021)
Session 2 - How to work in a team and lead a team. The Story of Me vs. Us / Team Leading and Team Work. The Tale of I Do vs. We Do (18-21 February 2021)
Session 3 - Communication Skills and Emotional Intelligence (11-14 March 2021)
Session 4 - Decision Making and Change Management. The Art of Sound Choices (15-18 April 2021)
Session 5 - Project Management. Tools that make a difference / Project Management. The "HowTo" that will Make the Difference (20-23 May 2021)
Session 6 - What you still need to know to become a good leader & Leaders for Justice Community Annual Reunion (10-13 June 2021)
The format in which the Leaders for Justice 12 (2021) programme will take place will depend on the evolution of the COVID-19 crisis this autumn and the regulations in place, as well as those planned for the first part of 2021. So far, training sessions have been held from Thursday 15:00 to Sunday 13:00, with training modules from 09:00-13:00 and 15:00-19:00. The dates listed above are provisional. The locations and final dates of the training sessions will be sent to selected candidates in December. All costs of the programme (accommodation, meals, coffee breaks, training materials, etc.), with the exception of transport within the country, are covered by the KAS Rule of Law Programme South East Europe.
Study visit to Berlin (to be confirmed for September/October 2021): for one week, the 20 participants will get to know the German justice system through meetings with decision-makers, visits to relevant institutions in Berlin and participation in two court hearings (civil and criminal). The programme usually includes institutions such as the German Bundestag, the Land Court, the Land Constitutional Court, the Attorney General's Office, as well as the Romanian Embassy in Berlin and the German Bar Association. An interpreter will be present throughout the study visit and all costs related to the visit will be covered by KAS RLPSEE.
Implementation of group projects: during the training sessions, participants will develop project ideas addressing key issues in the justice system or in Romanian society as a whole. The structure of the programme, through the sequence of the themes of the 6 training sessions, guides the participants in applying the skills learned and facilitates the use of the tools acquired for the practical purpose of the group project(s).
Meetings with decision-makers and professionals with an outstanding track record in the field of justice: each training session includes a 3-4 hour module in which participants openly discuss a topical justice issue with one or more guests. Participants will also be invited to all monthly Alumni Network meetings.
Leaders for Justice Community: selected candidates will be able to get involved in the activities of the programme's community of 210 young graduates from all legal professions (judges, lawyers, prosecutors, legal advisers, police officers, mediators, university assistants, lawyers in NGOs or companies, notaries, etc.). Within the alumni community, participants implement and actively participate in group projects addressing key issues in the justice system or in Romanian society in general, organize socializing meetings or open discussions with professionals, participate together in different cultural or sports events.
LiderJust Association: participants have the opportunity to join and actively contribute to the activities of the LiderJust Association, a non-governmental organization established by the graduates of the programme with the aim of facilitating and promoting the implementation of projects initiated by the participants and graduates of the "Leaders for Justice" programme. More details on the association's website at www.LiderJust.ro.
Leaders for Justice - short description
The main goal of the programme is to build a community of motivated young people who embrace the values of the rule of law and professional integrity as fundamental benchmarks in their work and who are prepared to promote these values among their peers in the field.
The objectives of the programme are to develop talented young lawyers and develop essential leadership skills, to equip them with substantive information on the principles of democracy and the rule of law and, not least, the principles of professional ethics. Selected young people will implement individual and group projects to gain a practical understanding of what it means to be a true leader.
The target group of this programme is young lawyers who are either in the first 5 years of their professional career, Master of Law students or final year students who have the potential to become leaders. The selected participants will come from all over Romania and from all legal fields. Twenty young people motivated to take an active role in the evolution of the legal and socio-political system in Romania will be selected.
The activities included in this project are aimed at three major components: 1) learning various leadership and teamwork skills, 2) gaining a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of the justice system and 3) interacting with personalities from the justice system and society.
The long-term outcome of this leadership programme is the creation of a national network of young legal professionals, eager to develop their leadership skills, but also their capacities and ways of action so that they become real agents of change.