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Legal Empowerment Leadership Course

NAMATI INC

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Funding Amount

EUR 2,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Legal Empowerment Leadership Course

Status: Past program (3rd annual offering in 2017)

Description: A comprehensive course to cultivate a global cadre of leaders committed to legal empowerment with shared understanding of field history, methodology, and evidence. The course focuses on peer-to-peer learning through small group work and in-depth exploration of key themes.

Location: Budapest

Theme: "Law and Organizing" (for 3rd annual offering)

Course Focus Areas:

  • History of the global movement for legal empowerment

  • Intersection of legal empowerment and community organizing

  • Role of grassroots legal advocates in systemic change and service delivery

    • Target Participants:

  • Exceptional paralegals and leaders of civil society organizations running or wishing to run legal empowerment programs

  • Parliamentary leaders and government officials (ministries of justice or development, centralized planning units, NHRIs)

  • Development agency representatives working on legal empowerment at international or country level

  • Academics and researchers interested in working with legal empowerment programs

    • Award Amount:

  • Limited number of competitive scholarships covering travel, accommodation, and full tuition cost

  • Full cost of participation (non-scholarship): EUR 2,000 (does not include travel and accommodation)

  • Note: Scholarships not available for applicants from donor institutions

    • Collaborating Organizations: CEU's School of Public Policy (SPP), Open Society Justice Initiative, Namati, Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU

    Contact: Namati Inc.

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    1. Access the online application form
    2. Download and review the course brochure
    3. Complete application with required information
    4. Submit by deadline

    Application Materials: Online application form required

    Note: Scholarships awarded on competitive basis; applications from donor institutions are not eligible for scholarships.

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    Fields of Work

    social-justicehuman-rightsprofessional-developmentgrassroots

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