Legal Empowerment Leadership Course

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

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.