STEP Newsletter November 2011

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STEP is a Student Trainee Exchange Programme that enables law students and young lawyers to gainfrst hand experience o the substansive and procedural law as well as the culture o another country.

Te traineeships are between 2 weeks and 2 years and can take place in any law related area: law rms,courts, public institutions, universities, banks, in-house legal departments, consulting rms and internatio-nal organisations.

Each year ELSA oers traineeship opportunities all over Europe and occasionally in the other parts o theworld. Beore and during the traineeship, ELSA provides assistance in nding accommodation, applyingor visas, when necessary, and organising social events to involve the trainee in the daily lie o the local

community.In this catalogue, you will nd the available traineeship opportunities. For urther inormation and gui-delines to how to ll in the application orm, check http://www.elsa.org/traineeships/howtoapply.html orcontact your Local ELSA Group. Do not orget, the applications sent directly to the employers will notbe taken into consideration.

Partner of ELSA International

Czech Republic..........................................................................................................................................3Finland..........................................................................................................................................................5

Georgia..........................................................................................................................................................7Germany ..........................................................................................................................................................11Luxembourg ......................................................................................................................................................13Switzerland ...............................................................................................................................................15Te Netherlands......................................................................................................................................17


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Czech Republic

STEP Employer: The Supreme Administrative Court of Czech Republic

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINEESHIP ID: TN-CZ/01

Court

ELSA Group:

Organisation ype:ELSA Czech Republic

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPLOYER

Te Supreme Administrative Court o the Czech Republic, seated in Brno, is the highest judicial autho-rity in matters alling within the competence o administrative courts. It also has jurisdiction over manypolitical matters, such as the ormation and closure o political parties, jurisdictional boundaries betweengovernment entities, and the eligibility o persons to stand or public oce. Like many administrative

courts in Europe it is considered a separate part o the judiciary.

City: Brno


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DO NOT MISS THE DEADLINE TO APPLY: 11th December 2011

INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINEESHIP

asks: Te rainee shall be able to participate onelaboration o legal comparative analysis oboth, legislation and case law. Te traineewill conduct a legal research and summarize

the case-law o the European Court o Justi-ce and European Court o Human Rights, aswell as o the supreme national jurisdictionsin the EU. He/she will get to know how towork with databases, e.g. Eur-Lex, HUDOCor JuriFast.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

LEGAL STUDIES

Preerred Start Date:

Required Graduation Level:2 months

LANGUAGE SKILLS

01st February 2012

Undergraduate

Fluent:

INFORMATION ABOUT BRNO

Net salary: Unpaid. Accommodation will be providedree o charge by ELSA Brno.

Te city o Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic with almost 400,000 inhabitants, lies inthe centre o Europe. Other important large European cities can be ound within a radius o 120 to 200km rom Brno: Prague, Vienna and Bratislava. Brno is an administrative and cultural centre o the SouthMoravian Region and it lies in a basin o the Svratka and Svitava rivers which is surrounded by orestedhills rom three sides. Over the past two decades Brno evolved into an important university city, thenumber o students o higher education institutions reached 89 thousand in 2010. Te city also becamehome to a number o institutions directly related to research and development, like the Central EuropeanInstitute o echnology (CEIEC), or the International Clinical Research Centre in Brno (ICRC). Inthis city you will nd interesting Art Nouveau houses, Gothic and Baroque churches, great ice creams,cheap operas and all summer long techno raves. Brno is also the capital o judicial authority o the Czechrepublic because it is the seat o the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Adminis-trative Court, and the Supreme Prosecutors Oce. Besides that, the city is signicant administrativecentre.

Preerred End Date: 31st March 2012

Advanced level:

Duration o the raineeship:

English

Social Security Law; ax Law; Administrati-ve Law.


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Finland

STEP Employer: University of Lapland, Faculty of law

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINEESHIP ID: TN-FI/01

Educational InstituteELSA Group:Organisation ype:

ELSA Finland


University o Lapland is an international, multidisciplinary university whose areas o expertise includeArctic aairs and tourism research. As an research-based higher education institution, our teaching andresearch acilities oer students and scholars the opportunity to pursue academic excellence, at all levels- al the way up to PhD studies - in the elds o arctic issues, tourism, art and design, law, education andthe social sciences. Our state o the art research acility, the Arctic Centre, conducts internationally reco-

gnized, cutting-edge research on the interactions between people and the environment in the Arctic.

City: Rovaniemi


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DO NOT MISS THE DEADLINE TO APPLY: 30th November 2011


asks: Te rainee will unction as a liaison betweenthe aculty and incoming exchange students.He/She will collect inormation rom ourpartner universities in his/her native langua-

ge area. rainee will drat ERASMUS agree-ments and correspondence included to that.(Model will be provided) Assessment o ap-plication procedure and inormation retrie-val.


LEGAL STUDIES



LANGUAGE SKILLS

9th January 2012

Undergraduate

Fluent:

INFORMATION ABOUT ROVANIEMI

Net salary: 500 per month

Rovaniemi is a dynamic and growing city, with a diverse, strong business structure. Te city has a highly-educated work orce willing to commit themselves on oer, with high-quality services and expertise. Inproportion to the rest o the population (60, 000), the number o creative proessionals in Rovaniemi isthe third highest in Finland. As the capital o Lapland, Rovaniemi attracts operators in the trade sector.Te population base o the province itsel, outside o customers and tourism, are all aspects that con-tribute to the growth o purchasing power in the region. With improved purchasing power, the supplyin the sector has increased and the status o Rovaniemi as a trade centre has urther improved with the

introduction o new trade projects. Rovaniemi is a unique tourist destination and an international centreo tourism. Te city is home to a vibrant concentration o tourist businesses, with networks in place thatenable them to operate in other areas o Lapland. Tere is extensive education in the eld o tourism inthe city, including the multidisciplinary research on tourism perormed by the universities.

Preerred End Date: 9th March 2012

General level: Contract Law; Administrative Law; PublicInternational Law.


English


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Georgia

STEP Employer: LEPL Regional Centre for Research and Promotion ofConstitutionalismCity: Batumi

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINEESHIP ID: TN-GE/01

Educational Institute

ELSA Group:

Organisation ype:

ELSA Georgia


Te Constitutionalism Centre works or promotion o the Constitution as the core value in the society,promotion o ormation o the civil society, promotion o establishment o supremacy o law, promotionothe legal and political culture, establishment o the system based on the principles o constitutiona-lism.


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asks: Te rainee will be mainly dealing with do-ing research in dierent legal issues, whichrelate to the constitutional programmes aswell as writing the Project drats and dealing

contacts with similar organizations.


LEGAL STUDIES



LANGUAGE SKILLS

25th January 2012

Graduated

Advanced level: Constitutional Law; Human Rights; Euro-pean Constitutional Law

Fluent:

INFORMATION ABOUT BATUMI


Batumi is a seaside, beautiul and subtropical city on the Black Sea coast in southwest Georgia. Someti-mes Batumi is considered Georgias second capital, with a population o 121,806. Batumi serves as animportant port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in agricultural producesuch as citrus ruit and tea. ourists who travel to Batumi Georgia admire this exotic-looking city, with

its palm trees waving in the breeze, blue skies, and golden sunshine. Tere are lovely magnolia trees scen-ting the air with their sweet-ragranced fowers. Oleander trees sparkle with brightly colored fowers ored, white, orange, yellow and pink. Te air o the city is also ragrant with the citrus scent o foweringlemon and orange trees. Tis fowering and ragrant border town is both an old trading post and a mo-dern industrial city. An indisputable highlight o the tour o Georgia is the stunning botanical gardensin Batumi. Te city is also the home o a wonderul dolphinarium, o which the local citizens are quiteproud. In Batumi tourists will nd a great variety o other entertainment acilities.

Preerred End Date: 25th March 2012

General level: Legal Teory; Public International Law; Pri-vate International Law; Comparative Law;European Economic Law; InternationalContract Law

Good:


EnglishFrench


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Georgia

STEP Employer: Ministry of Justice of GeorgiaCity: Tbilisi

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINEESHIP ID: TN-GE/02

Government

ELSA Group:

Organisation ype:

ELSA Georgia


Te raining Center o Justice provides trainings or the sta o the Ministry o Justice and the Prosecutorsoce throughout Georgia. Various training are conducted or all the institutions that are under Ministryo Justice, such as Civil registry, Public registry, National bureau o Enorcement and etc. in order tostrengthen and improve the proessional skills, access to inormation, get more experienced that enables

them to perorm eectively. Te raining Center o justice also provides dierent kind o trainings as orthe students, as well as the sta o the other ministries.


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asks:


LEGAL STUDIES


Required Graduation Level:

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent:

INFORMATION ABOUT TBILISI

Net salary:

bilisi is the capital and the largest city o Georgia, lying on the banks o the Mtkvari River. Foundedin the 5th century by Vakhtang Gorgasali and made into a capital in the 6th century, bilisi is a signi-cant industrial, social, and cultural centre. bilisi is warm and outgoing city o ascinating historicalattractions, excellent restaurants, tasty wine and inviting sulphur baths, the Georgian capital bilisi oersdiverse attractions to the adventurous visitors who come here. Monasteries, wineries, art galleries andmuch more awaits you in this rebuilt and welcoming Caucasian city. bilisi is the place to go i you wantto explore Georgian liestyle and admire the never-giving-up nature o the un-loving and hospitableGeorgian people who are also experts o building again whatever has been destroyed in the violent historyo this developing city. Georgia is one o the places where you will not be stressed by money issues. Teprices in bilisi are relatively low or practically anything.

Preerred End Date:

General level:


Te rainee should conduct Legal Englishtrainings or the sta o the Ministry o Jus-tice o Georgia, in order to teach them LegalEnglish, specially covering terms related to

Criminal Law/Procedure. In addition, thetrainee should be able to provide with a re-search about dierent countries experiencein Criminal Law/Procedure.

200 per month

3 months

9th January 2012

Graduated

9th April 2012

Legal Teory; Criminal Law; Criminal Pro-cedure;

English


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Germany

STEP Employer: Pellon & Associados Europe LLPCity: Dsseldorf

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINEESHIP ID: TN-DE/02

Law FirmELSA Group:Organisation ype:

ELSA Germany


Pellon & Associados Europe LLP is the European representative oce o the Brazilian Law rm Pel-lon & Associados and as such serves a bridge unction between Latin America and Europe by aidingEuropean (especially German) clients on thier way to Brazil (and other Latin American countries) as

well as vice versa. Aside rom this, the rm oers cross-border legal services throughout Europe with aspecial ocus on Germnay, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Te Firm is active in all areas

o commercial law, with a special ocus on (international) trade and corporate law as well as intellectualproperty law.


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asks: Te rainee will assist the German and/orBrazilian lawyers with their respective legal work. He/she is ree to choose preerredeld o practice. In addition to this, the work

is likely to involve tasks such as helping withthe rms newsletter, preparing workshopsand similar events, co-authoring articles orlegal journals, working on the rms web-siteand/or perorminng translation work. Tetrainee will be given chance to attend clientmeetings as well as court hearings.


LEGAL STUDIES



LANGUAGE SKILLS

English, German, Portuguese or Swedish

1st February 2012

Undergraduate

Advanced level: Civil Law; Commercial Law;

Fluent:

INFORMATION ABOUT DSSELDORF


Dsseldor is considered as one o the most modern German cities. Dsseldor lies at the centre o the

Lower Rhine basin, on a River delta, where the Dssel fows into the Rhine. Across the Rhine, the cityo Neuss was built on the delta o the Ert river. Dsseldor lies southwest o the Ruhr urban area, andin the middle o the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region. Dsseldor is not only widely known as a centreo German advertising and ashion industries: in the last ew years the city on the Rhine has become oneo the top telecommunications centres in Germany. Tere are 18 internet service providers located in thecapital o North-Rhine Westphalia. With two o the our big German providers o mobile requencies,D2 Vodaone and E-Plus, Dsseldor leads the German mobile phone market. oday, 671.000 peopleenjoy a modern living in the city.


General level: Contract Law; Industrial & Intellectual Pro-perty Law; Private International Law; CivilProcedure; Corporate Law.

At least o another one o aorenamed.Good:



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Luxembourg

STEP Employer: EFTA CourtCity: Luxembourg

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINEESHIP ID: TN-LU/01

Court

ELSA Group:

Organisation ype:ELSA Luxembourg


The Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States (more commonly known as the EFTA

Court) is a supranational judicial body responsible for the three EFTA members who are also members of

the European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The three main judicial functions

of the EFTA Courts are: Appeals against decisions of the EFTA surveillance Authority, in particular in

the eld of competition/state aid; actions for failure to full obligations under the EEA agreement against

EFTA-EEA states; and preliminary reference (Advisory Opinion) proceedings from national courts of theEFTA-EEA states.


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DO NOT MISS THE DEADLINE TO APPLY: 2nd December 2011


asks: The Trainee will work in the cabinet of the Presi-dent of the Court (The Liechtenstein Cabinet.) The

tasks will be somewhat depend on the workload of

the Court, but may include: - assistance in the pre-

paration of internal memos and preparatory court

documents; - research for pending cases; - assis-tance and research for the academic work of the

President.


LEGAL STUDIES


Required Graduation Level: 4 months

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English & German

1st February 2012

Graduated

Advanced level: European Economic Law.

Fluent:

INFORMATION ABOUT LUXEMBOURG


Luxembourg City is the capital city o the Great Duchy o Luxembourg. It is a commune with city status.It lies at the heart o Western Europe, in the southern part o the country, at the confuence o Alzette andPtrusse rivers. It is one o the wealthiest cities in the world. Luxembourg City is rich in number o bridgesand viaducts, to the most amous belongs Adolphe Bridge, the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge, andthe Passerelle. Much o the area is covered by parks, orests areas and sites o important heritage (mostlyUNESCO). Luxembourg City is subdivided into twenty-our quarters. Te citys climate is characterizedby mild temperatures and high precipitation. Luxembourg City is banking and administrative centre.Several institutions o European Union have their seat here European Court o Justice, the EuropeanCourt o Auditors, the European Investment Bank and the secretariat o the European Parliament. Temajority o these institutions are located in the Kirchberg quarter, in the northeast o the city.

Preerred End Date: 31st May 2012

General level: Civil Law; Administrative Law; Constituti-onal Law; Civil Procedure; European Cons-titutional Law; European Competition Law;European Economic Law.

A doctoral thesis project is not required, butconsidered as an asset.



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Switzerland

STEP Employer: De Preux, Besso & SchmidtCity: Lausanne

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINEESHIP ID: TN-CH/02

NotaryELSA Group:Organisation ype:

ELSA Switzerland


De Preux, Besso & Schmidt is the civil law notary involved in real estate, company law, estate planingand management (including tax law.)


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asks: rainee will be responsible or drating con-tracts, international estate management. rainee

will be assisting the board member by makinguseul and short legal research.


LEGAL STUDIES



Required Graduation Level:8 weeks

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English

1st February 2012

Graduated

Fluent:

INFORMATION ABOUT LAUSANNE

Net salary: 2400 CHF per month

Lausanne is a city in Romandy the French-speaking part o Switzerland, and is the capital o the canton

o Vaud. Te seat o the district o Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores o Lake Geneva. It aces theFrench town o vian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located 62 kmnortheast o Geneva. Its population o 125,885, making it the ourth largest city o the country, with theentire agglomeration area having over 330,000 inhabitants. Lausanne is very cultural and attractive cityor the oreigners throughout the world.


Advanced level: Civil Law; Family and Inheritance law; Pri-

vate International Law; Corporate Law.General level: Contract Law; Property Law; International

taxation; Commercial Law; ComparativeLaw


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The Netherlands

STEP Employer: Wolf Legal PublishersCity: Oisterwijk

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINEESHIP ID: TN-NL/02

PublisherELSA Group:Organisation ype:

ELSA ilburg


Wol Legal Publishers is a Publisher and legal research Institute, ocusing on issues related to Internatio-nal (criminal) tribunals and comparative research.


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ELSA International

239, Boulevard Gnral JacquesB-1050 Brussels, BelgiumPhone: +32-2-646-2626 Fax: +32-2-646-2923E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.elsa.org

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