Associate Trial Lawyer

The Associate Trial Lawyer provides legal advice and support to investigation teams, drafts legal documents, analyzes information and evidence, prepares evidentiary materials for disclosure, assists in trial preparations, and performs litigation tasks under the supervision of the Head of Unified Teams and Senior Trial Lawyer.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and support to investigation teams by conducting relevant research.
• Draft legal documents.
• Analyse information and evidence in consultation with the Senior Trial Lawyer, in order to ensure that the Prosecutor’s disclosure obligations and obligation to equally investigate exonerating circumstances are met.
• Prepare evidentiary materials for disclosure.
• Assist the Senior Trial Lawyer in preparing for pre-trial and trial proceedings.
• Perform any other tasks as instructed by the Head of the Unified Team and Senior Trial Lawyer, including in-court litigation tasks.

Requirements

• Advanced University degree in law from a recognized university, preferably with specialisation in criminal, international, humanitarian or international criminal law.
• A first level university degree in combination with two years of qualifying experience is accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A minimum of two years of relevant working experience (four years with a first level university degree) working in litigation preferably as a prosecutor, investigating magistrate, criminal defence lawyer, or the equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing or conducting complex legal cases is required.
• Good oral advocacy and drafting skills.
• Strong analytical and IT skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work on a litigation team, preferably with members from different criminal justice systems.
• Ability to work in a non-discriminatory manner, with respect for diversity.
• Personal and professional integrity.
• Proficiency in either of the working languages of the Court, English or French, is essential.
• Ability to work in both English and French would be considered a strong asset.
• Working knowledge of Arabic language or Hebrew language is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Chinese, Russian, Spanish), would be considered an asset.

Skills

• Criminal Law
• International Law
• Humanitarian Law
• International Criminal Law
• Litigation
• Legal Case Preparation
• Oral Advocacy Skills
• Legal Drafting
• Analytical Skills
• Information Technology Skills
• Team Litigation
• Legal Advice
• Evidence Analysis
• Trial Preparation
• Multilingual Legal Skills
• Arabic Language
• Hebrew Language
• English Language
• French Language

Languages

English, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Russian, Spanish