University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law
(Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week
Job description
The Legal Aid Chair was created by the Legal Aid Board and will cooperate closely with the Legal Profession Chair and the Legal Aid Management Chair. Research conducted by the Legal Aid Chair focuses on state financed legal aid as a policy instrument to guarantee access to justice. Politicians, academic researchers and legal aid providers have been preoccupied by this theme for over fifty years in the Netherlands and abroad. At a certain point in time, the Netherlands was thought to have the best legal aid system in the world. Still today, the country enjoys a well-established and relatively comprehensive system. However, the ideological enthusiasm of the legal aid movement has waned somewhat. From a business perspective, providing legal aid is considered part of state policy. The financial viability of the system - in times of prosperity and recession - is a recurrent and as yet unresolved issue.
PhD project: towards an effective and sustainable legal aid system
The project focuses on the issue of which system or type of system would offer the best prospect of a substantively effective and financially viable access guarantee to justice. To this end, studies into a number of largely similar and/or contrasting legal systems are in progress, focusing on how the relevant policy and legal issues are formulated. While design is an important premise, actual implementation is considered in drawing up a list of strengths and weaknesses for each system.
Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Candidates are expected to enclose a brief research proposal with their letter of application. Candidates should either be law graduates with an interest in social science research, or social science graduates with an interest in case law research.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Law)
Organization
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Law
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Law is located in the heart of Amsterdam, has an international profile and a high degree of social commitment. Both qualities are expressed in its research and educational scope. It is one of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands, comprising 3,600 students and 350 employees.
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment is initially for the duration of one year, with the prospect of a three-year extension, leading to a Ph.D. degree. The monthly salary is €1867, rising to €2394 in the final year. The position offered is full-time. However, a part-time appointment for five years, amounting to 32 hours per week, may be negotiated. Training and supervision plans setting out the research and teaching obligations will be agreed upon with the successful candidate.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
prof. Mr. M. Westerveld
E-mail address: M.Westerveld@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
You can apply for this job before 29-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
University of Amsterdam, Managing Director of the Faculty of Law
DrP.M. Kwantes
P.O. Box 1030
1000 BA Amsterdam
Netherlands
E-mail: solliciteren-fdr@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-4011.
Job description
The Legal Aid Chair was created by the Legal Aid Board and will cooperate closely with the Legal Profession Chair and the Legal Aid Management Chair. Research conducted by the Legal Aid Chair focuses on state financed legal aid as a policy instrument to guarantee access to justice. Politicians, academic researchers and legal aid providers have been preoccupied by this theme for over fifty years in the Netherlands and abroad. At a certain point in time, the Netherlands was thought to have the best legal aid system in the world. Still today, the country enjoys a well-established and relatively comprehensive system. However, the ideological enthusiasm of the legal aid movement has waned somewhat. From a business perspective, providing legal aid is considered part of state policy. The financial viability of the system - in times of prosperity and recession - is a recurrent and as yet unresolved issue.
PhD project: towards an effective and sustainable legal aid system
The project focuses on the issue of which system or type of system would offer the best prospect of a substantively effective and financially viable access guarantee to justice. To this end, studies into a number of largely similar and/or contrasting legal systems are in progress, focusing on how the relevant policy and legal issues are formulated. While design is an important premise, actual implementation is considered in drawing up a list of strengths and weaknesses for each system.
Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Candidates are expected to enclose a brief research proposal with their letter of application. Candidates should either be law graduates with an interest in social science research, or social science graduates with an interest in case law research.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Law)
Organization
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Law
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Law is located in the heart of Amsterdam, has an international profile and a high degree of social commitment. Both qualities are expressed in its research and educational scope. It is one of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands, comprising 3,600 students and 350 employees.
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment is initially for the duration of one year, with the prospect of a three-year extension, leading to a Ph.D. degree. The monthly salary is €1867, rising to €2394 in the final year. The position offered is full-time. However, a part-time appointment for five years, amounting to 32 hours per week, may be negotiated. Training and supervision plans setting out the research and teaching obligations will be agreed upon with the successful candidate.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
prof. Mr. M. Westerveld
E-mail address: M.Westerveld@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
- About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
- About the department (http://www.jur.uva.nl/english/)
- About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/CD12CB38-1321-B0BE-685D7815791B7FCC)
You can apply for this job before 29-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
University of Amsterdam, Managing Director of the Faculty of Law
DrP.M. Kwantes
P.O. Box 1030
1000 BA Amsterdam
Netherlands
E-mail: solliciteren-fdr@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-4011.
