Postdoctoral Research Scholar/associate Research Scholar

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Postdoctoral Research Scholar / Associate Research Scholar
The Fellow will work in the Columbia Human Rights Clinic and in the Human Rights Institute, and with its directors and staff, on clinical projects, syllabus development, teaching, scholarly research and writing, and human rights programming. Will be an integral part of the Columbia human rights community, and over the two years, undertake increasing responsibility for designing and teaching clinic seminars; building and leading clinic projects in partnership with civil society organizations and affected communities; providing close supervision, guidance, and feedback to teams of students working on those projects; and conducting scholarly research and writing. Will be provided extensive professional, teaching, practice, and scholarship mentoring. Should have a J.D. or equivalent legal degree. Strong academic qualifications and 2 years of experience working as an international human rights advocate required. Postdoctoral Research Scholars will have received law degree within three years of beginning the fellowship. Associate Research Scholars will have a minimum of 3 years of post-graduate training or experience. Strong interest and ability in challenging existing norms and methods in the human rights field, and an interest in pursuing new interdisciplinary and critical research and scholarship needed. A strong education in and awareness of critiques of human rights, and a commitment to integrating those critiques into human rights practice essential. Knowledge of and exceptional ability to implement the wide range of tactics and tools employed in the human rights field, and commitment to the strategic use of these to challenge existing injustices and hierarchies, including within the human rights field itself required.

Proposed Start Date: July 1, 2018.

Note: The two-year fellowship will begin in the Summer of 2018.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2017.

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