International Criminal Court, Internship Chambers/Case Law Database

Chambers is recruiting interns to support the Chambers Working Group (CWG) in relation to the Case Law Database (CLD) Project. The CLD Project is aimed at creating a database of the Court’s jurisprudence. To that end, the Chambers Working Group extracts legal findings from the Court’s decisions and identifies relevant keywords and other metadata (‘head-noting’). The selected candidates will work within the CWG and contribute to the head-noting process under the supervision of the CWG Coordinator. Duties and responsibilities:

As part of the ‘head-noting’ process and under the direct supervision of the CWG Coordinator, the interns will contribute to the head-noting process, which includes the following steps:

• Conduct in-depth legal analysis of the Court’s judgments, decisions and orders and identify and extract key legal findings and identify relative levels of jurisprudential importance;
• Identify relevant legal keywords for legal findings;
• Identify relationships between related judgments, decisions and orders;
• Collect, organise, and collate other assorted metadata fields for legal findings;
• Participate in meetings and substantive discussions on issues arising in the CLD Project;
• Cite-check and edit documents;
• Assist in the development of other language versions of the CLD; and
• Perform other tasks, as requested by the CWG Coordinator.

• Candidates must have a degree in law or a relevant legal qualification of a recognised university, demonstrating very good knowledge in international/national criminal law, comparative law and criminology, public international law, international humanitarian law or human rights. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance.
• Internship placements focus on candidates in the early stages of their professional careers. Practical experience is not an essential prerequisite for selection. Should there be a practical experience that is relevant to the work of the Court, it may be considered an asset. Applicants must have less than three years of relevant full-time professional experience to be considered for an internship. 
• Proficiency in English is required.  Knowledge of French and/or Spanish is an asset.   

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proven analytical skills;
• Able to adapt to multicultural and multilingual working environments;
• Possesses strong teamwork skills (listens, consults and communicates proactively);
• Very good oral communication and drafting skills;
• Has acquired a good standard of computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications) and research skills (including the use of electronic databases).