Job Vacancy

Legal team urgently seeks motivated defense lawyer who enjoys challenges and media-attention.

Position: Defense Attorney – short-term contract (unspecified term)

Responsibilities:

• Provide general counsel and defense to individuals involved in a current high-profile case
• Coordinate and execute external communications such as responding to media queries

Requirements:

• Law degree
• Previous relevant work experience preferably in international law (especially in the area of human rights)
• Excellent interpersonal skills to deal with media
• Excellent oral communication skills when appropriate, maintenance of client confidentiality at all other times
• Ability to work both independently and as a team member
• Arabic language ability desirable

Remuneration:

• Salary range is commensurate with experience
• Potential for bonuses
• Insurance coverage
• Possibility of personal security
• Opportunities for international media coverage (see below)

Application deadline:

No deadline set. Applicants may submit a resume at any time as recruitment is on-going. This position has a very high turn-over rate and resumes of unsuccessful applicants will be stored in our database for future vacancies.

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International media coverage of previous team members

Oct 20, 2005: Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi
(The Washington Times, The Scotsman, Las Vegas SUN)

Nov 8, 2005: Adel al-Zubeidi
(TIME, CBS News, International Herald Tribune)

Nov 8, 2005: Thamer Hamoud al-Khuzaie
(AlJazeerah, Adnkronos International, BBC News)

Jun 21, 2006: Khamis al-Obeidi
(ABC News, Reuters, The Australian)