PhD student (Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week University of Amsterdam
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 he 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
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.
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
* About the department
* About the function
Application
You can apply for this job before 29-05-2008 by sending your application to:
University of Amsterdam, Managing Director of the Faculty of Law
Dr P.M. Kwantes
P.O. Box 1030
1000 BA Amsterdam
Netherlands
E-mail address: solliciteren- fdr@uva.nl
Letters of application, accompanied by a curriculum vitae and a research proposal, must be submitted before the 29th of May 2008, preferably by e-mail to ´solliciteren- fdr@uva.nl´, or by regular mail to the Managing Director of the Faculty of Law, dr. P.M. Kwantes, University of Amsterdam, Attn. Personnel and Organization department, P.O. Box 1030, 1000 BA Amsterdam. Please mark the letter as ‘strictly confidential' .
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 08-4011.
The short URL code for this job opening is: 00361-1557. You can use this as a direct link to the job by adding the code to the URL www.academictransfe r.org/
source:
http://www.uva. nl/vacatures/ vacatures. cfm/CD12CB38- 1321-B0BE- 685D7815791B7FCC
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