Socio-legal research assistant

The Legal Agenda is seeking to hire a full-time socio-legal research assistant.

The Legal Agenda (LA) is a Beirut-based nonprofit research and advocacy organization with offices in Lebanon and Tunisia and correspondents in several other Arab countries. It was established in December 2009 by a group of legal professionals, scholars, and human rights activists who institutionalized their efforts to build a critical and multidisciplinary approach to law and justice in Arab countries with a special focus on political, civil, social, and economic rights.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The candidate will assist the senior researcher in the socio-legal research unit at the Legal Agenda. He/she will:

- Identify, analyze and synthesize relevant:

- Law and social sciences books and articles as well as legal/social documents (different corpuses and archives, etc.) in Arabic, English and French

- Newspaper articles or/and other similar writing material in Arabic, English and French

- Legal documents and other forms of grey literature

- Co-write and write their own articles in Arabic for publication on the Legal Agenda website

- Conduct fieldwork and interviews in different social settings, but mostly in legal spaces (courts, justice palaces, lawyers’ offices, etc).

- Transcribe research interviews and other fieldnotes.

- Participate in meetings and take minutes as needed.

Skills and Experience:

- Degree in Social Science or Humanities. MA is a plus.

- Law degree (preferred).

- Excellent reading, writing and speaking in Arabic. Reading and speaking in English. Reading in French.

- Knowledge and interest in legal and judicial issues, organizations and procedures.

- Experience in qualitative research. The candidate should master basic fieldwork methods (e.g. ethnography, interviews, observation, archival research).

- The candidate should also have excellent note-taking skills.

Candidates with experience in the following will be prioritized:

- 1+ years of Qualitative Research Experience

- 1+ years of experience in Socio-Legal research