The Dawn Of Paralegal Ascendancy

Increasingly the Paralegal job is finding wider use in law and the judiciary all over the world. In the so called developed countries, Paralegals have been recognized as an important and integral part of both the law firms and the judiciary.

That took some time in coming; the roles of Paralegals have come to be accepted in the last two decades, with Universities and diverse institutions taking up the challenge of providing specialist training for Paralegals on different fields of human endeavour. To day, you can obtain both Paralegal certificates/degrees online on just about any field.

But in the so called developing countries, Paralegals are still seen as mere lawyer's secretaries and judiciary clerks even though they, in most cases without formal training, have learnt to carry out most of the duties of a lawyer, including conducting legal research, document preparation, client interviews and drafting of legal documents.

However, all that is changing or will begin to change after the epoch making contract between the Government of Indonesia and the European Commission for the latter to support the implementation of the Supreme Court's blue print for Reforms.

This is because among the number of interventions included in this program aimed at providing good governance; Paralegals are to play a major role, which has now necessitated a training program for Indonesians as paralegals for the sole purpose of providing Paralegals as first line legal personnel for improving public access to justice through first instance legal advice.

This is hoped to help improve the instructional capacity of the judiciary in Indonesia. So if you are an Indonesian, a qualified Paralegal, or you are interested in becoming a Paralegal, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for:

"The number of consultancy days is approximately 30 days."

Vacancies Contact: Please send CV and brief cover letter via email to: vacancies.ggij@yahoo.com. The subject line of the email should state the position code: IPBPE.C3. (Applicants please apply well before the closing date).

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