{"id":3165,"date":"2012-02-13T11:57:32","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T14:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2012-02-13T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:08:26","slug":"social-justice-institute-fellowship-in-guantanamo-global-justice-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=3165","title":{"rendered":"Social Justice Institute Fellowship in Guant\u00e1namo Global Justice Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Start Date: <\/strong>September 1, 2012\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location: <\/strong>New York City\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is a non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. CCR seeks highly qualified and committed applicants to apply for a two year Fellowship as part of a newly created Social Justice Institute (SJI). The SJI Fellow will work in CCR\u2019s Guant\u00e1namo Global Justice Initiative docket area. The Fellowship commences September 1, 2012.<\/p>\n

About the Social Justice\u00a0 Institute Fellowship<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 1987, CCR has trained the next generation of “people’s lawyers” through a variety of internships and fellowships, including its renowned Ella Baker Summer Internship Program. Through these programs, law students and newer lawyers assist CCR attorneys with casework and research while taking part in trainings and educational seminars with activists and scholars. The Social Justice Institute is an umbrella program through which our fellowships and internships will be coordinated and housed.<\/p>\n

Roles & Responsibilities<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This SJI Fellow will be part of CCR\u2019s Guant\u00e1namo Global Justice Initiative (GGJI) legal team and work alongside a number of staff attorneys. Since 2002, the Center for Constitutional Rights has been at the forefront in challenging extrajudicial detention, torture and abuse in Guant\u00e1namo and related domestic and international outposts of the executive branch\u2019s \u201cwar on terror.\u201d This Fellow will work with CCR staff to continue and broaden CCR\u2019s efforts \u2013 through litigation and advocacy \u2013 to challenge executive branch practices premised on expansive conceptions of wartime executive authority, as well as long-standing racism and xenophobia, including indefinite and preventive detention, military commissions, targeted killings, abusive interrogations, and abusive government practices in implementing \u201cwar on terror\u201d policies domestically. For descriptions of some representative cases that are a part of the GGJI docket, please see the Illegal Detentions and Guant\u00e1namo work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Responsibilities of the SJI Fellow will include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n