The Jams Foundation is seeking applications for the Weinstein International Fellowship program to provide opportunities for individuals from outside the United States to visit the U.S. to learn more about dispute resolution processes and practices and to pursue a project of their own design that serves to advance the resolution of disputes in their home countries.
This program is intended to be flexible and open to innovation, and applicants are encouraged to develop proposals that will increase the availability of dispute resolution education, training and services in their home countries and beyond.
Fellowships may be from one month to one year in duration.
It is anticipated that Fellows will come from countries that do not have an established culture of using mediation for cases in litigation. Part of the Fellows’ time in the United States will be spent observing how JAMS administers and resolves such cases.
Criteria
- Applicants must be fluent in English
- Fellowship period must be one month to twelve months in duration
- Applicants must be available to attend a week-long gathering of Fellows in the San Francisco Bay Area in early September, 2012
- Preference for proposals that would help applicant’s home country establish viable dispute resolution systems or change how disputes are resolved
- Preference for applicants who have experience as lawyers, law professors, court administrators, government officers, ADR practitioners, or judges
Applications must be received by December 2, 2011 in order to be eligible for consideration, and may be submitted electronically or in hard copy. For more information, visit this link.
