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Center for International Legal Studies (CILS)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Politics
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Salzburg, Austria
  • Internship Title: International intern / Research assistant
  • Duration: 3-6 months
  • Number of Interns: 1
  • Special Requirement: Majoring in Law; Prefer law students nearing the completion of law studies
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Acceptable
The Center for International Legal Studies – CILS/the Center – is a law research, training, and teaching institute, established and operating as a non-profit, public interest society under Austrian law. Its international headquarters have been in Salzburg, Austria since 1976. Its essential purpose is to promote and disseminate knowledge among members of the international legal community with 5,000 lawyers worldwide having been recognised for their contributions to CILS projects.
 
CILS holds several seminars each year. Until the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority of England and Wales (SRA) in November 2014 amended its Continuing Professional Development (CPD) regulations to generally discontinue accrediting CPD providers, CILS had been an SRA accredited CPD provider since October 2002 (with the provider number CHQ/CEIN). CILS was consequently recognised under the approved jurisdiction rules for Continuing Legal Education Credit (CLE) by the States of New York and California.
 
The Center for International Legal Studies has developed, coordinated and published more than 100 legal research projects since 1977.
 
The Center’s International Legal Practice Internship Program places young lawyers and law students in training positions with law firms in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa. These interns may also receive credit in their law schools’ JD or LLM programs, and CILS also maintains institutional cooperation with several law schools to this end.
 
Through its Senior Lawyer Visiting Professors Program, the Center places experienced practitioners in visiting professorships at institutions in Eastern Europe, Russia and former Soviet republics, China, India, and Myanmar. Almost 400 senior lawyers have taken up almost 900 appointments since the program began in 2006.
 
In cooperation with Lazarski University, Warsaw, Boston University and Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, the Center offers an LLM in Transnational Commercial Practice, for law graduates and practitioners. The LLM requires the satisfaction of 21 credits.
 
The Center has founded and organises the Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot, the premiere investor-State arbitration moot competition. Its co-founders are SULS, PUSL, DIS and KCL.
 
The Center owns and administers the International Business Law Consortium, an alliance of select independent law firms helping each other serve their clients internationally.
IInternship Tasks： 

In the field of Law:
● Involving in identifying contributors for the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, evaluating proposals and possibly in the evaluation of manuscripts.
● Some general admin (database maintenance, checking websites, drafting solicitation emails).
● Diverse promotional tasks in connection with CILS activities.
● Possibly a research and writing project to be agreed upon between interns and one of the CILS project leaders.

Requirements：
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing), majoring in Law
● Prefer law students nearing the completion of law studies
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2018-06-07 | Salzburg, Austria – International Arbitration Symposium
2014-05-25 | Salzburg, Austria – International Arbitration Symposium
2009-10-05 | Vienna, Austria – Joint conference on the war on words – terrorism, media and the law
2005-07-15 | Vienna, Austria – Congress of fellows
2004-11-13 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on the rights of the international consumer
2004-10-16 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on the strengths and vulnerabilities of foreign insurance defendants
2004-10-16 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on negligences and damages in an international setting
2004-08-04 | Valle Nevado, Chile – Conference on international employment law
2004-06-10 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on litigating across borders
2004-05 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on transnational movement of goods in an era of trade hostility
2004-03-14 | Kitzbühel, Austria – Conference on the protection of intellectual property rights
2004-03-14 | Kitzbühel, Austria – Conference on unfair competition in the international marketplace
2004-02-08 | Steamboat Springs, CO USA – Conference on the antitrust lawyer in a global market
2004-02-08 | Steamboat Springs, CO USA – Conference on the changing and challenging environment for international mergers and acquisitions
2004-01-11 | Kitzbühel, Austria – Conference on secured transactions in international practice
2004-01-11 | Kitzbühel, Austria – Conference on protecting foreign investment
2003-11-16 | Salzburg, Austria – Session on environmental policy and public dialogue
2003-11-12 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on litigating in an international arena
2003-10-02 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on developments in international franchising
2003-10-02 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on maximizing international licensing opportunities
2003-08-06 | Salzburg, Austria – Session on social and economic dimensions of human rights
2003-08-05 | Valle Nevado, Chile – Conference on international distribution and investment law
2003-08-02 | Santiago, Chile – Conference on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments
2003-06-26 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on immigration and nationality law and business strategies
2003-06-26 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on corporate governance in an international marketplace
2003-06-17 | Salzburg, Austria – Session on migration, race, and ethnicity in Europe
2003-06-10 | Salzburg, Austria – Conference on international arbitration and dispute resolution
2000-11-09 | Salzburg, Austria – European law forum
2000-10-26 | Salzburg, Austria – Provision of international services
2000-06-15 | Salzburg, Austria – International arbitration and dispute resolution
2000-05-07 | Kaprun, Austria – International telecommunications law and regulation
2000-03-19 | Kitzbühel, Austria – Protection of intellectual property
2000-02-06 | Crested Butte, CO USA – International distribution law
2000-01-23 | Kitzbühel, Austria – International project finance
1999-10-21 | Salzburg, Austria – International asset securitization
1999-06-17 | Salzburg, Austria – International joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions
1999-05-02 | Kaprun, Austria – International securities law
1999-03-21 | Kitzbühel, Austria – International employment law
1999-02-07 | Crested Butte, CO USA – Lawyering in the international market
1999-01-24 | Kitzbühel, Austria – International judicial assistance in civil matters
1998-10-22 | Salzburg, Austria – International litigation
1990-05-19 | Salzburg, Austria – Mergers and acquisitions
1990-04-01 | Waidring, Austria – International franchising
1990-01-21 | Waidring, Austria – Forms of business organizations
Relations
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
Links with: E-XE6309 – United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Instrumental in setting up: F-XF4773 – International Business Law Consortium (IBLC). Cooperates with university law departments and educational organizations in Europe and the USA.

Members
Individuals (over 5,000) in 53 countries. Membership countries not specified.