Summer School on Constitutional and Human Rights Law

Summer School on Constitutional and Human Rights Law

Summer School

on

Constitutional and Human Rights Law

18-26 July 2022

Constitutional Court of Georgia

In partnership with

EU/CoE co-funded Support to the Judicial Reform in Georgia Programme

and

USAID Rule of Law Program

invites Bachelor’s and Master's students and recent graduates of law faculty to participate in the selection competition for the Summer School:

The Summer School Programme:

  • Different Models of Judicial Review in the USA and Europe;
  • Health Crisis and Emergency Governance: Standards of Limitation of Human Rights in U.S., Europe, and Georgia;
  • Data Protection, Surveillance, and the Right to Privacy from European and U.S. Perspectives.

As part of the training, the participants of the Summer School will be introduced to the case law of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, the U.S Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights and take part in the moot court sessions. The lectures by the invited international experts will be conducted in English.

Lectures will be held at the Constitutional Court of Georgia, in Batumi. In Batumi. Summer school participants will be provided with transportation and accommodation.

The Summer School lectures will be conducted by:

  • Caroline FREDRICKSON, Distinguished Visiting Professor from Practice at Georgetown Law Center; President of the American Constitution Society;
  • Wojciech SADURSKI, Polish and Australian scholar of constitutional law; Challis Professor in Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney;
  • Matthew KUGLER, Associate Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law;
  • David ERDOS, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge; Co-Director, Centre for Intellectual Property, and Information Law (CIPIL);
  • Veronika BILKOVA, Ph.D. E.MA, Venice Commission Member, ESIL Vice-President, Faculty of Law, Charles University;
  • Daniel B. RODRIGUEZ, Harold Washington Professor of Law, Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University; Dean of the Pritzker Law School (2012-2018);
  • Teimuraz TUGHUSHI, Justice, Constitutional Court of Georgia;
  • Representatives of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, the Personal Data Protection Service and the LEPL Operative-Technical Agency.

Upon the completion of the Summer School, the most successful graduates will be offered a paid internship and further employment opportunities at the Constitutional Court of Georgia.

General Requirements:

Applicants must be:

Law students or recent graduates from the law faculties of Georgian universities;

 Fluent in English.

Interested applicants should submit their CV (with photo) by 17 June to the following e-mail address: summerschool2022@constcourt.ge

Only shortlisted candidates will be provided with a link to an online written test (English language and Law) and an interview.

For additional information please contact:

Constitutional Court of Georgia

Batumi, 16-18 M. Abashidze Str.

Apparatus of the Court

Tel : +995 (422 276164)

E-mail: summerschool2022@constcourt.ge