Job Opening | Taichung Office of JRF is Seeking a Full-Time Staff Attorney

The Taichung Office of the Judicial Reform Foundation is about to enter its sixth year! We are looking for a legal partner to join this warm yet critical base for reform and work together.

"Narrowing regional gaps, operating locally to broaden participation, and pooling forces to promote comprehensive reform"
　– This is the original intent of the Taichung Office.

"Uniting civil society forces to continuously promote reform in order to build a fair, just, and trustworthy judiciary for the people"
　—This is the mission of the Judicial Reform Foundation.

We exist because of our commitment to reform, and we strive to put the ideals of judicial reform into practice.
Our Taichung Office is waiting for someone to take on meaningful and challenging tasks with us.

Job Responsibilities

(Divided into three major dimensions; this is not the workload for a single person)

1. Legislative Research / Issue Advocacy

1. Researching systems related to individual cases, and launching advocacy, promotion, and legislative lobbying activities related to judicial human rights issues.
2. Supervising local judicial reform issues, including research and advocacy concerning local police, courts, prosecutors, and public interest litigation.

2. Case Assistance and Rescue

This is one of the most important tasks of the Judicial Reform Foundation. It requires researching legal issues in cases and devising relief strategies. Project areas include wrongful conviction rescue, supervising the removal of incompetent judges and prosecutors, handling prison complaints, and relief for major human rights violation incidents. The cases of Chiou Ho-shun (邱和順), Ch'en Ching-k'ai (陳敬鎧), Lo Ming-ts'un (羅明村), and others are cases we continue to assist with. Through wrongful conviction rescue, analyzing the causes of wrongful convictions, clearing names, and building a better criminal trial system, we hope to make a difference. In addition, "non-disclosure of investigation" is our newly established project, aimed at holding police, prosecutors, and investigators accountable for leaking investigative information, while continuously communicating with the public and media to thoroughly implement the principle of non-disclosure of investigation.

3. Promotion of Legal Education

The Judicial Reform Foundation organizes various legal education lectures and promotes campus legal education tour activities to convey the concept of fair trials, thereby bringing people closer to the judiciary and mobilizing more people to care about and participate in judicial reform.

Qualifications

Must be a qualified practicing attorney (must have completed attorney traineeship)
Must identify with the ideals of judicial reform, adhere to the values of a fair trial, and be willing to commit to long-term NGO work.

Work Location

Taichung Office of the Judicial Reform Foundation. Travel is required.

Compensation

1. Starting from NT$50,000.
2. Negotiable for those with 5 or more years of legal experience.

Application Materials

1. One copy of personal resume and autobiography, indicating available start date.
2. Copies of attorney certificate, highest education diploma, and other certificates of education and experience.
3. Other relevant supporting documents.

Please send electronic files to pbz@jrf.org.tw (Subject line: Application for Taichung Office Full-Time Staff Attorney at JRF – [Your Name])