Volunteers of Legal Guide

Legal Guide is highly supportive of the involvement of volunteers in the implementation of its projects and measures. It is possible to volunteer with the following of Legal Guide's projects:

1. Legal projects, including domestic and/or European protection of Human Rights;

2. Website projects, including translation and edition of website materials and files;

3. Other fields as applicable.

Since 2004, Legal Guide has had four volunteers (Click here for references from the volunteers of Legal Guide). Becoming a volunteer of Legal Guide will:

• Improve your knowledge of the European and domestic human rights protection mechanisms;
  
• Provide you with new opportunities for involvement in the preparation of and participation in the trainings on the European Human Rights Protection Mechanisms conducted by the Legal Guide;
  
• Provide you with opportunities to participate in the development of the Applications to be submitted to the European Court (Click here for getting familiar with the Confidentiality statement);
  
• Provide you with opportunities to become familiar with day to day developments, resources and materials on the European mechanisms for the protection of human rights;
  
• Provide you with opportunities for direct work and communication with specialized ECHR and domestic lawyers, which will allow you gaining more knowledge and practice on your area of interests;
  
• Provide with you opportunities to familiarise yourself with the terminology of the European Court and the relevant mechanisms;
  
• Other relevant benefits.

Volunteers of Legal Guide are

Lousineh Hakobyan
Responsibility in Legal Guide: Assistance in translating files of the cases and other relevant materials both from Armenian into English and from English into Armenian; in the development, editing and translating applications to be submitted to the ECHR; in drafting documents, letters, etc., as assigned by ECHR Lawyer; in gathering information to support the applications to be submitted to the ECHR; such other duties which are customarily performed by volunteers/legal interns or as may be assigned by ECHR Lawyer.

Zhanna Buyukyan
Responsibility in Legal Guide: From 6 October 2005 till 6 January 2006 I worked for Legal Guide as a volunteer and during the mentioned period of time I translated the 2003 Annual Report of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

Haikuhi Muradyan
Responsibility in Legal Guide: Editor/translator of the Armenian section of the website of Legal Guide.

If you are interested in gaining the above knowledge and skills and obtaining excellent work experience and expertise while studying or looking for a job, please fill in this form and submit it to Legal Guide (Click here for the "Volunteering Form").

Please submit the Volunteering form to the following e-mail account mailbox@legalguide.am