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Once
funding for the work program of the Institute is secured, we will
be accepting applications for status as a Fellow from
academics, practicing attorneys, graduate students, staff
from non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations,
and others working or researching in areas related to
our mandate. Affiliation to the Institute will be possible
under four different categories:
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Senior
Fellows — Approximately five Senior Fellows
will be selected to be the Directors of Studies.
Each of the Senior Fellows/Directors of Studies
will be responsible for the Institute's work in
a number of African countries based on a division
to be determined. Senior Fellows will be required
to hold a doctorate degree in law, political science
or another relevant discipline and would usually
be academics from African and overseas universities
with a record of publication and scholarship. Their
research would encompass areas that fall within
the Institute's mandate. Between three and five
additional Senior Fellowships will be established
to facilitate research in other areas of the social
sciences.
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Research
Fellows — Approximately ten Research Fellows
will be responsible for interdisciplinary research
in the issue areas within the Institute's mandate.
Research Fellows will be required to hold at minimum
a master's degree though preference will be given
to candidates in the process of completing a doctorate
degree in their fields, or those with extensive work
experience and a record of scholarship. With support
and guidance from Senior Fellows, Research Fellows
will produce an article, book chapter or book before
the end of their tenure at the Institute. The product
of the research, where judged to be of publishable
quality by a panel of internal experts, will be recommended
for inclusion in the Institute's law journal or another
suitable publication.
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Student
Fellows — Student Fellows will be recruited
from among exceptional undergraduate and graduate
students at African and overseas universities to
provide research support and general assistance
to the Senior Fellows/Directors of Studies for a
minimum of six months. Preference will be given
to Fellows who can reside at the Institute for a
year or more.
Non-African Student Fellows will be responsible
for their own funding. As African students do not
usually have the means to participate in such fellowships
and internships, the Institute will provide a stipend
to cover their costs. To be eligible, African students
must be enrolled in a degree program at an African
university. An annual competition will be held to
select both African and foreign student fellows.
The Directors of Studies will assist Student Fellows
to obtain appropriate academic credit at their home
universities/colleges for work completed at the
Institute.
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Visiting
Fellows — Visiting Fellows will be selected
from among distinguished academics, judges, attorneys
and other professionals with an outstanding record
of scholarship and publications. Visiting Fellows
will be resident at the Institute to avail themselves
of our specialized research facilities on African
law. Visiting Fellows will be required to teach
a course or two at the Institute's Legal and Judicial
Training Center.
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For
more information about the fellowships program, please
e-mail info@africalawinstitute.org.
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