Global development careers for lawyers By Ingrid Ahlgren13 December 2011 The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia during a testimony of former Khmer Rouge prison guard Him Huy on July 20, 2009. Working on international projects is one way to increase prospects for lawyers seeking to make a switch from private practice to global development work. People with legal training and experience are needed virtually everywhere in international development. Donors employ lawyers to ensure programs comply with regulations of aid-recipient countries. Implementing agencies tap them to provide technical advice, or to help improve governance and the judicial sector in developing nations. As Jason Matechak told Devex, “There are many approaches to how lawyers can help out in international development.” Case in point: Matechak himself. He’s currently the general counsel at International Relief and Development, but he also serves as a rule of law officer at the international law section of the American Bar Association, the world’s largest voluntary professional association.
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