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Vacancy: Law students wanted for 'Amsterdam On Trial'

A unique opportunity to work on an art project that seeks to influence real policy

17 October 2024

Are you a law student at the University of Amsterdam and interested in international law and human rights? Join the art project Edgelanders and help artist Ehsan Fardjadniya and Raul Balai to bring a fictitious case against the City of Amsterdam, to demand that the city fulfill its ethical and legal obligations towards undocumented migrants. The project is structured like a real court case and therefore contains several chapters. In February 2025, they will perform the last chapter, The Indictment, in De Brakke Grond during the Beyond the Black Box festival. They are looking for law students who want to participate and apply their legal knowledge to formulate the indictment, and to stage it together as a production.

Description

You will participate in workshops with specialised lawyers, jurists and professionals from the performing arts. During these workshops, evidence is collected, testimonies are heard, and the indictment is prepared and shaped. The law students will use their legal knowledge and give 1-on-1 explanations to the audience in a performance setting for the fifth part. Acting skills are not required, but contact and interaction with the audience is essential. 

Who are we looking for?

  • You have an interest in human rights and social advocacy
  • You want to deepen and broaden your knowledge about the position of undocumented migrants
  • You have an affinity with arts and culture, especially performing arts
  • You are proactive and creative
  • You like to working together.

What's in store for you?

  • You will contribute to 6 training sessions (workshops) and several rehearsals in November and January
  • You will be part of various performances in the festival in collaboration with the artists
  • You will work closely with social lawyer Pim Fischer to broaden and deepen knowledge in the field of human rights and (inter)national law
  • Together with the artists, you will prepare for the performance in collaboration with a dramaturge/director

What we offer:

  • A unique opportunity to work on an art project that seeks to influence real policy
  • Receive in-depth workshops from one of the Netherlands' most prominent social lawyers
  • Engage and work with undocumented migrants and a diverse group of participants (city residents, politicians, organizations)
  • Free entrance to the festival
  • A volunteer allowance

Apply?

This position is unpaid, for the period from mid-November to February 2025. Interested? Send your motivation no later than 11 November via an informal video (length 1-2 min.) and tell us why you would like to participate in the project. They are curious about who you are, so don't worry about the quality of the video. Send it to @Amsterdamontrial via Instagram or via email to edgelanders@amsterdamontrial.nl. The first meeting takes place in the third week of November. 

More about the project