Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship in USA

Weinstein JAMS
International Fellowship


The Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship Program, inaugurated in 2008,
provides opportunities for qualified individuals from outside the United States
to study dispute resolution processes and practices in the U.S. to assist t

hem
in their efforts to advance the resolution of disputes in their home countries.

The JAMS Foundation will approve Fellowships of up to $20,000 in support of
projects outlined by Fellowship applicants. The Program is intended for
individuals who have demonstrated experience with and commitment to the field
of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and who seek to increase the
availability of dispute resolution education, training and services in their
own countries and beyond.

The Fellowship Program is designed to be flexible and open to innovation, and
applicants are encouraged to be creative in pursuing activities in the U.S.
that will serve to expand the use of ADR in their home countries.

Fellowships may be from one month to four months in duration. While applicants
may propose activities lasting longer than four months, Fellowship funding is
limited to the Fellowship period.

It is anticipated that Fellows will come from countries that do not have an
established culture of using alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for cases in
litigation. Part of Fellows’ time in the U.S. will be spent observing how JAMS
administers and resolves such cases.

Depending on the nature of their proposal, Fellows may also participate in
university-based programs or be affiliated with other organizations or
institutions that may help to advance their interests and goals. Such
affiliations can take many forms, from formal enrollment in graduate degree
programs to more informal arrangements providing varying degrees of access and
support.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to research and begin to establish such
affiliations prior to or concurrent with their Fellowship application. While
the JAMS Foundation makes every effort to facilitate introductions where
possible, it is Applicant’s responsibility to research available opportunities
and to establish affiliations with the organizations or institutions with which
they intend to work or study.

In addition to their other activities, Fellows are also required to attend a
week-long gathering of all 2017 Fellows in the San Francisco Bay Area in early
September 2017.

Criteria

  1. Applicants
    may not be citizens of the United States.
  2. Applicants
    must be fluent in English.
  3. Proposed
    Fellowship must be one month to four months in duration.
  4. Preference
    for proposals that would help establish viable dispute resolution systems
    or change how disputes are resolved.
  5. Preference
    for applicants with experience as judges, lawyers, law professors, court
    administrators, government officers, or ADR practitioners.
  6. Preference
    for applicants able to commence their Fellowship with the annual gathering
    of Fellows in the San Francisco Bay area in early September 2017.

Information Sought From
Applicant
  1. Purpose
    and goal of Fellowship
  2. Anticipated
    activity or activities in the U.S.
  3. Proposed
    duration and location(s) of Fellowship
  4. Plan
    for accomplishing Fellowship objectives upon return to home country
  5. Educational
    background
  6. Dispute
    resolution training and experience
  7. Organizations
    or institutions with which you are affiliated in your home country
  8. Organizations
    or institutions with which you expect to be affiliated while in the U.S.
  9. Amount
    of funding sought and proposed budget
  10. Other
    sources of funding available, applied for, or awarded
  11. Additional
    non-monetary resources or support requested from the JAMS Foundation
  12. Current
    visa status for entry into U.S. (visa type, expiration date)

Please note that pursuant to U.S. State Department regulations, the JAMS
Foundation is not an approved ‘Sponsor’ with regard to the issuance of visas to
foreign nationals. While the JAMS Foundation will make every effort to help
facilitate visa applications of Weinstein Fellows, Fellows are individually
responsible for obtaining the necessary visa for the purposes and duration of
their Fellowship.

Please also note that pursuant to U.S. Internal Revenue Service regulations,
Fellowship funding is subject to taxation as income. This tax may be affected
by a number of factors, including recipient’s country of origin, whether that
country has a tax treaty with the U.S., and the purpose for which Fellowship
funds are used. Additional information regarding the taxation of income to
foreign nationals is available at www.irs.gov.

Fellowship applications for
2017 must be received by November 18, 2016 in order to be eligible for
consideration and may be submitted electronically or in hard copy.

Electronic submissions should
be sent via email to Ellen Bass, Weinstein JAMS Fellowship Program Director, at
ebass@jamsfoundation.org.

Hard copy submissions should
be mailed as follows:

Ellen Bass, Director
Weinstein JAMS Fellowship
Program

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite
1500

San Francisco, CA 94111
USA

Applications will be reviewed
by the JAMS Foundation Board of Directors at their first quarterly meeting of
2017. Final selection of 2017 Fellows will be announced in March, 2017.

Complete application
submissions must include the following:

  1. Fellowship
    Application Form (downloadable in Word and PDF formats below)
  2. Curriculum
    Vitae

  3. Two
    Signed Letters of Recommendation *

*Letters of Recommendation may be included with your application or sent
directly from the recommending party. If submitted electronically, letters
must be signed, scanned and sent in PDF or comparable format.

Click to download the
Fellowship application form in Microsoft
Word
or PDF format.

View Weinstein JAMS
International Fellowship Workshop Videos:


 

2015 Fellows

Name
Country of Origin
Dimitra Gavriil
Greece
Nuria Gonzalez-Martin
Spain
Mohammad Abdul Halim
Bangladesh
Elie Jebran
Lebanon
Jiang Liping
China
Harrison Mutabazi
Rwanda
Olabisi Tolu Obamuroh
Nigeria
Felicitas Paller
Austria
Maciej Tanski
Poland
Do Thanh Thuy
Vietnam
Mayu Watanabe
Japan

To view more information on JAMS 2015 Fellows, please click here.
 
 

2014 Fellows

Name
Country of Origin
Francis H.V. Belle
Barbados
Sherif Elnegahy
Egypt
Francisco Giménez-Salinas Framis
Spain
Ihsanullah Khan
Pakistan
Bonginkosi Petros Mkhize
South Africa
Parichart Munsgool
Thailand
Ignacio Ripol
Spain
Aleksandre Tsuladze
Georgia
Hauwa Yakubu
Nigeria
Farjana Yesmin
Bangladesh

To view more information on JAMS 2014
Fellows, please click here
.
 
 

2013 Fellows

Name
Country of Origin
Ahmed Mostafa Abou Zeid
Egypt
Spyros Antonelos
Greece
Tatsiana Bialiayeva
Belarus
Lynne Coulson Barr
Austraila
Primila Edward
Malaysia
Amos Gabrieli
Israel
Farshad Ghodoosi
Iran
Teresa Morais Leitao
Portugal
Sayed Abdul Ahad Mansoor
Afghanistan
Fernando Navarro-Sánchez
Mexico
Asiyan Suleymanoglu
Turkey

To view more information on JAMS 2013
Fellows, please click here
.

 
 

2012 Fellows

Name
Country of Origin
Maria Rosario Garcia Alvarez
Spain
Ivan Bimbilovski
Macedonia
Olurotimi Williams Daudu
Nigeria
Thierno Diallo
Senegal
Livia Angela Giordano
Switzerland
Kathy Alicia Maria Gonzales
Trinidad
Enga Innocent Kameni
Cameroon
Lejla Bratovic Mavris
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Tolegen Myrzabayev
Kazakhstan
Blazo Nedic
Serbia

To view more information JAMS 2012
Fellows, please click here
.

 
 

2011 Fellows

Name
Country of Origin
Gabriela Asmar
Brazil
Guang Chen
China
Paola Cecchi Dimeglio
France
Evgeni Georgiev
Bulgaria
Manuela Grosu
Hungary
Heping Jiang
China
Peter Kamminga
Netherlands
Andrew Wei-Min Lee
Australia/China
Mushegh Manukyan
Armenia
Savath Meas
Cambodia
Thanarak Naowarat
Thailand
Pema Needup
Bhutan
Laila Ollapally
India
Dimitra Triantafyllou
Greece

To view more information on JAMS 2011
Fellows, please click here
.

 
 

2010 Fellows

Name
Country of Origin
Galyna Eremenko
Ukraine
Aminu Gamawa
Nigeria
Tilahun Retta
Ethiopia
Fraser Sampson
United Kingdom
Hagit Shaked-Gvili
Israel
Srdan Simac
Croatia
Lilian Vargas
Argentina
Nicola White
Ireland
Ralph Zulman
South Africa

 

2009 Fellows

Name
Country of Origin
Badri Bhandari
Nepal
Ximena Bustamante
Ecuador
Tsisana Shamlikashvili
Russia
Ahmed El Feqy
Egypt
Mohan Lal Mehta
India
Orouba Qarain
Jordan
Giulio Zanolla
Italy

 

For
additional information, contact:

Ellen Bass, Director, Weinstein JAMS Fellowship Program
Telephone:
415-774-2660
Email:


Or

David Brandon, Managing Director, JAMS Foundation
Telephone:
415-774-2648
Email:

dbrandon@jamsfoundation.org

Mailing Address:
JAMS Foundation
Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.jamsfoundation.org

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