Latin America Leadership Program

The Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas at Georgetown Law (CAROLA) and the Latin America Leadership Program at Georgetown University (LALP) present an innovative virtual program for young lawyers with a vocation and commitment to promoting the Rule of Law in the Americas.

The Young Lawyers For the Rule of Law in the Americas Program brings together a cadre of 40 young lawyers with diverse backgrounds from the region with a vocation to advance the Rule of Law in their home countries and commitment to regional collaboration, cross-sectoral engagement, and creative problem-solving.

The program seeks to equip young lawyers with analytical frameworks and tools to analyze the state of the Rule of Law at the national, regional, and hemispheric levels, identify successful home-grown reforms that achieved sustainability, discern the conditions to make their institutions more accountable, and design rule of law reforms that are fair, inclusive and sustainable.

Program Objectives

1. Context: Understand the challenges of the Rule of Law at the national and hemispheric levels. Analyze current problems and promote collaboration between actors from different sectors through case studies to offer possible solutions.
2. Tools: Obtain new tools and knowledge on topics such as international investment law, business, human rights and sustainability, migration, and drug policy, among others.
3. Innovation: Identify successful local reforms, discern the conditions for institutions to be more transparent, collaborate with colleagues from other countries and different sectors, and design reform alternatives that are fair, inclusive, and sustainable.
4. Leadership: Strengthen leadership skills at the individual level to promote agents of change with the capacity for dialogue for greater social impact.

Program Overview

Based on an innovative model to promote virtual learning. The curriculum will combine academic courses that offer theoretical frameworks and new knowledge along with practical applications and support from guest speakers and experts.

Duration: 5 weeks

• In Spanish
• Live courses, 2.5 hours per day, twice a week for five weeks (Total of 25 hours of instruction)
• Dynamic and interactive sessions, readings, and previous works
• Case analysis
• A Final project applied to a case and group and plenary presentation

Some program topics include:

• The rule of law from a new perspective
• ​International investment law
• Migration and anti-drug policy
• Change management
• Emotional intelligence
• Business, human rights, and sustainability
• Globalization, competitiveness and governance
  

Eligibility Requirements

Participants must meet the following requirements:

• Be a qualified lawyer
• Have practiced law for more than 2 years
• 35 years of age or younger
• Demonstrate professional success and leadership potential in the organizations they represent (i.e. private sector, law firms, government, non-governmental, non-profit and social organizations)
• Commit to participate in the entire program and meet its academic requirements

Important Dates

2023 Dates: From May 2 through June 1, 2023.

2022 Dates: From May 2 through June 1, 2022.

Program Cost

By applying for admission to the program, candidates request a full scholarship toward the cost of the program tuition. After being admitted, each participant is responsible for paying a $300 registration fee (not covered by the scholarship). There are a limited number of discounts on the registration fee. Priority will be given to those working in non-governmental organizations and/or the public sector who demonstrate financial need. 

This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Philippe Stiernon (B'03, MBA'15).