DIFC Courts - Registry Secondment Programme

DIFC Courts - Registry Secondment Programme

1. Overview

1.1 The DIFC Courts is introducing a secondment programme (“Registry Secondment Programme” or “RSP”).

1.2 The RSP is an opportunity for law firms, companies, entities, or other organisations (“Applicants”) to nominate a secondee from their business (“Nominee”) to spend a period, ideally three (3) to six (6) months in the DIFC Courts’ Registry Team.

1.3 The RSP is for knowledge sharing, skill diversification and cultural exchange, and it is intended to thoroughly expose the Nominee to the inner workings of the Registry Team and the Judiciary.

1.4 The Nominee will, at all material times, be employed and remunerated by the Applicant. On this basis, the secondment will be on a voluntary / pro bono basis.

2. Criteria

2.1 Applicants are invited to nominate employees who:

• have a law degree or equivalent from a reputable university;
• hav...