Litigation - Trainee Legal at Abyssinia Bank
Position Title: Litigation - Trainee Legal
Employer: Abyssinia Bank
Employment: Full-Time | Permanent
Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Posted date: 9 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
Job Objective
To handle court proceedings. Provide legal advices; prepare/review contracts, policies, rules and regulations. Handle non-loan litigation civil cases and criminal cases. Represent the Bank before courts of law and tribunals. Examine legal issues related to new products and services.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Understand branches’ and departments’ legal questions and provide advice in compliance with the prevailing relevant law and per the standard format designed by the Department.
- Prepare legal interpretations and opinions on national and international legislations that strategically affect the Bank’s vision, mission, and/or objectives.
- Prepare and revise contracts, policies, procedures, mortgages, pledges, guarantees, agreements and other legal documents used by the Bank; Analyse the probable outcomes of cases based on legal precedents and determine the advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuits.
- Prepare statement of claim, defense, pleadings, appeal, affidavit, memorandum, application, notices & legal instruments.
- Follow up the proper institution and presentation of legal suits and/or statements of defense in all cases including judgment execution process and appeals.
- Attend court cases, conduct litigation, and report progresses on each adjournment.
- Follow up crime cases handled by the police, prosecutor, court, or other similar crime investigation offices or government organs.
- Provide clarification /interpretations on legal language, laws, contracts and legal documents to Branches and Departments.
- Maintain team work at all operational levels and up keep good working relations with internal and external customers of the Bank.
- Take appropriate action and deliver results within the given service delivery time set for each work process.
- Handle and follow-up cases assigned to him/her end to end until the final response/decision reaches the requester.
- Prepare and deliver progress performance reports on court attendance to Supervisors immediately after return;
- Prepare and submit periodic reports on court cases status at the end of every month to supervisors.
- Report to his/her supervisor on current status of pending cases.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Education: LLB Degree in Law
Experience; No Experience Required
Year of Graduation: 2024
CGPA: 3.00 and above
Age: 25 and Below
Exit Exam Result: 70% and above
Applicants should attach the following documents:-
- 8th grade Certificate and Resident (Kebele) ID
- Degree with CGPA (student copy)
- Cost sharing document
Note:-
- All documents should be scanned in PDF format
- In person or postal application is not accepted
- Applicants who do not meet the above stated criteria and incomplete applications will be automatically rejected.
- Applicants should submit one application; duplicated applications will be automatically rejected.
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