Justice consultants assist with implementing and maintaining effective justice systems, particularly in developing and transition countries. They can provide advice on policies and procedures, human rights standards, and legal issues. Law enforcement agencies, courts, and law firms may all use justice consultants.
A justice consultant assists employees in implementing and maintaining an effective justice system. Many work in international relations to help developing and transition countries with legal and ethical issues that may arise. Other positions may be available at individual government agencies seeking assistance with various aspects of criminal justice and law enforcement. People can enter careers in this field with a background in law enforcement and policing or criminal law.
Employees may seek assistance from a legal advisor when they wish to implement new policies or make radical changes to existing policies. The consultant can meet with them to discuss the desired end goal and the best policy decisions to further that goal. Other considerations may include human rights standards and models used in other justice systems, which a government agency may want to use as a model for its own activities. Familiarity with international law and legal standards can be very important in these environments.
Law enforcement agencies can work with a justice consultant to improve evidence collection, handling of suspects, and other practices. This can increase the quality of policing services and generate more useful evidence to increase court conviction rates. Court consultants can also be helpful in planning large events or responding to emergencies. Police may want to know, for example, what their scope of authority is in a civil emergency, and an experienced consultant can help define this.
Courts and lawyers may also use court clerks. Countries that are overhauling their prosecutorial systems or developing them from scratch, for example, may ask for a legal adviser to help them. The work may involve recommendations on policies and procedures, advice on how to deal with specific legal issues, and discussions of relevant ethics. Analysis can also provide important information to help courts deliver balanced and fair judgments to citizens; a justice consultant might observe, for example, disparities in results that suggest that bias may be playing a role in the legal system.
Law firms can provide consultants upon request. They usually hire lawyers with extensive experience in the criminal justice system for this job. Law enforcement agencies and organizations also work with court consultants and may recruit more people from populations with experience in policing. Some governments provide them as a courtesy to allies and host countries interested in improving their justice system, and may also dispatch them internally to deal with specific domestic issues such as corrupt courts or judges.
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