Youths ministry, Lawyers Society sign co-op document
Ministry of State for Youth Affairs and Kuwait Society of Layers have signed a primary implementation document to train attorney assistants. In a press statement, Ministry Undersecretary Dr Mishal Al-Rubayye said, after signing the document last night, that the trainees will attend a two-month intensive field training program which ends with employing trainees in law firms. In this regard, Al-Rubayye Praised Kuwait Society of Lawyers for its cooperation to create job opportunities for Kuwaiti youths. The program, the first of its kind in Kuwait, will provide the profession of legal assistant attorney, financial and administrative assistant attorney. It was developed in coordination with the Public Authority for Manpower and the Supreme Council for Development and Planning, Al-Rubayye indicated. He pointed that the ministry seeks to provide job opportunities for Kuwaiti youth, adjust the demographic structure, and replace foreigners with Kuwaitis to solve the unemployment problem. Applications can be soon submitted through the minister’s office website, and 50 attorney assistants who hold a diploma in law will be selected, he said. On his part, chairman of Kuwait Society of Lawyers Sharyan Al-Sharyan said the society will provide an integrated training program for Kuwaiti youth and provide job opportunities for trainees after passing the training period.