reports, as well as issuing regular monthly public reports. Over this time period, the Mission in Kosovo has engaged between six and twelve monitors corresponding with two to four legal analysts, thereby maintaining a ratio of approximately one legal analyst for every three full-time monitors. Conversely, programmes that seek to publish reports less frequently or only at the completion of a lengthy monitoring term may not require as many analysts to monitors. As programmes become larger and reporting requirements more complex, information management and other organizational demands will increase. In larger programmes, some supervisory responsibilities may need to be delegated to legal advisers. Such responsibilities may include oversight of court access issues, the preparation of training modules, drafting of policy papers, and engaging with local officials. In turn, a division of responsibilities may also be made among individual legal analysts by subject matter, issue, or task according to skill set or programme needs. Sharing of responsibilities may also be a function of structure. In the Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, for example, the division of the mission into four regions and the large number of monitors (24) are conducive to two levels of internal reporting with six monitors in each of the four regions reporting to a regional legal adviser who in turn reports to a team of legal advisers at the head-office level. 4.3.1 Best practices for staffing legal analysts • On average, programmes that seek to engage in regular public reporting should staff at least one legal analyst for every six full-time monitors. This ratio is based on the experience of field operations engaged in full-time monitoring with the expectation of reviewing 15-24 case reports weekly in addition to providing substantive feedback, engaging in regular secondary (internal) reporting, and drafting external reports on a semi-annual basis. • Additional factors that should be taken into consideration include: 1) the complexity of reporting (see Chapter 6.3, “Selecting a case reporting system”); 2) the frequency with which the programme aims to release public and other reports; and 3) other duties assigned to legal analysts, including legal research, involvement in organizing training sessions, and/or other field support responsibilities. • In recruiting legal analysts, primary emphasis should be placed upon evaluating the candidate’s legal reasoning and writing skills. Previous experience as a practicing lawyer is preferred, as analysts not only have to dispense legal guidance to monitors, but they must also formulate the programme’s legal findings and conclusions. Candidates should also be familiar with both the local system of justice and applicable international law and standards. In addition to an in-person interview, a written test should be administered, requiring the candidate to draft a short memorandum on a relevant legal question or problem requiring legal reasoning and the application of facts. Where one candidate cannot fulfil all these roles, legal analysts should be staffed with complementary backgrounds. Trial-Monitoring: A Reference Manual for Practitioners 49