Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) is pleased to announce its inaugural Symposium on “Public Interest Lawyering in the Twenty-First Century”.
Justice Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada will be delivering the keynote speech on ‘Access to Justice – A Public Interest Perspective’. Confirmed panellists include Helen Mountfield QC, Matrix Chambers; Jonathan Cooper OBE, Doughty Street Chambers; Janet Love, National Director of the Legal Resources Centre South Africa; Brad Broackman, General Secretary of Equal Education South Africa; Lisa Vanhala, University College London.
The Symposium marks over fourteen years of pro bono work at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. We seek to examine both the development and future of public interest lawyering generally and more specifically, the impact and contribution of OPBP’s pro bono research in public interest lawyering.
The Symposium will explore key themes confronting public interest lawyers, over three panel sessions featuring prominent practitioners and academics. Panel themes include public interest lawyering in times of austerity in the United Kingdom, and the use of pro bono international and comparative law research in complementing the work of public interest lawyers on the ground. There will also be case studies from those at the forefront of public interest lawyering in respect of right to education litigation in South Africa, featuring perspectives of advocates and clients. In addition to these panel sessions, the Symposium will also feature presentations by past and present executive committee members of OPBP, showcasing our pro bono work.
We invite all students, academics and practitioners interested in the public interest and pro bono law to attend and participate in the Symposium.
Registration is free.
For more information, contact opbp@law.ox.ac.uk
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