Joining the ISLP Family
International Lawyers Project (ILP), a UK based charity, and the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) a US based non-profit organisation have joined forces to form the International Senior Lawyers Project-UK (ISLP-UK). The "ISLP Family" now includes ISLP, ISLP-UK and the Paris-based ISLP-Europe. Working closely together, these entities will expand and enhance the capacity of each to fulfil their common mission which is capturing the resources of highly experienced lawyers and distinguished law firms to promote the rule of law, human rights and equitable economic development worldwide. We welcome your participation and support in this enterprise.
ILP was founded in 2004 with the aim of using the legal skills and experience of senior lawyers to help establish the rule of law, advance human rights and promote equitable economic development in developing countries. ILP's most notable projects were in Tanzania. Its Tanzanian work led the new, and only, post-graduate Law School in Tanzania to ask for ILP's support and partnership. ILP helped develop a core part of the School's legal practice course and, over the past two years, has sent over 30 volunteers to deliver legal training to the students and lecturers. This highly successful Law School legal education project is ongoing (see the article below).
ISLP, which was founded in 2000 and began it's active programmes in late 2001, was the original inspiration for the creation of ILP. Over the past decade, ISLP has established a strong reputation for undertaking a wide range of outstanding pro bono projects in or affecting more than 40 countries worldwide. These include, for example, legal aid and criminal law reform in Haiti, reform of mining codes and workshops on best practices in the extractive industries in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and other African countries, juvenile justice in China, and many others. With the establishment of ISLP-Europe, ISLP significantly strengthened its capacity to engage senior lawyers with civil law training and non-English language skills in international pro bono lawyering. ILP's leadership became convinced that becoming part of the wider ISLP family would enable their vision to be more effectively realised in the UK, and that ILP's partners overseas would benefit from the resources and wider skills base that all three ISLP organisations, working together, could draw upon. ILP was delighted to find that ISLP agreed about the benefits of creating an integrated approach to international pro bono lawyering and that the two organisations had much in common.
ISLP-UK was created earlier this year when a formal agreement was reached bringing the two organisations together. A new Director, Fouzia Javaid, was recruited, and several new Trustees were appointed to the UK Board. We are extremely fortunate to have the support of these highly able individuals and confident that ISLP-UK will grow from strength to strength under their direction and the chairmanship of Michael Smyth CBE.
ISLP, ISLP-UK and ISLP-Europe, and all the staff in London, Paris and New York look forward to working together to capture the tremendous resource represented by experienced lawyers around the world to serve the world community.
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A New Face At ISLP-UK
ISLP-UK has recently appointed a new Director, Fouzia Javaid. Fouzia is a UK-qualified solicitor with experience of working in City law firms, and also has human rights experience. She trained at CMS Cameron McKenna and then qualified into the EU and UK competition team at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton (London), where she practiced competition law for three years. She then worked as a lawyer at Public Interest Lawyers with Phil Shiner, acting as the lead solicitor on high profile cases relating to the mistreatment of Iraqi civilians by UK armed forces in Iraq, such as Al-Saadoon and Al-Jedda. Fouzia has also worked pro bono for Reprieve in Islamabad, Pakistan, where, as part of Reprieve's work on secret prisons, she assisted Reprieve with litigation on behalf of Pakistani civilians detained in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Additionally, Fouzia has worked pro bono for a South African NGO, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Fouzia also has an LL.M in International Legal Studies from New York University, specialising in International Human Rights and an LL.M in Comparative European and International Law from the European University Institute in Florence.
Having a solid under-standing of life as both a commercial lawyer in the City and more recently as a human rights lawyer, Fouzia is well suited to this new role. Fouzia brings much energy with her and is very enthusiastic and excited about the prospect and the challenge of growing ISLP-UK and engaging more UK-based senior lawyers in international pro bono lawyering opportunities which serve the world community.
News
ISLP-UK's Latest Newsletter
Click here for a copy of ISLP-UK's latest Spring newsletter to find out about our latest activities.
click here to access ISLP-UK's newsletter archive
ISLP's Latest Newsletter
Click here for ISLP's latest newsletter highlighting recent contributions of ISLP's outstanding volunteers.
ISLP 10th Anniversary Gala Luncheon
ISLP celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a
Gala Luncheon on Thursday, December 1, 2011 with honored guests George Soros, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and a special greeting from actor Matt Damon. ISLP thanks all of its 23 law firm sponsors for their support, including its Global Champion supporters Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells.
ISLP 2010 Annual Report
click here for ISLP's 2010 Annual Report
Transition at ISLP
click here for news of the appointment of ISLP's new Executive Director
Volunteers needed for Jamaican Police Misconduct Project
The International Senior Lawyers Project-UK ("ISLP-UK") seeks a senior-level barrister or solicitor with experience in the legal systems of the Commonwealth for potential desk-based pro bono assignments related to judicial review cases in Jamaica, before the Supreme Court of Jamaica.
Volunteers needed for International Arms Control Project
Oxfam have asked ISLP to recruit lawyers to help prepare for the upcoming global arms trade treaty negotiations.
Brochure on ISLP-UK
Click here for a copy of an Introduction to ISLP-UK
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