Global Network for Justice Initiatives -
www.gnji.net
The Global Network for Justice Initiatives (GNJI) is a web-facilitated
network of lawyers and advocates working to enhance access to justice and
public interest law in their countries and regions. The project aims
to promote an expanded, global concept of the legal profession's civic
responsibility and allow greater collaboration among access to justice
activists including lawyers in private firms, law schools, NGOs and bar
associations around the world.
Pro Bono Declaration for the Americas
The Pro Bono Declaration for the Americas is a statement
of principle and a plan of action for expanding the commitment of
lawyers to provide legal services to the poor and underprivileged
in the Americas. The Vance Center wishes to thank LexisNexis
Martindale-Hubbell for its generous support of the Pro Bono
Declaration for the Americas project.
Resource
Library
The resource library contains
reports and technical assistance materials on access to justice issues,
ethics, professional responsibility and institutionalizing pro bono inside a
law firm.
South African Visiting Lawyer Program
The Visiting Lawyer Program seeks to address the continuing effects of
apartheid on the South African legal profession by bringing young lawyers
from historically disadvantaged backgrounds to New York City for an
intensive, one-year fellowship at city law firms and corporate legal
departments.
Professional
Responsibility Forum
In Argentina, the Vance Center is
collaborating with the Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de San Andres
on a Professional Responsibility Forum that will provide a space for young
lawyers principally in Buenos Aires to discuss the social responsibility
of the legal profession in their country.
Conferences
& Seminars
The Vance Center has played a leadership role in organizing
several international conferences on pro bono and access to justice. These conferences provide a forum for the diffusion of knowledge and the
building of partnerships across borders among leaders in the private and
non-profit sectors working on issues of access to justice and public
interest law.
Technical Assistance & Capacity
Building
The Vance Center organizes technical assistance projects to support law
firms, bar associations, law schools and social justice organizations in
Latin America and Africa that use law in service of the public good.
These projects have used telephone and videoconferencing, research papers,
and internships and exchanges to promote skills- and knowledge-sharing.
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