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Lawyers Without Borders
Becomes a UK Charity
Expands
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LONDON
(July 13, 2010)
- Lawyers Without Borders today announced the registration
of its UK affiliate, Lawyers Without Borders UK, Limited as
an officially recognized UK Charity.
Lawyers
Without Borders UK, Limited is the U.S.-based organization's
first and currently only affiliate outside of the United
States. It will continue to develop the group's programming
in Africa, Asia and South America and will also help support
the large number of LWOB London-based volunteer lawyers
working with several major British law firms headquartered
there.
" Lawyers
Without Borders seeks to integrate skilled pro bono lawyers
into rule of law programming designed to improve the
integrity of the legal process around the world," Lawyers
Without Borders founder and chairman Christina Storm said.
"Our presence in London allows us to more easily collaborate
with the London offices of several highly regarded global
law firms who support the LWOB pro bono mission and goals."
Lawyers at
Bingham McCutchen LLP who have represented LWOB in London
since 2003, completed the group's charity registration. The
office will be led by Storm. For the last year, Lawyers
Without Borders UK, Limited has operated from office space
donated by Jeffrey Forrest, principal of J. A. Forrest &
Co., Solicitors, a Central London general practice. Forrest
is a trustee of the LWOB-UK board of directors whose prior
pro bono work includes rule of law and human rights
assessments in South America.
About
Lawyers Without Borders
Founded in
2000, Lawyers Without Borders is a U.S.-based international
non-profit dedicated to preserving the integrity of the
legal process through training, community outreach, capacity
building, neutral observation and other mechanisms that
support rule of law in national contexts consistent with
international norms. Regions where the group has ongoing
projects include Liberia, Rwanda, Namibia, Tanzania and
Kenya.
Because of the sometimes sensitive
nature of its work, Lawyers Without Borders cannot always
reveal the locations or contents of specific projects. You
can support our work globally including the London office by
donating via
Network for Good or
http://www.lwob.org/
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NEW YORK (May
20, 2010)
- Lawyers Without Borders, a
U.S.-based international non-profit dedicated to preserving
the integrity of the legal process, announced a project
today with in-house lawyers at Caterpillar Inc. and the
leading international law firm McDermott Will & Emery to
conduct research on women's inheritance and succession
rights in Kenya and Tanzania.
The partnership
involves more than 25 employees at Caterpillar Inc. and more
than 30 lawyers spread across McDermott's 17 offices and
began in 2005.
"Caterpillar
has a long standing commitment to public service," said
Senior Corporate Counsel David Masterson. "Projects like
this allow us to continue that tradition by helping to grow
the next generation of global leaders."
" As
a global international firm we understand the benefits of
expanding the rule of law and the formal economy," said
Latonia Haney Keith, Pro Bono & Community Service Counsel at
McDermott Will & Emery. "We are pleased to be involved in a
project that promotes both goals."
The research
will support Lawyers Without Borders, 'ongoing'
Record It!? project, which uses a board game to show how
documenting events can improve economic status. Data from
Caterpillar and McDermott will be incorporated into a
training manual that will educate on-the-ground volunteers.
" The
lack of proper identification and paperwork has left
millions of Africans without access to basic legal,
professional and humanitarian services," said Lawyers
Without Borders Executive Director Christina Storm. "By
educating mothers to keep basic records, we will allow the
next generation to enter the formal economy."
Lawyers Without
Borders will begin distributing Record It! In East Africa
later this year. The group is also seeking underwriting
support to finance the costs of the game's production and
educational materials to supplement the game.
About Lawyers
Without Borders
Founded in 2000,
Lawyers Without Borders is a U.S.-based international
non-profit dedicated to preserving the integrity of the
legal process through training, community outreach, capacity
building, neutral observation and other mechanisms that
support rule of law in national contexts consistent with
international norms. The group has ongoing projects in
Liberia, Rwanda, Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya.
Because of the
sometimes sensitive nature of its work, Lawyers Without
Borders cannot always reveal the locations or contents of
specific projects. You can support our work globally by
donating via Network for Good or
www.lwob.org.
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