Since 1999, the American Bar Association's International Legal Resource Center (ILRC) (http://ambar.org/ilrc), housed in the Section of International Law, has provided pro-bono technical legal assistance to UNDP regarding their rule of law, human rights, and democratic governance work in developing countries by assembling teams of legal volunteer experts from over 100 countries to conduct issue-sp
ecific research. Experts are selected from a database of over 1750 members that have an average of 19.5 years of experience and who represent over 100 countries. Fifty percent of ILRC experts are non-U.S. To date, the ILRC has carried out over 300 pro-bono projects in over 100 countries on issues such as institutional capacity building, public administration, constitutional reform, anti-corruption, access to criminal justice, criminal law reform, mainstreaming human rights, and legal empowerment of the poor. The ILRC is designed to provide free technical assistance on a variety of issues, including, but not limited to: reforming legal institutions and systems, building constitutional frameworks, improving parliaments’ efficiency and strategic planning, sustaining decentralization measures, conducting legal education and judicial trainings, evaluating UNDP projects and assisting with work plan development, gender equality, providing legal services to marginalized populations, restructuring public sector regulations, developing independent lawyer associations, and establishing new access to justice mechanisms. UNDP country offices interested in receiving pro-bono legal assistance should contact Khalil Ali at [email protected] or 202-662-1662. Legal experts interested in volunteering on ILRC projects should complete this registration form and email their resumes/CVs to [email protected]: https://americanbar.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a9INjod3AN5aAq9
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