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Public Interest Law Gathering Young Professionals – 31 August 2016. We the young black professionals of the public interest law sector, on behalf of all young black professionals in the legal sphere write this letter of demand to draw attention to a number fo issue which concern us. Click here to read the letter of demand

Public Interest Law Gathering: A Coming Together of Public Interest Law Practitioners in South Africa 29 – 31 August, 2016 Venue: University of the Witwatersrand, School of Law Some of the Topics to be Explored Include: Political Parties in Public Interest Litigation Universities as Sites of Struggle Litigation vs. Advocacy: Do We Have to Choose? Spotlight on the “Hands Off Our Grant Campaign” Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Strategies for Public […]

SAVE THE DATE!!!!! For the Sixth Annual Public Interest Law Gathering* (PILG) August 29 – 31, 2016 Venue: University of the Witwatersrand, School of Law More Details to Follow!

Adherence to Universal Human Rights Norms and Standards in Public Interest Litigation Address by Judge Navi Pillay Recent comments, including at Wits University, appear to question the legitimacy of Human Rights and public interest litigants by juxtaposing them as alienated from social or grassroots movements, donor dependent, and hence donor – driven and serving western interests. Having engaged in these debates for over fifty years; and more recently as UN […]