Beyond the Bench and Bar: Partnering for Legal Empowerment - Center for Human Rights & Global Justice

Oct 20, 2023

Beyond the Bench and Bar: Partnering for Legal Empowerment

6:30pm - 8:00pm | NYU School of Law, D'Agostino Hall, (108 West Third Street, New York, NY 10012)

In her forthcoming thematic report, which will be presented to the United Nations General Assembly on October 20, 2023, Professor Margaret Satterthwaite, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, explores the role that one kind of people-centred justice intervention—legal empowerment—can play in expanding access to justice in a rapid, efficient, and meaningful way.

Please join us October 20 at 6:30-8PM ET for a reception and panel conversation.

The Special Rapporteur has invited Jhody Polk, the Founder of the Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative, Viviana Patal, the Legal Director of the Women’s Justice Initiative, Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and Hon. Lady Justice Wanjiru Karanja of the Kenyan Court of Appeal to provide remarks. These panelists were chosen due to their recognized leadership in the fight to extend justice to all.

NYU School of Law, D’Agostino Hall, 108 West Third Street, NYC, New York.

6:30-7PM ET Reception at NYU Law Faculty Club

7-8PM ET Panel at NYU Law Lipton Hall

This event is co-sponsored by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law, and the International Law Society at NYU School of Law.