CREATING SUSTAINABLE CITIES CONFERENCE 2017 An Ibex Earth initiative SESSION TWO: Engaging Sustainable Cities HOST:
Sarah Farrelly, TrustLaw at the Thomson Reuters Foundation
SPEAKERS:
Claire Hanratty, Pure Leapfrog Alison Tickell, Julie’s Bicycle Dr. Steffen Lehmann, University of Portsmouth
WHAT WE DO TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono service that connects charities, NGOs and social enterprises with the best law firms and inhouse legal teams around the world. Our mission is to spread the practice of pro bono worldwide to drive social change.
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A GLOBAL NETWORK
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TYPES OF PRO BONO LEGAL SUPPORT
ďƒ˜ Day-to-day corporate/commercial legal issues that NGOs and social enterprises face, including intellectual property and employment matters, structuring queries etc
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TYPES OF PRO BONO LEGAL SUPPORT TrustLaw also supports cross-border research to support high impact advocacy and policy change on issues including: Human Rights Human Trafficking/Modern Slavery Microcredit Energy/Environment/Land rights Social enterprise And many more...
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ORGANISATIONS WE WORK WITH
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PROPERTY AND LAND RIGHTS RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Desert Peoples Centre – connected with Clayton Utz – advice on security of tenure of indigenous lands in Australia
Techo – connected with multiple law firms – research on legislation on the right to adequate housing across Latin America
The Asia Foundation – connected with Sy Cip – developing Know Your Rights guides on land title in the Philippines trustlaw.trust.org